GlobalPost - Asia

Lights, camera, genocide!

Brendan Brady — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:01:58 +0000

A new TV show is rapidly extending the reach of the Khmer Rouge war crimes court to Cambodian households.

Teacher in a box: Outsourcing homework to India

Saritha Rai — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:28:51 +0000

Need help with that term paper, young American? Meet Saswati Patnaik.

Agriculture as peacemaker in Afghanistan

Douglas A. Wissing — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:53 +0000

America's farmer-soldiers in Afghanistan

Douglas A. Wissing — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:21 +0000

An elite Indiana National Guard unit is patrolling Khost Province, helping Afghan farmers to help themselves.

Grid leap forward

Jordan Calinoff — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:03:32 +0000

To much fanfare, Obama recently committed $3.4 billion to "smart grid" electric modernization. Now China is investing $670 billion.

How can 39 million buffalo be wrong?

Jason Overdorf — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:30:21 +0000

Indian farmers discover the beauty of mozzarella.

Analysis: Obama in China: It's about the money

Kathleen E. McLaughlin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:57:00 +0000

How, and why, Obama is treating the dragon differently.

Silicon Sweatshops: A promising model

Jonathan Adams and Kathleen E. McLaughlin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:54:56 +0000

There's no easy way to police supply chains in Asia. But one US high-tech firm and its Taiwan supplier are taking a creative approach that might just work.

Special report: Silicon Sweatshops

Jonathan Adams and Kathleen E. McLaughlin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:05:08 +0000

Despite strict "codes of conduct," labor rights violations are the norm at factories making the world's favorite high-tech gadgets.

What do you think about Silicon Sweatshops?

News Desk — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:04:19 +0000

Are high-tech supply chains in Asia good business or exploitation? You decide.

Silicon Sweatshops: Shattered dreams

Jonathan Adams — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:24:07 +0000

Migrant workers making gadgets at Taiwan's high-tech parks sign deals that make them modern-day indentured servants.

Silicon Sweatshops: The China connection

Kathleen E. McLaughlin and Jonathan Adams — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:22:58 +0000

For migrant workers, an electronics factory job can be a ticket into China's booming middle class. But for many, it turns into a nightmare of poor working conditions and indifferent bosses.

Silicon Sweatshops: Disposable workforce

Jonathan Adams — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:22:25 +0000

Laid-off Taiwanese workers accuse their firm of violating industry codes even when times were good.

Silicon Sweatshops: A gallery

Sharron Lovell and Jonathan Adams — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:48:56 +0000

Do Aussies need more time in the sun?

Sonia Ulliana — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:59:21 +0000

Fears of skin cancer resulting from sun exposure may have prompted a new health concern — vitamin D deficiencies.

Video: The Chinese on Obama

Josh Chin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:16:52 +0000

Japan’s downward spiral

Gavin Blair — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:17:34 +0000

One in six Japanese are now poor. The new government has vowed to tackle the problem, but how?

Indonesia: The home of "Green Islam"

Peter Gelling — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:25:36 +0000

Can Quranic teaching save the planet? Many in the world's most-populous Muslim nation think so.

Asia's pushback to big tobacco

Patrick Winn — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:30:28 +0000

The cigarette industry wants a bigger slice of Asia. Activists want them to butt out.

Obama in Japan: Reassuring an old friend

Justin McCurry in Tokyo — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:58:10 +0000

America's first "pacific president" extends a hand. But it's not all smiles.

Obama in Beijing: What you will see. And won't see.

Kathleen E. McLaughlin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:56:47 +0000

In China, anything is possible. Nothing is easy.

How other US presidents handled the dragon

Kathleen E. McLaughlin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:31:38 +0000

From Nixon, to Ford, to Reagan, Clinton and both Bushes, dealing with China has never been simple.

Afghanistan's only pig quarantined? Must be bad

Jean MacKenzie — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:25:03 +0000

Swine flu has sent one of the world's most unflappable populations into a panic.

Afghanistan: Waiting for the dust to settle

Finbarr O'Reilly — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:45:51 +0000

On Location: Haryana — India's looming food crisis

Jason Overdorf — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:45:31 +0000

Can the "Lungs of Bombay" be given space to breathe?

Sara Stefanini — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:33:29 +0000

Called upon to plant trees, Mumbaikars join the historic fight to preserve Sanjay Gandhi National Park.

On Location: Tokyo — Blue light special

Aya Shoji — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:31:04 +0000

Road to Beijing paved with presidents

Reuters — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:11:53 +0000

Analysis: Kim Jong Il's cry for help

Jiyeon Lee — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:20:50 +0000

Analysts feel that the Nov. 10 naval clash between the Koreas is a signal from Pyongyang that it's ready to talk.

Fat in Japan? You're breaking the law.

David Nakamura — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:40:13 +0000

As the health care debate rages in the US, Tokyo lawmakers set a maximum waist size. Are you too fat for Japan?

Can Indonesia's "Hamburger King" topple McDonald's?

Sara Schonhardt — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:55:39 +0000

So far, the signs are not good.

It's not about the monks

Jason Overdorf — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:15:02 +0000

China's saber rattling sends India into a funk — by design.