Asia
Is the Hunger Challenge in Asia-Pacific Going Unnoticed?
Indians rush frantically to launder their black money
MUMBAI, India — Indians’ ingenuity is being mightily tested as they rush to save their “black money,” stashes of hundreds of thousands, even millions, of rupees they have accumulated without paying taxes. "...
How Narenda Modi of India plans to wipe out black market money
In one of the most audacious experiments in India’s modern histor...
Lower caste Indian singer embraces centuries-old slur. Caste pride is driving her success.
JALANDHAR, India — For centuries in India, the hateful slur was hurled at the lower caste community of leather tanners, regarded as “untouchables.” Now the younger generation in the community is embracing the word:...
Why water war has broken out in India’s Silicon Valley
Violence has broken out in India's technology hub Bangalore in Karnataka state over a long-running dispute about water. Protesters are angry at a Supreme Court ruling ordering Karnataka to share water from the Cauvery river with neighboring Tamil Nad...
Bangladeshi farmers drown in debt as floods destroy crops
Months of flooding have wiped out entire villages and crops in Bangladesh, pushing farmers deeper into a cycle of debt that they can’t escape without more government help. About 4.2 million people have been affected by flooding in at least 19 distr...