Embracing the Eid spirit to transform education
Just as Muslims ask for forgiveness and embrace a fresh start during Idul Fitri, educators and students can use this time to revisit their niat (intention) and renew their…
Asian Editors Circle
JAPHUS: A Japan-Philippine-US Alliance?
With multilateral organizations, namely the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, refusing to call out China’s hegemonic ambitions, the US is leveraging its large network of…
South Korea’s generational happiness gap
The writer said the gap leaves a dilemma: improving the pension system so that it allows retirees to maintain a middle-class lifestyle, but that move increases the financial…
Room for improvement
The Feb. 14 election was already a massive undertaking, and it certainly was far from the perfect ideal of what a celebration of democracy should look like.
The right and wrong of journalism
Five newspapers, three radio stations, and two magazines have closed down in last 10 years, summing up the poor state of journalism in Bhutan.
Why vaccine-preventable diseases are back
The writer argues that trust in health systems is key to allaying fears and hesitation around vaccination.
Second Thomas Shoal crisis: A Duterte legacy
According to the writer, the Dutertes and their cronies have been deafeningly silent on the latest round of tensions in the West Philippine Sea.
Learning about effective education from Vietnam
However, the writer argues, officials should not wait for the contingent to bring home Vietnam’s lessons. They should ensure that money already set aside for the Department of…
Stop fighting fire with fire
We have had enough pledges from the military about not inflicting more violence on Papuans, but time and again blood is spilled in the name of the military and police campaign…
The day when the ink of Chinese newspapers dries up
The writer hopes to see people of all ethnicities living and working happily together, mutually prospering, tolerating, respecting, and supporting each other.