January 6, 2017 • 28m
Suicide in South Korea is a serious and widespread problem with the country having the highest suicide rate for an OECD member sta...Read more
January 13, 2017 • 28m
Depopulation of rural areas has become a serious issue in China, where economic growth has led the vast majority of youth to migra...Read more
January 27, 2017 • 28m
In recent years, China's divorce rate has suddenly risen due to a number of factors, including social and economic changes as well...Read more
February 3, 2017 • 28m
In 2016, education in the Philippines underwent a dramatic overhaul. A new high school system was introduced, extending the period...Read more
February 10, 2017 • 28m
In the 1990's, Japan's anime was regarded in China as a media for children, and only the most eager fans knew of performance activ...Read more
February 17, 2017 • 28m
The Kingdom of Cambodia is located on the Indochina Peninsula and approximately 80% of the population lives in rural areas. In the...Read more
February 24, 2017 • 28m
Shenzhen is a city located in Guangdong Province, just across the bay from Hong Kong. Referred to as "China's Silicon Valley", it ...Read more
March 3, 2017 • 28m
Sri Lanka: this island nation, often called "the pearl of the Indian Ocean", with its year-round beaches, endless nature and 8 des...Read more
March 10, 2017 • 28m
With the rise of digital media in China, the market for brick-and-mortar bookstores is on the decline. However, amidst skepticism ...Read more
March 17, 2017 • 28m
Known as the "Hawaii of China", the popular resort island of Hainan has drawn attention for creating a new model for farming villa...Read more
March 24, 2017 • 28m
Family structures are undergoing a rapid change in modern China. More and more grandparents are finding themselves pressured to le...Read more
March 31, 2017 • 28m
In the east of Indonesia is a unique clinic known as the "Garbage Clinic". The clinic encourages local people from impoverished ar...Read more
April 7, 2017 • 28m
In January 2016, China finally ended its 37-year one-child policy. All couples are now free to have a second child. The result has...Read more
April 14, 2017 • 28m
In years past, China's migrant workers were looked upon as lowborn, and expected to eagerly accept even harsh working conditions. ...Read more
April 28, 2017 • 28m
Reflecting Mao Zedong's famous words that women hold up half the heavens, women in China benefit from greater equality in the work...Read more
May 12, 2017 • 28m
There is a big trouble in the faraway Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga. Until recently Tonga was best known for the skill of its rugby ...Read more
May 19, 2017 • 28m
Death has been a taboo topic in China for centuries, making it difficult to prepare terminally ill patients and their families. On...Read more
June 2, 2017 • 28m
The district of Daehangno, located in central Seoul, has been known for decades as a college town. Young people brought their crea...Read more
June 16, 2017 • 28m
China's one-child policy, created as an effort to prevent overpopulation, was ended in 2016 after 37 years. Now, those born during...Read more
June 23, 2017 • 28m
Though Myanmar is an agricultural nation, with over 60% of the population engaged in farming, many rural villages lack vital infra...Read more
June 30, 2017 • 28m
In Cambodia June 2017 saw elections to determine membership of local councils across the nation. In recent years these ballots hav...Read more
July 14, 2017 • 28m
Economic growth in Myanmar has seen wine become popular with the country's younger generation. One of its major wineries sits in t...Read more
July 21, 2017 • 28m
In 2015, China launched its Internet Plus policy with the aim of promoting the use of Internet in various industries such as e-com...Read more
July 28, 2017 • 28m
One in ten Filipinos -- over 10 million people -- work outside their native country. Recently, many people are hoping to work over...Read more
August 18, 2017 • 28m
In Quezon City, near the Philippine capital Manila, lies the shantytown of San Roque. But as economic growth fuels rapid urban red...Read more
August 25, 2017 • 28m
Hong Kong was returned to mainland China in 1997. In spite of the Umbrella Revolution 3 years ago when junior high school students...Read more
September 8, 2017 • 28m
In July 2017, an "inclusive dance" show, featuring dancers with physical disabilities performing together with able-bodied dancers...Read more
September 15, 2017 • 28m
70% of the world's civilian-use drones are made in the same city: Shenzhen, now referred to as "Drone City" by locals. In the span...Read more
September 29, 2017 • 28m
In China, migrant workers are a common presence in major cities such as Shanghai, where their low-cost labor makes a major contrib...Read more
October 6, 2017 • 28m
The city of Siem Reap is a major tourist destination, acting as the gateway to the Angkor Wat temple. It is also home to a very di...Read more
October 20, 2017 • 28m
71-year-old artist Luong Anh Dung has spent 50 years drawing propaganda - and he's proud of it. Working for the Hanoi government, ...Read more
November 3, 2017 • 28m
Despite the great economic growth that is invigorating China, recently a small group of young people are turning their backs on th...Read more
November 10, 2017 • 28m
Each year, over 13 million tourists visit the Indonesian island of Bali. But this tropical paradise faces a major trash problem, w...Read more
November 17, 2017 • 28m
Just 1 year ago in Myanmar, the National League for Democracy led by Aung San Suu Kyi was formally elected, freeing the country fr...Read more
November 24, 2017 • 28m
4 days a week, horse caretaker Ridwan Sururi loads his equine partner Luna with a couple of crates full of books, and leads her ar...Read more
December 8, 2017 • 28m
Each year, over one thousand defectors escape the restrictive nation of North Korea to seek a new life in the South. Even if they ...Read more
December 22, 2017 • 28m
For decades, the image of Asian comics has been dominated by Japanese manga, the characters of which are known across the globe. A...Read more