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...
Orphanage ‘tourism’ draws scrutiny To people in the U.S., an orphanage sounds like an outdated concept.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...
The business of poaching Might your children or grandchildren someday live in a world without rhinoceroses or African elephants? The chances of that are probably higher...
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...
