LinkAsia News: May 3, 2013
This week on LinkAsia, Bangladesh demands justice after a factory collapse kills hundreds, Pakistan readies for a landmark election, Chinese dairy companies are caught in an import scandal, North Korea's economy takes several major blows, Burmese farmers fight for recognition...

Pakistan Lines Up for Landmark Transfer of Power
(LinkAsia: 5/3/13) After decades of coups and political instability, Pakistan is set for its first democratic transfer of power since achieving independence. LinkAsia's Wajahat Khan presents the latest on the general election, and what the landmark event means for the...

South Asia's Political Scions Groomed for Family Business
(LinkAsia: 3/1/13) India and Pakistan's ruling parties are both grooming young men to take over. Forty-three year old Rahul Gandhi is the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that has ruled India since independence. And 23-year-old Bilawal Bhutto is expected to...

LinkAsia News: March 1, 2013
This week on LinkAsia, scandalous behavior by the kids of China's elite, South Korea's first woman president faces her party's checkered past, China's water pollution is worse than imagined, and more.

What Were Asia's 'Words of the Year' in 2012?
(LinkAsia: 1/4/13) LinkAsia is jumping on the "year-end list" bandwagon by asking our contributors what the top words in social media were throughout Asia in 2012. Toshi Maeda reports from Japan, Yoo Eun Lee from South Korea, Ajoy Bose from...

LinkAsia News: January 4, 2013
This week on LinkAsia, meet the island president fighting to save his country from climate change, get an inside look at the latest apps taking Asia by storm, find out what the hottest words in Asian social media in 2012...

What's Behind the Pakistani Polio Worker Killings?
(LinkAsia Bulletin: 12/19/12) Eight polio vaccination workers have been shot in the past 48 hours across Pakistan. No groups have yet claimed responsibility for the attacks. LinkAsia's Wajahat S. Khan reports from Islamabad on the possible motivations behind the attacks,...

LinkAsia News: December 7, 2012
This week on LinkAsia, the issue of street kids has China reeling, journalists and judges face off in Pakistan, Thailand celebrates a royal birthday, and more.

Journalists and Judges Battle in Pakistan
(LinkAsia: 12/7/12) Pakistan's media and judiciary have been historical allies, siding together to depose former military strongman Pervez Musharraf. But as contributor Wajahat Khan reports, the two sides are now at each other's throats over accusations of suppressing stories critical...

LinkAsia News: October 26, 2012
This week on LinkAsia, a recap of Asian reactions to the Obama/Romney faceoff, Pakistani social media erupts over Malala shooting, North Korea brightens up a bit, and more.

Dueling Malala Narratives on Pakistani Social Media
(LinkAsia: 10/26/12) Girls education activist Malala Yousufzai was shot in the head by the Taliban earlier this month in Pakistan in an attempt to scare people away from supporting her cause. Contributor Wajahat Khan reports from Islamabad on how Pakistani...

Malala Yousufzai Shooting Sways Pakistani Public Against Taliban
(LinkAsia Bulletin: 10/10/12) The Pakistani Taliban gained significant leverage as popular anger against US drone strikes has risen. But according to LinkAsia contributor Wajahat Khan, the shooting of 14-year-old women's rights activist Malala Yousufzai has swayed public opinion against them...

LinkAsia News: September 28, 2012
This week on LinkAsia, a chilling report on US drone attacks in Pakistan, the dispute between China and Japan turns into a water fight, Southeast Asia braces for another year of floods, a giraffe takes a road trip through China,...

'Living Under Drones': Pakistan Responds to US Study
(LinkAsia: 9/28/12) A new report from Stanford and NYU researchers has verified the true cost of the United States' drone strikes on Pakistani civilians. Yul Kwon Skypes with Wajahat Khan in Islamabad about Pakistani reactions to the report and the...

Pakistan's Protest Gamble Goes 'Completely Wrong'
(LinkAsia Bulletin: 9/21/12) LinkAsia contributor Wajahat Khan reports from Islamabad on Pakistan's "Love the Prophet Muhammad Day," a government sponsored and sanctioned day of protest against the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims," which left at least 18 people dead and...