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We know that a child’s passion for reading better predicts their academic success than their family’s socioeconomic status. Children who develop a love of reading are more likely to read better, write better, build their vocabulary, and comprehend more in their reading. Sharing books in a household and talking with children about these stories… Read more

Multicultural TV (다문화), a Korea-based news channel, features The Asia Foundation’s Kyung-sook Lee in an interview on Books for Asia’s Let’s Read Book Concert held on June 17 in Seoul.

Trump and Modi: Prospects for US-India Buren Sharing For nearly two decades, there has been a steady advance in relations between the United States and India. Refuting skeptics on both sides, the two nations have overcome significant internal political and bureaucratic resistance to advance the relationship. But as a new government takes charge in… Read more

Bloomberg TV Mongolia features The Asia Foundation’s Mongolia Country Representative Mark Koenig in a televised interview on business ethics at the “Compliance Forum 2019” in Ulaanbaatar on June 18.

On June 17th, the Let’s Read E-Book Concert at the Seoul Global Cultural Center celebrated the publication of new multicultural stories for children that promote reading and sharing of cultures. The Book Concert is part of a larger project supported by the MoneyGram Foundation, Seoul Metropolitan Government, and The Asia Foundation that included ch… Read more

In partnership with the World Green Economy Organization, the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, and the International Solar Alliance, The Asia Foundation co-organized the 2019 Asia Pacific R… Read more

Tolo News features insights from Asia Foundation Afghanistan Country Representative Abdullah Ahmadzai in a televised interview on the voter registration process in Afghanistan. The voter registration process for the upcoming presidential elections was kicked off on Saturday in which the Independent Election Commission (IEC) will not use the biometr… Read more

3:30pm – 6:00pm Morrison Library, Doe Library, 101 Library Ct, Berkeley, CA 94720.  A bipartisan delegation of members of South Korea’s 20th National Assembly will visit UC Berkeley this summer to discuss South Korea’s engagement policy toward North Korea. Led by Chung-in Moon, special advisor to the President of South Korea on policy regardin… Read more

New tool measures economic governance for private sector development Today, The Asia Foundation released the Myanmar Business Environment Index 2019 (MBEI) as a diagnostic tool to better understand the local business environment. The government of Myanmar has recognized the importance of private sector development, yet many Myanmar enterprises cont… Read more

The Asia Foundation, with support from the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Office of the U.S. Department of State, has been working in close partnership with the Supreme Court and the Philippine Association of Law Schools on the Strengthening Rule of Law Through Legal Aid Clinics in the Philippines project. The project aims to o… Read more