2025-06-04
24 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm Rosie Bloor.
And I'm Jason Palmer.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
African music has long found global fans,
but now the continent's diaspora is growing.
Some artists perform more abroad than at home.
That's changing both the music and the business model of Afrobeats.
And in Australia, the problem of dingoes has many facets.
The tension between Indigenous people, farmers, ecologists, politicians.
Now,
scientists have shown that much of the policy around culling the beasts hangs on a mistaken assumption.
But first…
After months of political instability,
last night E.J. Mung was elected South Korea's president.
His victory was a clear rejection of the Conservative People Power Party.
That was the one that former disgraced President Yoon Suk-gyu belonged to.
Yoon was impeached last year after he declared martial law.
bringing protesters out onto the streets and prompting this unexpected election.