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Rice harvest in West Java, Indonesia

Society folklore

An Indonesian Village Where Farmers Are Still Guided By The Stars

by Bertrand Hauger October 17, 2016May 22, 2025

A South Korean haenyeo on Jeju island

In The News south korea

The Curious Case Of South Korea’s “Sea Women”

by Nour Alahiane October 11, 2016May 22, 2025

Elisa Hernandez used to earn a living washing her communityâ€™s laundry

Economy philippines

In Philippines, Seeking Environmental Justice 20 Years After Mining Disaster

by Worldcrunch October 3, 2016May 22, 2025

Teuku Akbar Maulana, saved from ISIS

Mom vs. ISIS: Indonesian Student Torn About Going To Syria

by Worldcrunch September 28, 2016May 23, 2025

Thai police officer and seized drugs at the police HQ in Bangkok

Lessons For Duterte, Why Thailand Softened Its Drug War

by Worldcrunch September 23, 2016May 22, 2025

Police officer in Manila, Philippines

Geopolitics drugs

Omerta-Like Silence Shrouds Vigilante Killings In Philippines

by Worldcrunch September 19, 2016May 22, 2025

Afghan refugees going home to Pakistan

Geopolitics civil war

Decades Later, Afghan Refugees Face Uncertain Homecoming

by Worldcrunch September 14, 2016May 22, 2025

Buying liquor at a shop in Kolkata, India

India Alcohol Ban Linked To Deaths From Bootleg Liquor

by Nour Alahiane September 9, 2016May 22, 2025

A soldier of the Nepalese army checks the luggage on board at a checking point in Kathmandu in 2005.

Geopolitics civil war

Can Nepal’s War Victims Ever Get Justice?

by Worldcrunch September 5, 2016May 22, 2025

Sanjay Sharma, the omelet chef

Food / Travel india

An Omelet Twist, How A Colonial Legacy Lives On In Vegetarian India

by Worldcrunch August 31, 2016May 22, 2025

Police take down a demonstrator at a gay rights rally in Yogyakarta in February

Geopolitics islamists

LGBT In Indonesia Targeted By Islamists And Government

by Worldcrunch August 23, 2016May 22, 2025

Gold miner in Sulawesi, Indonesia

At The Mercy Of Mercury, Indonesian Miners Risk It All

by Worldcrunch August 19, 2016May 22, 2025

Bali Starling

Society endangered species

Racing To Save Bali’s Endangered Starling

by Worldcrunch August 16, 2016May 23, 2025

Man ritually pouring milk on a Rajinikanth poster in Chennai on July 22

Why This 66-Year-Old Actor Is Like A God In India

by Worldcrunch August 6, 2016May 22, 2025

The play Teesri Dhun

Geopolitics rights

After Killings, Pakistan Play Tackles Transgender Stigma

by Sruthi Gottipati July 31, 2016May 22, 2025

Spinning to the music.

Geopolitics india

Mystical Sufi Muslim Music v. Rock, Pop And Bollywood

by Worldcrunch July 24, 2016May 22, 2025

Artists protesting against development projects in Bali

Geopolitics music

Bali Artists Fight Project With Whiff Of Disney And Dubai

by Worldcrunch July 11, 2016May 22, 2025

Chinese kindergartners practicing their soccer skills in Zaozhuang

China’s Grand Soccer Ambitions

by Worldcrunch July 7, 2016May 22, 2025

On the trail

Geopolitics equality

Meet The First Transgender Legislator In The Philippines

by Worldcrunch June 27, 2016May 22, 2025

Aleppo-born Ahmed Lababidi on Jeju Island

Geopolitics south korea

Ahmed’s Story: From Syria To A South Korean Island

by Worldcrunch June 16, 2016May 22, 2025

Woman walking in Beijing

The Limits Of China’s First Anti-Domestic Violence Law

by Worldcrunch June 11, 2016May 22, 2025

May 4 demonstration in Jakarta to protest violence against women

Ideas sexual violence

Indonesia, Learning To Talk About Sexual Violence

by Worldcrunch June 6, 2016May 22, 2025

During the Ramadan in Thailand.

Society hate speech

Thailand’s Deepening Muslim-Buddhist Divide

by Worldcrunch May 28, 2016May 22, 2025

Indulge!

Society south korea

All-Natural Model Defies South Korean Plastic Surgery Obsession

by Worldcrunch May 24, 2016May 22, 2025

A young bride waits for her bridegroom.

An Indian Boarding School Offers Child Brides A Way Out

by Worldcrunch May 21, 2016May 22, 2025

There are millions of Indian children in need.

Newspaper Gets Scoops In India, With Staff Of Street Kids

by Worldcrunch May 15, 2016May 22, 2025

View from inside a tuk-tuk in Jalalabad, Afghanistan

Geopolitics afghanistan

Scared And Jobless, Afghan Youth Turn To Human Smugglers

by Worldcrunch May 9, 2016May 22, 2025

Queuing at a water tank in Latur, Maharashtra, on April 20

India’s Water Crisis Turning Brothers Into Enemies

by Carl Karlsson May 2, 2016May 22, 2025

Young Afghans listening to the radio in a field

Geopolitics isis

ISIS Radio Tries To Lure Young Afghans To Jihad

by Worldcrunch April 20, 2016May 23, 2025

Woman in Lahore ,just after the March 27 blast

Geopolitics human rights

Post-Lahore, Pakistan’s Timid Efforts To Fight Terrorism

by Carl Karlsson April 11, 2016May 22, 2025

Maternal mortality is still very high in Afghanistan

Geopolitics afghanistan

Maternal Mortality: Midwives To The Rescue In Afghanistan

by Carl Karlsson April 4, 2016May 23, 2025

Volunteers at a Danish market that seeks to eliminate food waste

Food / Travel agriculture

A Profit-Minded Quest For Reducing Food Waste

by Felicia Tapia March 29, 2016May 23, 2025

Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 29, 2010 â€” Afghanistan's national women's soccer team

Society football

League Of Their Own: Women’s Soccer Gains Ground In Afghanistan

by Bertrand Hauger March 19, 2016May 23, 2025

Seamstress at work in Jan HÃ¶jman's clothing factory in Sri Lanka

Geopolitics tourism

With Civil War Behind, Business Booms In Tiny Sri Lanka

by Felicia Tapia March 12, 2016May 23, 2025

Women pilgrims at Mount Abu

Geopolitics india

Barred From Worship Sites, Indian Women Fight Back

by Julianne McShane March 8, 2016May 23, 2025

Indonesian beauty pageant contestant Janicel Lubina (center)

Geopolitics competition

The Philippines, Where Beauty Contests Are A National Obsession

by Felicia Tapia March 5, 2016May 23, 2025

Afghan drug addicts lay on their beds during their treatment at a hospital in the capital in 2012.

Economy afghanistan

Drug Rehab Comes To War-Torn, Opium-Rich Afghanistan

by Worldcrunch March 2, 2016May 22, 2025

Bamyan's town crier Juma Khan

Society afghanistan

Town Crier Juma Khan, Afghanistan’s Low-Tech Newsman

by Worldcrunch February 19, 2016May 22, 2025

At a surrogacy clinic in Anand, India

After Foreign Surrogacy Ban, Will India Take The Next Step?

by Worldcrunch February 10, 2016May 22, 2025

Ho Chi Minh City

Economy vietnam

Foreigners Accept Red Tape To Buy Property In Vietnam

by Patrick Randall January 30, 2016May 22, 2025