Power and objectification Gender-based violence including sexual harassment is typically assumed to be driven by desire or lust, but AWAM states that it is all about power and objectification. Sexual ...

The Philippines has moved up three spots to tenth place but it isn’t immediately clear whether it’s for something the country can pride itself over. The tenth spot is for countries with the highest ...

It’s worth noting that income disparity and economic success have been themes in the city-state’s development since 1965. Despite a bleak economic outlook at the time of its independence, Singapore ...

Sam and his family are not alone. Cambodia’s microfinancing sector, which purports to alleviate poverty by offering financial services to people excluded from traditional banking, is under scrutiny as ...

The Yadana gas field in the Andaman Sea provides electricity to Myanmar and Thailand, one of a number of gas projects that Human Rights Watch says make up Naypyidaw's largest source of foreign ...

This aerial photo taken on 7 March, 2022 shows containers stacked at a port in Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. (AFP Photo) Could the world be headed for another recession? Just as ...

This photo taken on 15 March, 2022 shows Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo looking on at sunrise after spending the night at a campsite in Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan, where the government ...

Aid workers check a shipment of vaccines against the coronavirus sent to Sudan by the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative at the airport in the capital Khartoum, on 11 February, 2022. (AFP Photo) With ...

This file photo shows a woman (R) adjusting the Philippines flag in Singapore. (AFP Photo) The Indo-Pacific, which has multiple meanings from a country’s international strategic outlook to a wide area ...

This file photo shows Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh taking part in the 39th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit held online on a live video conference in Brunei, in Hanoi.

Duterte made considerable change to foreign policy by re-orienting the Philippines' diplomatic relations to more friendly and constructive relations and engagement with China as opposed to a more ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with US President Joe Biden via a video call in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on 7 December, 2021. (AFP Photo) Over the past year, tensions between ...