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Sangwon Yoon

ARTICLES BY SANGWON YOON

Six years ago, 60% of the social platform’s 482 million monthly active users lived in the US, Canada and Europe and the rest were from elsewhere. Now, two-thirds of its 1.7 billion users are from outside of the heart of the developing world. Photo: Bloomberg

As its user base shifts, Facebook becomes an emerging markets play

2 min read . 10 Sept 2016

Currently two-thirds of Facebook’s 1.7 billion users are from outside of the heart of the developing world. Photo: Reuters

India seen surpassing US as country with the most Facebook users

2 min read . 09 Sept 2016

Ian Bremmer set up Eurasia Group in January 1998, which now employs 150 employs and earned $100 million in revenue last year. Photo: Bloomberg

Wall Street’s Mr Risk makes a career out of investors’ ignorance of politics

6 min read . 27 Jul 2016

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson addresses staff inside the Foreign Office in London. Photo: Andrew Matthews/Reuters

The world according to Boris Johnson, Britain’s new foreign secretary

4 min read . 14 Jul 2016

Petroleo Brasileiro headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Petrobras is preparing to deepen spending cuts and concentrate on its best fields to confront the collapse of crude prices. Photo: Bloomberg

Emerging market turmoil enters new phase as Fed takes back seat

4 min read . 15 Dec 2015

The patrol by the USS Lassen (File photo) prompted an angry response by Beijing and came just weeks after Xi met with president Barack Obama in Washington. Photo: Reuters

US rivalry with China heats up over key Asia shipping lane

5 min read . 28 Oct 2015

The global economy will expand by 3% this year, while China’s is forecast to grow 6.9%, the slowest pace in a quarter century, according to economists. Photo: Reuters

China will respond too late to avoid recession, says Citigroup

2 min read . 28 Aug 2015

The world went into shock earlier this year after Islamic State released videos of its bearded operatives smashing ancient artworks with sledgehammers and drills. Photo: Reuters

ISIS has new cash cow: Art loot it’s peddling on Ebay, Facebook

5 min read . 29 Jun 2015

Official media reports say Kim is suffering ‘discomfort,’ his seclusion has sparked discussion about who is in charge of a country that boasts 1.2 million troops and has threatened to turn Seoul into a sea of fire. Photo: AFP

Kim Jong Un’s absence fuels rumors over hold on power in North Korea

5 min read . 09 Oct 2014

Iran’s deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi described the atmosphere of the nuclear talks as excellent on 19 September, after he addressed a UN Security Council meeting on the Islamic State threat. Photo: AFP

John Kerry, Iran diplomats discuss nuclear negotiations, Islamic State

4 min read . 22 Sept 2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have told UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon they won’t be at the day-long meeting of world leaders on 23 September, according to two UN diplomat. Photo: Bloomberg

Narendra Modi, Xi Jinping said to be skipping UN climate summit

3 min read . 04 Sept 2014

China claims about 90% of the South China Sea under a map first published in 1947, a territory that takes in the Paracel Islands, which are claimed by Vietnam, and the Spratly Islands, some of which are claimed by the Philippines. Photo: AP

China rejects US proposal to ease South China Sea tensions

4 min read . 10 Aug 2014

Kerry will also meet President Hamid Karzai and Jan Kubis, the UN envoy to Afghanistan, who helped broker the agreement between Ghani and Abdullah that averted a crisis after a disputed result from a 14 June election. Photo: Bloomberg

John Kerry seeks new Afghan president by end-August in Kabul visit

2 min read . 07 Aug 2014

The ceasefire deal would permit Israel to continue its destruction of cross-border infiltration tunnels while Hamas leaders that rule Gaza negotiate with Egypt new arrangements to open strip’s border crossings, according to the radio report. Photo: Reuters

Israel, Hamas weigh truce proposal for Gaza after protests

2 min read . 25 Jul 2014

The Israel-Palestine conflict over the Gaza Strip first escalated on 8 July, when Israel intensified air strikes after weeks of rocket fire and aerial bombardments by Palestine based Hamas. Photo: AP

Israel says ground war to widen as Kerry seeks cease-fire

5 min read . 23 Jul 2014

Gaza officials said that so far in the 16-day Israel-Palestine conflict, 475 houses had been totally destroyed by Israeli fire and 2,644 partially damaged. Photo: AP

Airlines shun Israel as Gaza conflict deepens

5 min read . 23 Jul 2014

This certainly will be a wake-up call to Europe and the world, Obama said at White House press briefing on Friday, calling the incident a reminder of the degree to which the stakes are high for Europe. Photo: Bloomberg

Obama sees attack on Malaysia Airlines as wake-up call for Europe on Russia

9 min read . 19 Jul 2014

NATO troops and Afghan policemen stand guard outside a Lebanese restaurant, the site of a suicide attack, in Kabul on 18 January 2014. Photo: Reuters

IMF’s Afghan chief, UN workers among 21 killed in Kabul bombing

2 min read . 19 Jan 2014

There were 43 Indian peacekeepers at the small UN base at the time of the attack. The 40 who were unhurt were taken to a nearby SPLA camp. Photo: AP

At least 20 civilians slaughtered at UN base in South Sudan

2 min read . 20 Dec 2013

Russia, a Syrian ally, has said rebels were responsible for the attack and blocked tougher wording in the resolution. Photo: AFP (AFP)

Syria chemical-weapons resolution passed by UN security council

7 min read . 28 Sept 2013