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BANGKOK -- There is a growing library of English-language fiction in Thailand, but the novels are overwhelmingly located in Bangkok, and many focus on contemporary crime or fall into the "girlie-bar fiction" category. Other offerings include some science fiction such as "The Windup Girl" by Paolo Bacigalupi, or historical fiction focusing on the 15th-century to 18th-century Ayutthaya kingdom.
Carmaker Renault Korea Motors is embroiled in a misandry backlash online sparked by promotional content, which has drawn attention to a particular pinching gesture in South Korean society deemed offensive.
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Dozens of members from Pakistan’s civil society rallied on Tuesday in the southern port city of Karachi against the death sentence handed down to a Christian man on blasphemy charges, nearly a year after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the country.
By 2050, the Asia-Pacific will be home to 1.3 billion people aged 60 and older – a staggering one in four of the population, according to United Nations projections. Southeast Asia is forecast to bear the brunt of this demographic shift, with over 170 million elderly accounting for 22 per cent of the region’s people.
The Taliban’s morality police are contributing to a climate of fear and intimidation among Afghans, according to a U.N. report published Tuesday. Edicts and some of the methods used to enforce them constituted a violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, the report said.