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.
Rural India runs dry as thirsty megacity Mumbai sucks water
Demand is increasing in the world’s most populous nation of 1.4 billion people, but supplies are shrinking — with climate change driving erratic rainfall and extreme heat.
Learning with play
Play is undervalued and trivialised, opportunities for play are being squeezed out of childhood, and a high number of children are deprived of play at home.
Fiesta politics: The role of food in Philippine independence
Records of Americans’ experiences in the Philippines during the first 16 years of American occupation (1900-1916) consistently emphasise the significance of food during that…
Dhaka footpaths, a money-spinner for extortionists
Ruling party leaders, cops, and hawkers’ associations get cuts from the vendors.
Cha-Ching!: How Pakistan can expand the tax net to include wholesale and retail traders
Wholesale and retail trade is one segment that barely pays any direct taxes and often creates the most noise whenever there is any effort to extract even a minimal amount of tax.
Unlike the yakuza, Japan’s latest crime menace is anonymous and faceless
"Yamibaito," or shady part-time work in Japanese, promises a lofty payout for minimal work. Such work, however, is often illegal and runs the gamut from murder to armed robbery,…
Kathmandu street vendors lament lack of options two years since ban
City is cleaner and better, but its benefits are not reaching the economically disadvantaged residents relying on street vending for livelihood, they say.
Skills mismatch, tech disconnect: Why 10 million Gen-Z Indonesians sit around
A lack of opportunities for Generation Z Indonesians, or those born in the late 90s and first decade of this century, may result in income loss and higher crime rates, experts…
Marriage race: Koreans get cautious, calculative in search of ‘the one’
Rather than finding a compatible partner, South Koreans often seek those who rank highest in economic and social aspects, like by graduating from a prestigious university or…