Around the world, colossal statues rise above city skylines, mountain valleys, and serene countryside landscapes, each one a ...

As the junta prepares for heavily rigged polls to be held in parts of the country, Bertil Lintner looks back at Myanmar’s troubled record of elections—which have rarely been free or fair.

Asia has long been a dream for budget-conscious travelers, a vast, vibrant continent where small budgets can still unlock big ...

The attack on a small resistance-run police station in Demoso comes as daily skirmishes and drone strikes drive civilians from their homes and farmlands ...

Asia is famous for its massive celebrations, lantern festivals, Holi colors, cherry blossoms, and Fire Dragons, but beyond ...

For Zaw Myint Thein, a farmer in northwestern Myanmar, having no internet in the area for more than a year causes many ...

A Moroccan court has sentenced a man to five years in prison in the country’s first ruling against someone accused of luring people to work in a scam compound in Asia. The case involved ...

The Swiss government is looking for a shout-out from the U.N. cultural agency to include yodeling on its list of intangible cultural heritage. Promoters insist the yodeling of yore is too ...

In an exclusive article, former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina writes that true democracy in Bangladesh cannot exist ...

In the 1950s, the Philippines was considered — together with Burma — the most promising economy in East Asia, way ahead of Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and South Korea. Like Burma (called Myanmar ...

From hunting birds as a boy to patiently observing them, armed with pencil and papers, the legendary ornithologist was a ...

Almost half of South Africans would support being governed by the army. This is according to a recent Afrobarometer survey, which found that those in favour of a military regime rather than a ...