The ‘helpers’ preying on runaway South Korean teens
The term is often hashtagged alongside others such as ""gachul"" (runaway from home) and ""jatei"" (high school dropouts). These serve as an emergency code in seeking a place to…
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Yangon parties on in war-torn Myanmar despite tough circumstances
In Yangon, new eateries and nightspots continue to sprout and at least one art gallery has opened, defying the gloom brought on by the military power grab three years ago.
In Indonesia, calls mount for parents to protect children from online gambling
A new government task force established last week to curtail rampant online gambling has found indications that 80,000 children below the age of 10 and 440,000 of those aged 10 to…
Screen saviours reboot role of social media
Online support groups help members reach academic, financial, and health goals.
South Korea declares full-fledged war to combat low birth rate
In the first quarter, Korea's fertility rate -- the number of children a woman has within her lifetime -- hit a record quarterly low of 0.76, and it is projected to drop to…
Indignity, disease, death: The life of a sewage worker in Pakistan
84 sewage workers have died in 19 districts of Pakistan over the past five years, according to an advocacy group.
South Korea’s largest doctors’ group begins full-scale strike despite warnings
Government threatens to punish doctors who defy its return-to-work order, "dissolve" Korean Medical Association.
Korea’s broken ladder of social mobility
According to a survey by the Korea Development Institute last year, only 30 percent of respondents believe their children will achieve a higher socioeconomic status than their own.
Health issues plague K-pop girl groups
The pressure to stay thin, brutal schedules blamed for growing number of female artists taking breaks for health reasons.
Heads of South Korea’s doctors groups clash over medical standoff
A large portion of trainee doctors, medical students, and physicians across the country have been participating in a walkoff since February in protest of the government's plan to…