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Commuters drive their vehicles amid heavy smog conditions in Lahore

Pakistan

How Lahore's smog is harming residents

People living in Pakistan's second-largest city are devising novel ways to raise awareness and tackle the annual pollution crisis.  

India

Are 'anti-Muslim' attacks becoming the norm?

Screenshot YouTube Munawar Faruqui

Experts have warned that 'low-intensity community violence' tied to religious hate crime is becoming rampant throughout India.  

Afghanistan

Former security officials face Taliban revenge

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier keeps watch during an operation in Guzara district of Herat on October 18, 2009

Human Rights Watch says that more than 100 former Afghan security personnel have disappeared or been killed by the Taliban since they came to power in August. The actual number could be much higher than that.  

India

UN slams anti-terror laws amid controversial arrests

Khurram Parvez

India's draconian anti-terror law, known as the UAPA, has come under fire by human rights organizations for stifling the freedoms of civil society actors.  

Asia News

South Asia

Pakistan

Zoo animals suffer from continued neglect

A white lion

The death of a rare breed of lion at a Pakistani zoo has drawn outrage after poor conditions were revealed on social media. Now advocates are concerned about the health of other animals at the country's zoos.  

India

Can privatization push revive economy?

Air India jets on the tarmac in New Delhi

Moves to privatize India's public services are being met with strong opposition. However, proponents of the plans say privatization can streamline services and boost the economy.  

Kashmir

Anger rising over secretive militant burials

People touch the body of a suspected militant during his funeral procession in May of 2018

Families of militants killed by Indian forces are decrying a ban on returning the bodies. Authorities have cited COVID-19 and fears of new recruitment as reasons for burying those killed in remote border areas.  

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How an Indonesian woman is fighting child marriage

Saraiyah takes risks to oppose forced marriage, facing resistance from elders, religious leaders and even parents.  

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Indonesian activist Saraiyah

How an Indonesian woman is fighting child marriage

Lilik Indrawati

Indonesia: Survivors of domestic violence ally for justice

Bangladesch erste Transgender Frau als News-Moderatorin im TV

Bangladesh: Transgender anchor hopes to drive change  

Nine-year-old climate activist Licypriya Kangujam

Child activist: 'Our leaders are ruining our lives'

Humaira Farah, Pakistan's first female cricket umpire

Meet Humaira Farah, Pakistan's first female cricket umpire

Afghan activist Laila Haidary

Afghan activist helps her community fight drug addiction

Taiwan indigenous singer fights to sing 'men's' song

Taiwan indigenous singer fights to sing 'men's' song

DW News Asia Moderatorin Melissa Chan (Artikelbild)

DW News Asia with Melissa Chan, 07 December, 2021

The Indonesian city that will no longer exist in 15 years time as it fights a losing battle against climate change and soil erosion. Women in India plant Mangroves to try to build flood defenses. And why Hong Kong's COVID-19 rules are the strictest on earth even though it has almost no cases.  

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India: Planting mangroves as climate defense

Local communities in India's Sundarbans region are planting mangroves to protect the coastline.  

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West Bengalen l Umashankar Mondal - Mangroven-Mann in Sundarban l Plantage

India: Planting mangroves as climate defense

Picture of Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi given jail term

Semeru volcano eruption

New volcano eruptions hit Indonesia

Afghans fleeing starvation flock to Herat

Afghans fleeing starvation flock to Herat

Awarding of Goethe-medal | Toshio Hosokawa

Winner of the Goethe Medal 2021

Overexploitation of groundwater on Java's northern coast

Indonesia: Groundwater exploitation threatens livelihoods

China-Laos Railway in Luang Prabang, Laos

Laos gets a rail line — at a cost

A lake in Kashmir

Vanishing wetlands threatens Kashmir livelihoods

Asia Pacific

Protesters in Yangon hold up pictures of detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Opinion

Suu Kyi's plan for Myanmar has failed

Hopes were high in 2015 after Aung San Suu Kyi and her party gained power. However, her attempt to lead the country into a better future with nonviolent means has been unsuccessful, says DW's Rodion Ebbighausen.  

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Science

Japan seeks a new generation of astronauts

An artist rendering of an Artemis lunar satellite

Japan's space agency is looking to recruit people from a wide variety of backgrounds as part of an ambitious international mission to the moon that aims to build a lunar base camp.  

Hong Kong

China's crackdown changing the city's identity

Avery Ng arrested holding a copy of Xi Jinping's 'The governance of China'

Residents fear their city's unique identity has been lost as Beijing cracks down on critical discourse. In the face of possible legal trouble, many are self-censoring or turning to alternative forms of expression.  

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Japan

Sumo wrestler deaths raise obesity concerns

Wrestlers compete at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, Japan

Several recent deaths have highlighted the weight-associated risks in the traditional Japanese sport. Experts are calling for improved oversight and more attention to personal health on the part of wrestlers.  

Xinjiang

New documents 'link' Chinese leaders to Uyghur crackdown

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks in Beijing

German academic Adrian Zenz tells DW how new documents show that speeches made by Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top leaders link the government to the crackdown on Uyghurs in Xinjiang.  

Southeast Asia

EU, China race to secure green projects

Palm oil plantation in South Kalimantan province, Indonesia

The EU and China have pledged to boost funding of green investment projects in ASEAN. But will these erstwhile partners, whose relations have soured over the past year, be able to work side by side?