Mob beats youth to death in Dhaka
The man beaten to death was under suspicion of mugging.
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In a first in South Korea, AI locates missing person by analysing camera footage
Police said that if humans had searched manually, it could have taken more than 10 hours. The man was found safely in much less time.
Kathmandu palace premises teeming with dengue mosquito larvae
Metropolitan staff find stagnant water and Aedes mosquitoes larvae in discarded items in office compounds.
China’s new 1st-tier cities gain ground in talent battle
New first-tier cities, especially in East China's Yangtze River Delta, are gaining ground in the battle for talent, as they offer robust manufacturing and innovation capabilities,…
Because no one asked: Archiving the Rohingya past
The Rohingya archive repositions. It insists that the community be seen not only as stateless victims but as agents with deep pasts, thick roots, and futures denied but not…
Hating the Philippines’ flood-control nepo babies may also be a form of activism
The court of public opinion seems satisfyingly harsh, and the unadulterated disgust towards the nepo babies often reflects the larger condemnation of the unjust situations at…
They’re tagged as ‘just resting.’ But South Korea’s youth feel anything but rested
For some, idling away time outside labour force may be a survival strategy in a system that never lets them stop.
Child depression in South Korean jumps 70% in 4 years
A total of 86,254 children and teens were treated for depression in 2024, rising 72.6 percent from 49,983 in 2020, according to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.
China’s ageing population sparks need for medical escorts, hospital aides
With children living far away, elder medical care is becoming commonplace.
Wildlife menace forces farmers in Nepal highlands to abandon ancestral villages
Relentless raids on crops by simians and black bears are making livelihoods increasingly impossible in mountain villages.