INASIA

With porous borders and limited resources for enforcement, The Pacific Islands are especially susceptible to sex and labor trafficking.

A year and a half after the Taliban’s return to power, the hardships of daily life in Afghanistan have become dire, yet the government’s authoritarian policies threaten to block even basic humanitarian aid. What is the way forward?

As conservative Islam has spread in Indonesia, so have efforts to protect communities from radicalization. But “countering violent extremism” can trample personal freedoms if it confuses radical narratives with violent ones.

Thailand needs schools that are more flexible, autonomous, and decentralized. Principals who are “instructional leaders” are the key link between national reforms and what happens in the classroom.

At the end of each year, we ask our experts across Asia to reveal what the New Year has in store. Here’s what they told us about 2023.

“Fast away the olde year passes.” It’s time to take an appreciative look back at the abundant harvest of stories and conversations from our colleagues in the field.

A new book tells the story of Fazlé Hasan Abed, the “mild-mannered accountant” who helped raise Bangladesh from the ashes of its violent birth and reimagined international development.

In Ulaanbaatar, a clever scheme will help the poorest households switch from coal-burning stoves to solar electricity by selling carbon credits.

Unpaid caregiving has become an insupportable burden for economies in Asia and the Pacific. On the eve of the G20 Summit, the Bali Care Economy Dialogue will mobilize governments, business, and civil society to forge a regional agenda.

The scrappy online news site quickly became a political lightning rod, and a canary in the coalmine as social media took a dark turn.