Just the Facts

South Africa’s Xenophobia Problem

Once a haven for other Africans, the country’s economic crisis has soured public opinion on foreigners.

Decades after Apartheid, violence remains an unresolved obstacle to the country’s success.

South Africa’s clean government activists have prevailed against the former president, but it will take time to undo his damage.

The Zuma era is finally over. What a mess he left behind.

A rapidly approaching emergency in Cape Town threatens to spill over.

Press freedom in South Korea is slipping and public perception of corruption is rising.

South Korea’s $1.4 trillion economy was about 52 times larger than North Korea’s in 2014.

China hopes to shift production from low-wage human labor to robots, as South Korea has done.

The U.S. consumes a much greater share of prescription painkillers than its global population share would suggest.

How does the U.S. CO2 output compare to its population share?