Long road ahead: Life as nonbinary in Indonesia
Merely inviting a gay couple to appear on one of the most popular YouTube podcast channels in Indonesia brought up rehashed “discourses” and hate speech on social media.
Society
Bangladesh taka weakens further
As the shortage of the greenback has already created an instability in the forex market, the central bank has been trying to bring back discipline by depreciating the local…
Indonesia’s mixed-marriage families welcome planned changes to citizenship regulation
Indonesia does not recognize dual citizenship, except for in the case of children of one Indonesian and one non-Indonesian parent, who may hold their dual citizenship until the…
Women lawmakers call for removing statute of limitations on rape cases
This comes as a woman brought to public an incident of alleged rape after eight years by a beauty pageant organiser.
Home at last for Marawi folk but compensation still up in the air
More than 2,000 of those who still live in transitory shelters are also pining for the compensation they will get from the Marawi Compensation Law.
Can Karachi’s sex workers get out on their own terms?
The vast majority of Karachi’s sex workers do not enter or exit the trade on their own terms. That does not stop them from dreaming of freedom and a 'respectable' life.
Moral policing a zombie virus
The writer asks if pent-up frustrations resulting from social, economic, and power struggles have led people to act irrationally, in a frenzy of rage.
Telesurgery may soon be practical option in Japan
The innovative medical procedure is particularly promising for rural residents because it will allow advanced surgeries to be performed even in areas with few surgeons.
A rural region in Japan aims for ‘creative depopulation’
Kamiyama - a town of just 4,448 people living across an area of 173.3 sq km, or a population density of 25.7 people per sq km - has been said to be "at risk of disappearing".
Preserving the Mekong Delta’s floating markets
A cultural researcher said that floating markets represented the cultural features, tourism specialties, and the pride of the land and people of the Mekong Delta.