Deep-seated injustice needs to end in Bangladesh
"Unless you actually have a system of governance, which is contingent on the freely given vote of its citizens and is then accountable to them at all times, then there is always,…
Special Report
How Singapore builds communities in the sky
The Housing and Development Board was set up in 1960, replacing the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT), to solve the severe housing shortage and improve the poor living conditions…
No ‘occult’ cure for mental health: Experts
Modern science has much to offer in the treatment of mental health with specialists, and even Buddhist monks, calling on people to recognise it as a medical issue and seek…
Indonesia, the dynastic democracy soap opera
Academics and civil society activists decry dynastic politics as being the death of democracy in Indonesia, but it seems that the Indonesian electorate doesn’t mind it.
Seoul vs. the rest: University pyramid crumbling at the bottom
Even before graduation, students flocked to private cram schools that help students prepare to retake the Suenung, the national exam that plays a key role in university admissions.
Body heat scanners help hunt for drugs at airport
The detector is a whole-body imaging security device that shows hidden objects or substances and is used to check air travelers specifically suspected of drug possession.
The global rise of traditional Chinese medicine
"Many people of my generation signed up for universities following our parents’ or teachers’ orders, but students nowadays choose to study Traditional China Medicine mostly…
How will Taiwan election affect Korean chips?
Some market experts and industry sources expect Korea to benefit from strained relationship between the US and China following the election results. They believe China may…
Could Pakistan be entering its ‘Irani cinema’ era?
In times like these, when clunkers have pushed audiences away from the movies, cinemas’ survival could be in the small, indie-minded productions that choose socially relevant…
The tales of Nusantara
Amid steel tracery that emulates the wings of the mythical bird Garuda, the nation’s symbol, the palace will stand firm on a hill deep in the rainforests of East Kalimantan.