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Whodunnit? Vietnam’s online sleuths step up their game, tracking true crime

Amateur websleuths played a key role in identifying murder suspect Doan Van Sang by collating an 88-page document with details like a birthmark and tattoo, which went viral,…

  • Published: December 29, 202512:40 pm
  • Author Nga Pham
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In India’s Maharashtra state, girls’ education is hit hard by drought

A 2021 UNESCO report warned that climate-related disruptions could push millions of girls worldwide out of classrooms. It is a pattern already visible across India’s rural…

  • Published: December 23, 20259:36 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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‘Rafflesia’ or ‘padma’? Debate renewed over renaming rare flower found in Indonesia’s West Sumatra

The concerns hinged on whether the Rafflesia, which was named after a European colonial figure, should be renamed to better represent its Southeast Asian origin and remove its…

  • Published: December 23, 20257:59 am
  • Author Nur Janti
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Korea–Japan tunnel proposals emerge in Unification Church scandal

First proposed by the controversial religious group in 1981, the project has long been one of its priorities.

  • Published: December 18, 202510:23 am
  • Author Lee Seung-ku
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When the yaks died in Bhutan’s Merak

For a community whose livelihood, culture, and identity depend on these livestock, the losses were not only a financial blow but an emotional wound.

  • Published: December 18, 202510:22 am
  • Author Yeshey Lhadon
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From loneliness to rebuilding identity: Inside lives of expat spouses in Korea

In Seoul, expat spouses rewrite story of identity, purpose, and community, led by a growing women's network.

  • Published: December 17, 20251:08 pm
  • Author Choi Jeong-yoon
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World’s lowest birth rate? You may be surprised by these Korean women’s struggles to have baby

South Korea is notorious in recent years for the world’s lowest fertility rate. Yet the countless couples who desperately want children and carry heavy financial and…

  • Published: December 16, 20259:26 am
  • Author Shin Ji-hye
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Living with stigma, state inaction: What it’s like for some of Indonesia’s HIV-positive kids

Health advocates highlight the need for integrated social support as stigma against HIV persists.

  • Published: December 15, 20259:28 am
  • Author Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja
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What happens when you let women live alone? Pakistan needs to find out

Pakistan’s economic future grows stronger when women have the freedom to live, and work, on their own terms.

  • Published: December 15, 20259:25 am
  • Author Shanze Hasan
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Can we build a digital world where women are not erased?

From who gets to be visible historically to which version of a woman appears first in a search result today, patriarchal narratives continue to dominate.

  • Published: December 11, 202511:31 am
  • Author Shagufe Hossain

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