‘The People’s War’
NEED TO KNOW ‘The People’s War’ BANGLADESH On July 16, two police officers clashing with student protesters at Begum Rokeya University in […]
Baby Onboarding
NEED TO KNOW Baby Onboarding ASIA In Japan, a diapers company recently announced that it would be switching its focus from babies […]
Big Pockets
NEED TO KNOW Big Pockets CHINA China could be outpacing the US and Europe in the race to realize fusion, a potentially […]
Little Dirty Gem
NEED TO KNOW Little Dirty Gem SINGAPORE Holders of Singaporean passports are among the luckiest in the world. They can travel to […]
The Absence of Embarrassment
NEED TO KNOW The Absence of Embarrassment FIJI A court in Fiji recently sentenced former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama to a year […]
Sharing the Wealth
NEED TO KNOW Sharing the Wealth MONGOLIA Mongolian judges recently visited Plainview, Texas to learn about American justice. They also visited the […]
Talking Trash
NEED TO KNOW Talking Trash NORTH KOREA The French first used balloons in war for reconnaissance during the battles that erupted after […]
Colonial Democracy
NEED TO KNOW Colonial Democracy NEW CALEDONIA Four people, including a security officer, died recently in riots in the French territory of […]
The Misery of Zugzwang
NEED TO KNOW The Misery of Zugzwang ARMENIA Since the end of the Cold War, Russia has protected the former Soviet republic […]
Stopping the Hopping
NEED TO KNOW Stopping the Hopping VANUATU Voters in Vanuatu, an archipelago in the South Pacific, will decide on May 29 whether […]
Mixed Messages
NEED TO KNOW Mixed Messages SRI LANKA Sri Lanka has been grappling with political and economic instability since the end of its […]
Silencing the Music
NEED TO KNOW Silencing the Music HONG KONG The chairwoman of Hong Kong’s weightlifting and powerlifting association mistakenly referred to “13 countries” […]
A Wan Smile
NEED TO KNOW A Wan Smile THAILAND A single clinic on Thailand’s border receives 500 refugees fleeing neighboring Myanmar’s civil war every […]
Plows to Swords
NEED TO KNOW Plows to Swords JAPAN A recent survey found that more than 92 percent of Japanese respondents held unfavorable views […]
My Enemy, Myself
NEED TO KNOW My Enemy, Myself RUSSIA/ TAJIKISTAN Life in Russia has become difficult for migrants from Tajikistan and other Central Asian […]
Kitchen-Table Politics
NEED TO KNOW Kitchen-Table Politics INDIA The upcoming parliamentary election in India is expected to go well for Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
The Cost of Allegiance
NEED TO KNOW The Cost of Allegiance SOLOMON ISLANDS Parliamentary and local elections in the Solomon Islands on April 17 are yet […]
The Wedge Between Two Giants
NEED TO KNOW The Wedge Between Two Giants MALDIVES In January, the president of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu, suspended ex-Deputy Youth Minister […]
The Third Wheel
NEED TO KNOW The Third Wheel SOUTH KOREA Politicians from the ruling People Power Party and the opposition Democratic Party have traditionally […]
Putin-ification
NEED TO KNOW Putin-ification KYRGYZSTAN Between 2005 and 2020, the former Soviet Republic of Kyrgyzstan had five presidential transitions of power. Three […]
Blazing Furnace
NEED TO KNOW Blazing Furnace VIETNAM Although the president of Vietnam, Vo Van Thuong, resigned on March 20 for undisclosed reasons, he […]
Echoes of a Boom
NEED TO KNOW Echoes of a Boom MARSHALL ISLANDS March 1 is Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day in the South Pacific. […]
Friends With Benefits
NEED TO KNOW Friends With Benefits PHILIPPINES American Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo recently joined executives from GreenFire Energy, Google Asia Pacific, […]
Old Wine, New Bottle
NEED TO KNOW Old Wine, New Bottle CAMBODIA American diplomats recently registered their “serious concerns” about Chinese investments in the Ream Naval […]