Thailand’s Intolerance of Its Own LGBT Community Will Surprise You
The Land of Smiles is a gay-friendly playground of brazen lady boys and sexual license, right? Well, not quite
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China’s Premier Says He’ll Go to War on the Country’s Terrible Smog
His statement is the highest-level acknowledgement yet of the enormous challenges China faces
Move Over Tokyo, the Most Expensive City is…
Financial difficulties following Fukushima disaster edges out Japan’s capital, while both the world’s most and least expensive cities remain in Asia
U.K. PM’s Adviser on Child Porn is Himself Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
Patrick Rock was one of Prime Minister Cameron’s closest aides
Attack on Islamabad Court Kills 11, Injures 30
No one has yet claimed responsibility
Afghanistan’s President Is Furious at the Way the U.S. Has Conducted the War
Hamid Karzai says he’s in two minds over whether the war was worth it
What Has Happened to Hong Kong’s Triads?
A “classic triad hit” on a former newspaper editor reminds people that the fearsome organized crime gangs are still around, but in different forms
Want to Shoot Japanese War Criminals? China’s State Media Has a Game For That
This probably isn’t going to do anything for Sino-Japanese relations
Islamic Watchdog Issues Fatwa Against Joining Mission to Mars
Voyage likened to suicide, which is against Islamic principles
China Charges Prominent Uighur Scholar With Separatism
Economics professor Ilham Tohti has been held in detention in Xinjiang since last month