Andrew Knox, the Economist's bureau chief and North Korea expert, sheds light on the alarming pace of missile launches and the technological advancements behind them. Farah Chia, a writer covering Indonesia, discusses the contentious new criminal code and its potential to restrict personal freedoms, which sparked mass protests. Meanwhile, Caitlin Talbot highlights the surprising success of Wales's leech and maggot industry in healthcare, revealing how these unconventional therapies are gaining acceptance in modern medicine.
The country has been slinging missiles skyward at an alarming pace, and with ever-greater technological advancement. We ask why things are heating up, and how the West might at last cool them down. Reforms to Indonesia’s criminal code that sparked mass protests in 2019 are back; restrictions including an extramarital-sex ban look set to pass. And Wales’s booming leech-and-maggot business.