Dinh Thi Kieu Nhung
Dinh Thi Kieu Nhung is responsible for education programming at The Asia Foundation in Vietnam, managing scholarship programs for disadvantaged girls and young women, vocational training programs, and job-ready training…
Education and Leadership
Transformative Lessons from LeadNext Global Leaders’ Summit
As a young urban planner from Mongolia, I had the great privilege to receive a 2023 LeadNext fellowship. Twenty young people, ages 18 to 25, half from Asia and the…
Ministry of Education’s Merdeka Curriculum Features Let’s Read Indonesia
In Indonesia, one of the factors behind the low literacy rate among children is a lack of access to interesting reading materials. Schools need to implement engaging reading into their…
Let’s Read and iTaukei Trust Fund Board to Translate 60 Books into iTaukei Language
Ensuring children have books in their local language that reflect their lives is essential to the learning journey. On August 8 and 9, seven retired schoolteachers with 100 years of…
Asia Foundation CEO Laurel Miller to Address Global Leaders at G20 Ministerial Conference
The Asia Foundation’s President and CEO, Laurel Miller, is in Gandhinagar, India, to address the G20 Ministerial Conference on Women Empowerment from August 2-4. Miller is a champion in addressing…
Catching Up with the Young Asian Diplomats
Fifteen mid-career diplomats from Asia and the Pacific Islands visited the United States last month—from Washington, D.C., and the United Nations in New York to the bayous of Louisiana and…
Applications Open for 2024 Asia Foundation Development Fellows
Applications are now open for the 2024 Asia Foundation Development Fellows: Emerging Leadership for Asia’s Future Program. The Asia Foundation is searching for its ninth cohort of highly talented Development…
Literature Review – Children’s Reading Habits, Internationally and in Cambodia
The Let’s Read program supports children in Asia and the Pacific to build strong early reading skills and develop a genuine love of reading, focusing on promoting reading opportunities among…
Reading Habits of Children in Cambodia
Reading is a fundamental skill that empowers individuals to participate in society. Reading Habits of Children in Cambodia discusses the findings of a survey of 400 adults in Phnom Penh,…
David Kim
David L. Kim is senior director for Leadership and Exchanges programs at The Asia Foundation. He was previously coordinator of the Luce Scholars program and director of the Asia Foundation…
Applications Open for the 2023 William P. Fuller Fellowship in Peacebuilding
Applications are now open for the 2023 William P. Fuller Fellowship in Peacebuilding. For the first time in the program’s history, The Asia Foundation has launched an open call for…
SEA Today Live Spotlights the Let’s Read Initiative in Indonesia
SEA Today Live, an English-language news outlet based in Indonesia, interviewed Country Representative in Indonesia Hana Satriyo, The Asia Foundation, about the Let’s Read initiative. A recent report on learning…