The global pandemic may be silently creating a generation of supersavers who are averse to risk-taking and would save rather than spend. Economists think the change in financial behavior may be bad news for the economy.

Health care providers have been feeling the consequences of the surge and the capacities of hospitals in the state and the city have been stretching thinner.

For decades, Thae Yong Ho served the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, rising to become Pyongyang's deputy ambassador to London before defecting. Now he is contesting for election in South Korea's multi-party democracy.