Choosing Death Over Homelessness
Fears of violence expected during Kathmandu squatter eviction.
IRIN
Mental Persecution
Cambodia: The impact of truth-seeking on mental health.
IRIN
The Mohawk Crusade
Indonesia: Punks are the latest victims of Aceh's Shariah bylaws.
JAMES BALOWSKI
Shrimp and Ginger the New Bread and Butter for Mekong Farmers
Farmers in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta adapt to rising sea levels and saltwater intrusion with simple farming fixes.
IRIN
Action Against Dengue Begins to Pay Off
Sri Lanka makes progress in the battle against mosquito-borne dengue fever.
IRIN
Natural Disasters Becoming Costlier
Natural disasters in Asia in 2011 could well prove to be the costliest ever, experts say.
IRIN
Sex, not drug users, causing most new HIV infections in Bali.
Bali’s numbers fall below the average condom use among sex workers nationwide.
IRIN
More Health Workers Needed To Achieve HIV/AIDS Targets
Bureaucracy continues to impede HIV/AID treatment across Asia.
IRIN
HIV response at a crossroads
Despite improved access in Asia-Pacific region, there are still nearly two new HIV infections for every person who starts treatment.
IRIN
Migrants Caught in Floodwaters
Undocumented workers in Myanmar-Thailand exploited post-floods.
IRIN
Cash For Work Goes Mobile
Using mobile phones to send cash to relief operations to disaster-hit Philippines.
IRIN
Throwing Mud at Flood Water
Thais turn to tossing mud balls in the hope of improving the quality of stagnant water following weeks of flooding.
IRIN
A Snip in Time
Vasectomies are slowly gaining favour as a family planning method in North Sulawesi.
VICTORIA NGANTUNG & DESTA PRATAMA
Nothing to Sacrifice
Cheerless Eid for Sindh flood survivors in Pakistan.
IRIN
Drugs Flushed Out
Hospitals in Thailand fear floods will hit drug supplies.
IRIN