Society

Bhutan’s upper house of parliament is set to deliberate a bill that could decriminalize homosexuality in the country.

Protests began recently, but tensions over who gets to be Indian have persisted for decades.

7 years after an infamous rape and murder case, India has made little progress in preventing crimes against women.

By the 1890s, many Chinese immigrants had made their homes in Puerto Rico.

Chinese authorities reported a sharp rise in the number of cases as they confirmed the disease can be spread between infected people.

China has many good stories, but the CCP is not good at telling them.

Over 50 years after Nepal’s first woman lawyer, entrenched gender norms continue to hold women back from the legal profession.

A court in Zharkent decided to not deport Tilek Tabarikuly, another ethnic Kazakh who escaped across the border with China.

Is Beijing building a cross-border social engineering system, one software solution at a time?

While the recent strike resulted in a pay rise commitment, it also spotlighted the wider rights issues and economic challenges for some workers.

The BJP's recent moves have fanned fears that it is enacting long-held dreams to create a Hindu nation.

The incident leaves lingering questions and contending perceptions that have yet to be addressed.