Love our expats: The Jakarta Post
Indonesia's bureaucrats should learn to be less xenophobic in dealing with expatriates.
A woman’s worth
No country has reached gender equality.
An unfinished revolution: Philippine Daily Inquirer
But while reclaiming the country’s sovereignty has since been celebrated as the end of struggle against a foreign power, there’s an unfinished battle that Filipinos continue…
Expand opportunities for people to encounter books: The Japan News
It is necessary to halt the decline in the number of bookstores and enhance momentum to protect them as a foundation of knowledge.
Stunting policy gets stunted: The Jakarta Post
More than half of the targeted 82 million children probably do not need free meals at school and would not appreciate it as much since they get better and more nutritious food at…
The silent plastic crisis in rural Bangladesh
In rural parts of the country, plastic waste infiltrates rivers, irrigation channels, and croplands, disrupting daily life and livelihoods. Yet, this reality rarely garners…
Why do the young love Labubu?
Because the truth is, young people everywhere — in Shanghai, Stockholm, or São Paulo — share something simple: a desire for joy, surprise, and self-expression. Labubu is just…
National emergency over HIV: Philippine Daily Inquirer
While a national emergency can help raise awareness, the government must immediately implement concrete solutions to stem the rise in HIV cases especially among the young.
Still looking for closure
On June 6, 1976, the Double Six Tragedy claimed the lives of then Chief Minister, Tun Fuad Stephens, and several key state ministers when the GAF N-22B Nomad aircraft they were on…
Pakistani teen Sana Yousaf’s death is another case of a man not taking no for an answer
Mere weeks after a landmark judgment upholding the death sentence of Zahir Jaffer, the man who brutally murdered Noor Mukadam in Islamabad, the country mourns the cold-blooded…