How to tame the traffic: A guide for cities
To tame the traffic problem, cities must change their paradigm and consider traffic reduction strategies that prioritize people and their well-being and require drivers to…
Special Report
‘I know hopes are dim’: Anxious parents in China still throng matchmaking corners in parks
Hundreds of parents show up on weekends at public parks in Chinese cities from Shanghai to Chengdu and Changsha to find prospective partners for their children.
In murdered Sikh separatist’s ancestral village in Punjab, few remember him
Many villagers can barely remember Mr Nijjar – who shunned the normal practice of returning to the village after moving to Canada in the 1990s – and heard of his death only…
True Crimes of Asia: Suicidal people still baited on social media in Japan despite ‘Twitter murders’
The growing use of the Internet also created a new breed of criminal of Takahiro Shiraishi’s ilk – murderers who prey on helpless victims by offering to die with them, but…
‘PC bang’ seek to hit refresh in post-Covid era
In recent years, PC bang spaces have vanished across the country, dwindling from 21,549 in 2009 to 9,265 in 2021.
Rise in male suicide rates in India: What does the data say?
The statistics revealed a staggering 166 per cent increase in suicide cases among daily wage earners in India between 2014 and 2021.
300 million smokers and counting: Why China just can’t kick its cigarette habit
Despite years of anti-smoking campaigns, many continue to light up, driven by social mores, cheap cigarettes, a lack of public education and, crucially, the protection of Big…
K-culture brings tourists in, but K-maps leave them wandering
There is a stark disparity between Korea's rising recognition as an advanced cultural, technological powerhouse, and its inability to offer reliable international map services.
From pharaohs to prime ministers: Now you see them, now you don’t
Throughout different eras around the world, there's a legacy of removing former powerful figures from the annals of history.
Pakistan’s web of cyberscammers
Contrary to what one might assume, the gambit used for these scams is pretty simple — exploit the vulnerabilities of the poor, naïve, uneducated and the fearful.