SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — The World Bank warned Wednesday that surging tensions over North Korea’s nuclear program could be a threat to robust growth in Asia. The bank predicted that developing East Asia and the Pacific would expand 6.4 percent this year, 6.2 percent next year and 6.1 percent in 2019, slightly better than their last forecasts in April. “Developing East Asia and the Pacific is doing better than most other developing regions of the […]





