-
EditorsPick
Women Entrepreneurs in Pakistan: Building Businesses Against the Odds
By Pirah Aijaz KARACHI: Entrepreneurship is giving many women a chance to grow and become financially independent. In Pakistan, women are starting small online businesses, selling products from home, working as freelancers, becoming consultants, launching startups, creating handmade products, and offering services through social media. They are turning their skills,…
Read More » -
AJA Newsbites
AJA Newsbites – July 21, 2026
AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaJang Chang-sun, a pioneer of Korean wrestling and former head of Taereung National Training Center, died on July 20 at the age…
Read More » -
EditorsPick
Humans in the Eye of the Storm: Who Suffers Most from Extreme Weather and How We Respond
A tornado near Anadarko, Oklahoma By Dr. Hassan Humeida KIEL, GERMANY: We all live under the same sky, but we do not feel the weather in the same way. As the climate crisis relentlessly heats up the planet, storms, droughts, and floods are unleashed with a profound social imbalance. Extreme…
Read More » -
AJA Newsbites
AJA Newsbites – July 20, 2026
AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaDirector Na Hong-jin’s latest film Hope has surpassed two million admissions just five days after its release, setting this year’s fastest box-office…
Read More » -
AJA Newsbites
AJA Newsbites – July 19, 2026
AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaSouth Korean runner Park Na-yeon has rewritten history by breaking the national women’s 1,500-metre record for the first time in 34 years.…
Read More » -
AJA Newsbites
AJA Newsbites – July 18, 2026
AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaA newly published Korean edition of Scam by Ivan Franceschini, Ling Li, and Mark Bo, translated by Lee Jung-woo, is drawing attention…
Read More » -
EditorsPick
AJA Newsbites – July 17, 2026
AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaSouth Korea’s Ambassador to the United States Kang Kyung-wha made a rare temporary return to Seoul to attend a National Security Council…
Read More » -
EditorsPick
AJA Newsbites – July 16, 2026
AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaWriter and public intellectual Yoo Si-min has drawn attention after publicly criticising President Lee Jae-myung’s leadership and the relationship between the ruling…
Read More » -
Environment
Burning Earth, Sinking Land: The Unequal Geography of Extreme Weather
By Dr. Hassan Humeida KIEL, GERMANY: Global climate change is no longer an abstract future threat, but a physical reality in the here and now. Due to the steady warming of the atmosphere, the global climate system is energetically overloaded. The consequence is a dramatic increase in extreme weather events:…
Read More » -
EditorsPick
Pakistan’s Water Protest Sparks Satire
AI-generated image in circulation- A Sindhi local firmly holds back Prime Minister Modi as he attempts to personally reroute the waters of the Indus River By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) organized a series of province-wide rallies across Sindh on July 12, 2026, protesting what…
Read More »