What Kim Jong-un stands to gain from Donald Trump’s visit
Ever since Ronald Reagan visited the demilitarised zone in 1982, US presidents who have stood on the border between North…
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John Simpson: Even senior Communist Party members fear Xi Jinping is “sowing the seeds of chaos”
In February it became known that Xi was planning to abolish the rule that limited China’s president to two five-year…
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Opening doors in mid-air: how India’s travel culture took to the skies
A nation famous for its trains is witnessing a boom in air travel – but the rules of flight etiquette are…
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Decriminalising gay sex is a huge victory. But India still faces many challenges
That a British law imposed in 1862 has been lifted is a cause for celebration. But changes will not happen overnight.
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We mustn’t let the news cycle forget the Reuters journalists locked up in Myanmar
International publicity can curb day-to-day abuse by prison authorities and puts political pressure on the government to release those detained.
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From Hong Kong with love: the threatening letters being delivered to UK mailboxes
“I and many people would really regret if something happened to Tom in the next few years.”
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Could a repeat of the Rohingya crisis be about to happen in India?
Assam, a state in north-east India, recently excluded four million people from the citizenship list.
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The Nepalese girls who lost their childhoods
In 2002, Nepal outlawed indentured labour for children. Now, girls taken from their families are trying to make up for…
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