The issues of teenage pregnancy and baby dumping aren't unique to any one country. But solutions to these problems are especially difficult to come by in countries like Malaysia, where strict religious values conflict with sex education.
A new autobiography by Li Cunxin details his journey from a peasant family in China to the principle dancer with the Houston Ballet.
On August 10 Japan's government issued a fresh apology for the country's past colonial rule of the Korean peninsula after women's rights activists displayed a portrait of a "comfort woman."
The increasing tensions between North and South Korea are threatening the stability of the Korean Peninsula.
As Pakistan comes to grips with its worst floods in living memory, the UN is set to launch an appeal to help victims.
A participant competes in a 'Makepung' or bull race with over 220 domestic water buffaloes in the town of Jembrana on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on August 8, 2010.
The Asia Society in Northern California will host a discussion on the challenges that women face in both Afghanistan and South Asia.
The world commemorated the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on its sixty-fifth anniversary on August 6, 2010.