Unstable relations between China and Vietnam are affecting the lives of Hmong highlanders in surprising ways.
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To help ensure that environmental and health services are available in slums, Indian women are asserting their rights thanks to solidarity networks and non-confrontational approaches.
Clive Hamilton’s book is perhaps a useful reminder that we must not be naïve about our relationship with China, but his prescription is the wrong direction for tackling the genuine issues he raises.
On March 11, 2011, a nuclear disaster struck Japan. Translated testimony by the power plant’s manager reveals how close the world came to a greater catastrophe – and how much there is to be learned.
When Aung San Suu Kyi led her party to victory in 2015, many hoped Myanmar’s worst days were behind them. But the government’s complicity in the Rohingya crisis has tarnished her reputation.
The 1988 Seoul Olympics shed light on South Korea’s institutionalised practice of international adoption.
To avoid another refugee ‘crisis’ that would take the world by surprise, East Asia would do well to be prepared for an influx of people from North Korea.
The mistrust between the two Koreas is so deep that there are more sceptics than enthusiasts over North Korea’s involvement in the Winter Olympics.
The contestation of Asia will continue this year, with many countries facing internal and external battles.
The underlying implication of Malcolm Turnbull’s Tokyo visit was the interest shared by Japan and Australia to counter the strategic rise of China.
Throughout the centuries, a number of coal miners have documented their lives with paintings. Some of their works are now in museums and bring the stories of the “pitmen” back to life.
With an election due by August, Malaysian politics has been spiced up – with a former prime minister re-entering the fray.
North Korea sending a delegation to this year’s Winter Olympics in South Korea may be a global shadow puppet show – or it might help thaw the frozen relations between the two countries.
It was Paul Keating himself who first raised the idea of a security agreement between Indonesia and Australia in June 1994 to Indonesian President Soeharto.
One day the violence and discrimination will be finished in Asia and throughout our region – but in the meantime, there is a need for heroes.
A clinical trial currently underway in France could confirm that that HIV treatment can be safely reduced to just four days a week, while maintaining the same efficacy.
With a growing number of Chinese firms investing in France, new concepts are being introduced, including « guanxi », a reciprocal and emotional relationship between business partners.
Coin rubbing, a traditional treatment for the common cold, is still widely used by modern Indonesians despite criticism that it is not rational.
Humankind has today reached a historical peak in developing its strengths. It should use it to create a human community of nations inclusive on all fronts : scholars can help.
When Obama was president, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to break up with America. Is it time to make up?
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