Society

Will tourism actually benefit the country over the long-run, or is it simply turning parts of the Indonesian economy into a neocolonial service economy?

Most of those arrested for underage marriage in the Northeast Indian state are Muslim men.

Out of the country's 327,000-odd school buildings, less than a third are in good condition, according to government figures.

An unusual diaspora -- Indian medical students evacuated from Ukraine last year -- has found community in a small Catholic church in Samarkand.

Another year, another horrifying rape case – and still no action to protect Pakistani women.

Hearings this week gave activists an unusual opportunity to air criticism in the presence of Chinese officials.

In Assam, police arrested over 3,000 men on charges of marrying girls below the age of 18.

In both China and Vietnam, the governments have deliberately tried to bury memories of their 1979 war.

At the turn of its second century, the Indonesian Islamic organization, one of the world's largest, faces a number of challenging headwinds.

Veronica Nelson, who died in police custody in 2020 after being denied bail, was subject to “cruel and degrading treatment,” a coroner's report concluded.

A recent Sinophone Borderlands public opinion survey sheds light on Bangladeshi views of the Rohingya, roughly a million of whom have been forced to seek refuge in Bangladesh.

Thousands of Indian IT professionals were hit by the layoffs. That could entice more Indian tech workers to stay in their homeland to work.