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People Magazine and Variety profile Asian American actor and 2019 Lotus Circle honoree Lana Condor. She has supported The Asia Foundation’s girls scholarship program since 2017, championing educational opportunities for girls in Can Tho, Vietnam where Condor was adopted from as a child. She recently discussed the life-changing scholarships while on… Read more

Pacific Century Institute’s 2020 Annual Award Dinner Honoring Building Bridges Award Recipients The Asia Foundation President David D. Arnold accepting on behalf of the Foundation and Dr. Siegfried S. Hecker Senior Fellow Emeritus, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies  InterContinental Hotel Century City Honorees have the opportu… Read more

Stanford University’s Hoover Institution appoints Asia Foundation trustee Elizabeth Economy as a Senior Fellow. Economy is currently a C.V Starr Senior Fellow and director for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.  The Hoover Institution at Stanford University is pleased to announce the appointment of Elizabeth Economy as Senior Fe… Read more

The Nikkei Asian Review highlights The Asia Foundation’s Let’s Read initiative in an op-ed assessing how Indonesia is improving literacy across the country through local technology-driven solutions. Impactful reading programs, such as the Asia Foundation’s Let’s Read initiative, which brings together communities and technology to build early readin… Read more

The Asian Age, an English-language daily newspaper based in Bangladesh, features coverage of the Foundation’s “Building Religious Peace and Harmony” workshop on January 27 in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. The event was attended by the Mayor of Rajshahi City, as well as community, religious and cultural leaders. Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation AHM Khairu… Read more

The Young Lotus Circle is a diverse group of young professionals, working to benefit The Asia Foundation’s Women’s Empowerment programs. Through social events and fundraisers, the Young Lotus Circle raises funds to improve the social, economic, and political opportunities for girls and women across developing Asia.

InSyle Magazine features 2016 Asia Foundation Development Fellow Kotchakorn Voraakhom in their list of “The Badass 50 2020: Meet the Women Who are Changing the World.” The list includes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congresswomen Katie Porter, Nobel Prize winner Esther Duflo, and Actor Sharon Stone.  KOTCHAKORN VORAAKHOM: The founder and CEO of… Read more

The Asia Foundation today announced the 2020 class of Asia Foundation Development Fellows: Emerging Leadership for Asia’s Future following a highly competitive selection process. Representing 11 Asian countries and a wide range of disciplines, the 2020 Development Fellows—seven women and five men—are emerging leaders in their fields, bringing bold,… Read more

Teen Vogue names The Asia Foundation in a feature interview with actor and 2019 Lotus Circle honoree Lana Condor.  Lana’s passion for empowering education for young people has led her to organize a scholarship through the Asia Foundation, where girls from Cần Thơ, Vietnam, are sponsored for necessities such as books, uniforms, and transportati… Read more

Stronger cooperation is essential for APEC as economies address inequality, environmental health, and the digital economy—the region’s critical challenges—said APEC Secretariat Executive Director Rebecca Sta Maria during a visit to the United States to bolster collaboration with The Asia Foundation and the tech community. “The biggest challenges of… Read more