Foster Klug / APSep 20, 2017
Officials and pundits across the region try to parse the president’s vow before the U.N. that the U.S., if provoked, will “totally destroy North Korea.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
By Paul Brown / Climate News NetworkAug 4, 2017
In remote parts of India and Nepal, female entrepreneurs bring electricity to their villages. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Juan Cole / Informed CommentJul 7, 2017
With China and India increasingly dedicated to pushing greener cars, the Asian market may drive the whole industry in that direction much faster than anyone expected. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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By Tim Shorrock / TomDispatchDec 15, 2016
It would be wise to look once again for alternatives to our militaristic policies in Asia, for more equitable ties with Japan and South Korea, and for a shift away from confrontation with North Korea and China. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )
By John Pilger / The New InternationalistDec 5, 2016
A major, underreported U.S. military buildup for the purpose of confronting China -- a campaign that involves nuclear weapons -- is underway in Asia and the Pacific. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigSep 7, 2016
Far from the noise of the Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton brawl are painful examples of what this presidential campaign should be about: people struggling to raise their families out of poverty, send their kids to school and survive day to day. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 20, 2016
She was only 14 when her mother decided that Nasima’s best hope for a future meant leaving her home, her family and everything she knew to make a grueling trek to Europe. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Kieran Cooke / Climate News NetworkMar 26, 2016
Many hundreds of planned coal-fired power plants in Asia will probably be shelved as economies slow and climate change and air pollution worsen. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigFeb 17, 2016
In a sign of China’s increasingly powerful role in Central Asia and the Middle East, a Chinese train arrived in Tehran on Tuesday after a 14-day journey. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigJan 20, 2016
There are conflicting reports about who carried out the assault in Charsadda, but in 2014 the Taliban killed 145 at a school in Peshawar, about 25 miles away. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 8, 2015
The ruling will impose tougher restrictions on industry and business in an attempt to curb the Chinese capital's pollution, which Greenpeace has called an “airpocalypse.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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