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Society
South Korea’s Education Obsession Is a National Emergency
By Soeun Jeon
South Korea’s deeply entrenched, hyper-competitive education system pressures children from preschool onward, fueling youth burnout, inequality, and alarmingly high suicide rates.
Gender and the 2025 Singapore General Elections
By Yasmine Wong
Misogynistic attacks against women in politics remain all too common, but public awareness of the issue is growing.
How a Fungus Came to Highlight the Breakdown of China-US Academic Ties
By Paola Morselli
Two Chinese researchers have been accused of trying to smuggle a toxic fungus into the U.S., in perhaps the most surprising example of the securitization of scientific partnerships.
Lee Jae-myung Takes Over a Country Split by Gender Politics
By Ming Gao and Joanna Elfving-Hwang
Though Lee attempted to sideline the issue during the campaign, gender conflict has continued, subtly but powerfully, to shape voter behavior in South Korea.
Why Is Turkmenistan Subject to a Partial US Travel Ban?
By Catherine Putz
The stated reason is a high rate of visa overstays in 2023 DHS data. But that data has been interpreted without any context or compassion.
India Persists With ‘Push Back’ of Undocumented Migrants
By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
India has intensified its crackdown on undocumented Bangladeshi migrants and Rohingya refugees, summarily deporting them and triggering humanitarian concerns.
Afghanistan, Myanmar Included on Trump Travel Ban List
By Sebastian Strangio
The two nations are among 12 that the U.S. president accuses of having "taken advantage" of the U.S. visa system.
‘Akin to a Caged Bird’: How China Restricts Tibetans’ Freedom of Movement
By Tenzin Dalha
Beijing's discriminatory passport policies are part of a systematic effort to control Tibetan spiritual and cultural identity through mobility restrictions.
Russia Imposes Mandatory Geolocation Tracking for Migrants in Moscow
By Kulobiddin Norov
The implementation of the new law is expected to be rife with technical issues and human rights violations.
How India Can Tackle the Scourge of Misinformation
By Saraswathy Vaidyanathan
To counter the dangerous trend of misinformation, India needs to deal with low digital literacy, poor implementation of laws, and encourage critical thinking
Digital Media May Be Easing China-US Tensions, Not Fueling Them
By Xiaojun Li
New research finds that Americans who primarily get news from online and social media platforms have lower levels of hostility toward China.
In Kyrgyzstan, Kloop Journalists Taken For Questioning
By Catherine Putz
According to Kloop, its employees have been denied access to lawyers.