Over 10 weeks, RFE/RL hosted discussions on Twitter Spaces on various issues that affect daily life in Central Asia. We looked at global issues -- from the COVID-19 pandemic to the war in Ukraine ...

May 1, 2024 • This week on the podcast, we're revisiting a conversation we had with Chin about her book, Mott Street. Through decades of painstaking research, the fifth-generation New Yorker ...

No other region on Earth experiences more climate, weather, and water-related disasters than Asia, according to a new report. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released its 2023 State of ...

MAILUU-SUU, Kyrgyzstan, April 23 (Reuters) - Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl ...

Ebrahim Raisi, the first Iranian leader to visit Sri Lanka since 2008, says the project marks his country’s ability to share knowledge with other nations. Ebrahim Raisi, the first Iranian leader ...

April is typically hot in South and Southeast Asia, but temperatures this month have been unusually high. By Saif Hasnat and Mike Ives Saif Hasnat reported from Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Mike Ives ...

Chinese professor Fan Yuntao, who teaches in Tokyo, has reportedly gone missing after returning to Shanghai in February 2023. Chinese professor Fan Yuntao, who teaches in Tokyo, has reportedly ...

Asia Society Hong Kong Center (ASHK) is proud to host the ninth and newest President and CEO of Asia Society, Dr. Kyung-wha Kang, for a series of programs to welcome her and honor the start of her ...

Al­ready un­der pres­sure from habi­tat loss and pol­lu­tion, tur­tles face an ex­is­ten­tial cri­sis from record heat. Ex­pert body tells UN Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil the weapon’s ...

JAKARTA — An Indonesian court has sentenced environmental activist Daniel Frits Maurits Tangkilisan to seven months in prison for his online criticism of illegal shrimp farms inside a marine ...

SEMBILAN ISLAND, Indonesia — Until recently, skippers on this island relied on their day’s catch of grouper, mackerel and snapper tipping the scales at around 50 kilograms (110 pounds). Today,… ...