A s the circumstances deteriorate in Afghanistan, hundreds of Afghans – from government officials to activists and journalists, to members of minorities – each month continue to attempt to make...

Pakistan’s devastating floods last year have worsened the water and sanitation problems particularly in the country’s rural areas.

The illegal status of the sex industry in Thailand leaves loopholes for corruption, human rights abuse, and inequality, prompting calls for its legalization.

Myanmar’s battered economy flounders some more as power outages that began last year worsen.

A proposed crowdfunding law is bound to rain heavy blows on Hong Kong's already cornered civil society.

Marawi homes remain in disrepair as P10-B is poured into the construction of government buildings. Displaced residents are now pinning their hopes on the newly constituted Marawi Compensation Board. But...

Activists push back against a plan to construct a new court complex in Raika forest, on the outskirts of India’s northern city of Jammu.

Myanmar’s junta wants to hold elections to legitimize its rule, but analysts warn it may be opening yet another violent chapter in the country’s already blood-soaked story.

Afghan women are being stripped of their rights under the Taliban – to the detriment of the rest of the country.

In this era of polarization, robust democratic movements are able to cut across political divides. But how do we turn our heterogeneous nature into a source of power?

After being overshadowed for years by nongovernment organizations doing “good deeds,” the Vietnamese Communist Party now has a boot on the neck of the country’s civil-society community.

A decades-old murder case is putting the spotlight once more on the death penalty in Japan.

Despite the Myanmar junta's two-year scorched-earth campaigns, the armed resistance and ethnic groups are increasingly converging and turning the tides of war.

Many are hoping that the main message of the main opposition party’s just concluded march of unity will prosper and spread throughout the increasingly divided country.

Legal scholars and rights advocates say fresh moves to amend Mongolia’s constitution may put its democracy in danger.

Lawyer and rights activist Chow Hang Tung is demonstrating how human-rights advocacy is done in this new era in Hong Kong.

In spite of global and regional trends of countries skewing toward autocracy, democratic movements across Asia continue to demonstrate their grit and vision.

Everything is under control, says the military junta in Myanmar, but the situation on the ground is showing the opposite.

India’s worsening air pollution has made even breathing hazardous to its people’s health.

Analysts and civilians alike are urging the Pakistani government to act fast to counter the resurgence of a ruthless militant group.

Reality hits hard for many Asians looking for work, and perhaps a new country to settle in, via Canada’s migrant workers program.

Vietnam’s informal waste collectors often get little respect from many people, but they play a crucial role in helping keep the country clean and green.

Residents of Japan’s Amami Oshima island are fighting to keep a beach free of a gigantic seawall.

Even as several of their colleagues are meted punishment by the government for exposing corrupt practices, some Vietnamese media insiders admit that they themselves have become agents of corruption.