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Orphanage ‘tourism’ draws scrutiny To people in the U.S., an orphanage sounds like an outdated concept.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...
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...
Vietnamese blogger sentenced to four years in prison A Vietnamese blogger has been sentenced to four years in prison for writing critically about the Vietnamese government. The People's Court of Ho...
Vietnam police detain six over web videos Six journalists and activists working for an independent news service were detained for several hours by Vietnamese police after airing news videos...
Vietnam bloggers lose appeal An appeals court in Vietnam has upheld the jail sentences for three bloggers convicted of creating public disorder after they attempted to visit a...
