Topic
Society
July 10, 2020
Mongolia’s Virtual Naadam
By Antonio Graceffo
Mongolia shifts its centuries-old festival online due to coronavirus.
July 10, 2020
Misinformation and Conspiracies Spread While Kazakhstan Reimposes Lockdown
By Anastassiya Fershtey
Kazakhstan, while also seeing a rapid rise on COVID-19 cases, has been hit with a storm of conspiracy theories.
July 09, 2020
As WHO Team Arrives, Notable Pneumonia Deaths Reported in Turkmenistan
By Catherine Putz
An adviser to the Turkmen president and a Turkish diplomat have reportedly died from pneumonia this week.
July 09, 2020
How COVID-19 Is Impacting Asia’s Film Industries
By Alexander Ayertey Odonkor and Hiu Man Chan
From Southeast Asia to India, China, and Japan, cinemas are bleeding while online steaming booms.
July 09, 2020
South Korea’s Conscientious Objectors Are Getting an Alternative to Military Service
By Jenna Gibson
For the first time, there is a official path for those who have religious or moral objections to South Korea’s mandatory military service for men.
July 09, 2020
Uzbekistan Announces Second COVID-19 Lockdown
By Catherine Putz
Uzbekistan is following Kazakhstan back into a second COVID-19 lockdown.
July 09, 2020
Philippines Virus Cases Soar Past 50,000 as Lockdown Eases
By Associated Press
Finding the balance between public health and reviving the economy has been fraught with dilemmas.
July 08, 2020
Pakistan’s Great Digital Divide
By Shah Meer Baloch
A new reliance on virtual life in the COVID-19 era has laid bare the lack of internet access for much of the country.
July 07, 2020
China’s Class of COVID-19
By Thi Thuy Duong Pham and Dickson Agbaji
Like their peers around the world, new graduates in China face a battered job market and intense uncertainty.
July 07, 2020
Balochistan Protests Against Fake Domicile and Local Certificates
By Mariyam Suleman and Rahim Khetran
A longstanding form of corruption has sparked a mass social media campaign.
July 06, 2020
Kazakhstan Locks Down, Again, as COVID-19 Cases Rise
By Catherine Putz
On Sunday, Nur-Sultan imposed a second nation-wide lockdown in hopes of getting a grip on soaring case numbers.
July 03, 2020
Public Sentiment Toward Australia Shifts in China
By Dan Hu
A recent survey notes some important changes in how urban, educated Chinese view Australia.
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