Society

The Afghan National Girls Youth Football team, its coaches, and their families were facing threats from the Taliban.

After three years of waiting, Zhou Xiaoxuan lost her case against a CCTV host accused of harassing her.

China’s strategy of mass mobilization can be astonishingly effective – but only for a short period of time.

Time and again international powers involved in Afghanistan have aided refugees for political and strategic reasons that extend far beyond humanitarian concerns. 

Can donors help everyday Afghans without handing a public relations victory or cash to the Taliban?

Korean pedestrians die at a rate three times higher than the OECD average.

Pyongyang touts its reclusive nature as an act of national pride free from foreign influence, but outsiders helped establish the state. 

Soldiers are going beyond robbing homes and are now even targeting food storage facilities run by government agencies

While cases across India have declined after a devastating surge in April and May, the situation in Kerala remains serious.

The Australian government held a worthwhile national summit on women’s safety, but the approach is indirect in tacking the core problem: male violence.

In China, celebrities can be blacklisted in the span of days – or even hours – for perceived offenses against national dignity.

The latest regulation reflects official concern that Chinese pop stars are making China’s young men too effeminate.