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South Korea’s birthrate sinks to fresh record low as population crisis deepens
THE GUARDIAN
South Korea’s demographic crisis has deepened after new data showed the number of babies born last year reached another record low.
According to figures released on Wednesday by Statistics Korea, 249,000 babies were born in 2022, a fall of 4.4% from the previous year and the third year in a row that deaths have exceeded births in Asia’s fourth-biggest economy.

México e India firmarán acuerdo para transferencia de tecnología en combate al cáncer
LA JORNADA MAYA
El gobierno mexicano firmará con India un acuerdo de transferencia de tecnología para traer a México, al Instituto Nacional de Nutrición y al Instituto Politécnico Nacional, inmunoterapia avanzada para el cáncer, dio a conocer el secretario de Relaciones Exteriores, Marcelo Ebrard, durante su visita a Cancún para inaugurar la nueva oficina de pasaportes de esta ciudad.

EC and TikTok to fight fake poll news
THE BANGKOK POST
Thailand. Authorities plan to counter the menace of fake news and disinformation ahead of the election scheduled for May in partnership with popular platforms such as TikTok and Facebook, according to the Election Commission (EC).

Namibian dancers, president welcome Jill Biden to Africa
AP
Dancers, drummers and Namibia’s president and first lady welcomed U.S. first lady Jill Biden on Wednesday as she opened a five-day, two-country visit to Africa aimed at highlighting the challenges facing women and young people and the food insecurity plaguing the Horn of Africa.

Nigeria election 2023: Five reasons to care about the vote
ALJAZEERA
Africa’s largest democracy will hold its presidential election on Saturday. As many as 93.4 million registered voters will determine who gets to be the next president of the continent’s most populous country. They will also decide the composition of the two chambers of Nigeria’s parliament.

Earthquake will keep Turkish inflation above 40%, additional budget needed
REUTERS
Turkey's devastating earthquake will keep inflation above 40% in the run-up to elections scheduled for June and will necessitate an additional budget, a government official and four economists said.

El envío de remesas resiste a todas las crisis: “Yo no podría comer aquí pensando que mi madre pasa hambre en Senegal”
EL PAÍS
En los últimos 20 años, los flujos de remesas se han quintuplicado pese a las crisis sucesivas. Según la ONU, 200 millones de personas trabajadoras migrantes envían dinero a más de 800 millones de familiares en sus países de origen.

Asia’s Easing Economic Headwinds Make Way for Stronger Recovery
IMF
The economic headwinds that faced Asia and the Pacific last year have started to fade. Global financial conditions have eased, food and oil prices are down, and China’s economy is rebounding.
These developments are helping improve prospects across the region, with growth set to accelerate to 4.7 percent this year from 3.8 percent in 2022. This will make it by far the most dynamic of the world’s major regions and a bright spot in a slowing global economy.