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An employee works on a solar panel production line at a factory in China. Myanmar gets most of its solar panels from China.
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War-torn Myanmar embraces solar power due to necessity, not climate goals
The Southeast Asian country's electricity supply has deteriorated since a 2021 military coup and the ensuing civil war, exposing millions to chronic blackouts.
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In China, victims of abuse are told to ‘keep it in the family’
When two women in China tried to escape their violent husbands, the system that promised to protect them looked the other way, until it was too late.
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In China, wedding bells are ringing in nightclubs, a subway station and on snowy mountain peaks
In May, China began allowing weddings anywhere in the country instead of couples’ places of residence in an effort to boost marriage rates and ease the demographic crisis.
Amina (L), a household helper, sits beside her mother as she speaks during an interview in Karachi on July 31.
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Oct 14, 2025
'I know it's immoral': Child workers still common in Pakistan
By Sameer MANDHRO
One in four households in a country of 255 million people employs a child as a domestic worker, mostly girls aged 10 to 14.
Kulsum Khatun, an eight-year-old girl, takes notes while attending a class in a floating boat school, part of an initiative by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, in Bhangura area of Pabna, Bangladesh, on Sept. 25.
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Oct 8, 2025
In Bangladesh’s flooded plains, school boats keep learning afloat
By Sam Jahan — Ruma Paul
A "floating schools" initiative launched in 2002 has grown into a nationwide model in Bangladesh and has been emulated in flood-prone countries around the world.
A screen capture from video shows trekkers leaving their campsite as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummeled the Himalayas, in China's Tibet Region on Sunday.
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Oct 7, 2025
Hundreds of trekkers rescued from Everest in Tibet amid unusually heavy snow
By Ryan Woo
October is a peak season, when skies usually clear at the end of the Indian monsoon.
"My children cried all night from hunger. I boiled grass and gave it to them just to keep them quiet," said Ajib Bahar, 38, from a refugee camp in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar.
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Oct 2, 2025
Myanmar's war-torn Rakhine state grappling with hunger crisis, aid groups say
By Ruma Paul — Poppy McPherson — Devjyot Ghoshal
More than 100,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition, with less than 2% able to access treatment, according to data provided by aid workers.
Artisan Ghulam Mohammad Zaz makes the santoor instrument at his home in Srinaga on Sept. 23.
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Sep 29, 2025
Strings of identity: Kashmir's fading music endures
By Mukhtar ZAHOOR
The santoor, an instrument played with hammers, has long been central to Kashmir's musical identity, but global music trends are beginning to overshadow local sounds.
Bipinkumar Padaya (center) sits with his wife and son at home in Dharavi, a slum settlement in Mumbai.
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Sep 27, 2025
In India's Mumbai, the largest slum in Asia is for sale
By Philippe Alfroy
The plan to redevelop Dharavi, led by Mumbai authorities and billionaire tycoon Gautam Adani, reflects modern India — excessive, ambitious, and brutal.
India's parliament has passed a sweeping bill banning online gambling, after government figures showed companies had stripped $2.3 billion annually from 450 million people.
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Sep 17, 2025
India's online gambling fans eye illegal sites in wake of ban
By Faisal Kamal — Anuj Srivas
India's parliament last month passed a sweeping law banning online gambling.

A beloved Tokyo penguin’s end presages Suica’s shift to payments giant
JR East is retiring the beloved Suica penguin as part of a rebrand to transform the contactless payment platform, used for both transit and retail, into a mobile fintech powerhouse.
Fears rise of rupture in Japan-China ties in wake of Taiwan remarks
Two Chinese tourists wearing kimonos take a selfie as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Ashfall warning issued in southern Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.
The challenges awaiting Japan’s new finance minister
Finance minister Satsuki Katayama answers questions from reporters in a group interview on Oct. 24.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
By Kathryn Wortley

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