Child marriage in Southeast Asia In late October, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad issued a directive to state officials: raise the minimum age for marriage to eighteen...
Climate change in South Asia Climate change is already having big effects on southern Asia. Deadly heat waves like one that killed 3,500 people in India and Pakistan in 2015...
‘Red Sand’ project spotlights trafficking "We can’t merely walk over the most marginalized people in our communities — those who fall through the metaphoric cracks." From forced marriage...
Orphanage ‘tourism’ draws scrutiny To people in the U.S., an orphanage sounds like an outdated concept. Many of us only remember seeing them in movies like “Annie” Orphanages...
In looted artifacts, archaeologist sees destruction of past "We’re self-destroying our heritage." Amid reports that the Islamic State was generating millions of dollars by looting and selling antiquities...
Obama’s embrace of Asian autocrats draws criticism "Officials are always going to be worried that if they push countries away will turn closer to China." As President Barack Obama tried to pivot...
Grading Obama’s Asia pivot Rebalance in U.S. relations yields mix results A key pillar of President Barack Obama's foreign policy has been the attempted "pivot to...
Uncovering slave labor on Thai fishing boats Thailand is the world's third-largest exporter of seafood, shipping shrimp, tuna and other fish to supermarket chains and pet food companies in the...
Slave labor mars Thai seafood industry Thailand is the world's third-largest exporter of seafood, shipping shrimp, tuna and other fish to supermarket chains and pet food companies in the...
Canadian journalist who covered Khmer Rouge missing in Cambodia A Canadian journalist and filmmaker who was reporting about atrocities under the former Khmer Rouge government has gone missing in Cambodia. Dave...
