The International diplomatic group of countries known as 'Friends of Syria' met in Rome to discuss the situation in the country. However, Russia criticized the decisions that emerged from...

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...

In an area better known for apocaliptic sandstorms, punishing heat, and seemingly endless war, Sudan’s state-of-the-art Salam Center offers highly specialized health care free of charge to people in need...

Dr Edie Widder takes us on a journey deep under the sea. She’s used pioneering research with bioluminescent sea creatures to help us shine a light on the levels of...

Panmela Castro was born and raised in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is the president of Nami Network, a feminist organization that promotes women's rights through graffiti-art...

Is the next Steve Jobs living in a remote Russian town? Meet Maxim, the young inventor of a truly jaw-dropping new technology with limitless applications that will eliminate the need...

Can virtual reality control pain? Interface designer Dr. Diane Gromala has experienced chronic pain for the last 25 years. Working with concepts of mindfulness meditation, where a patient focuses on...

This is the story of how mushrooms can save the world! Renowned mycologist and mushroom pioneer Paul Stamets harnesses the power of infamous fungi to fight the planet’s leading problems,...

Delwar Hossein Sayeedi, leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh's largest Islamist opposition party, was sentenced to death after being convicted of committing war crimes including mass killing and rape. His supporters say...

Tunisia's ruling coalition gives up the interior, foreign, defense, and justice ministries to independent figures, in an attempt to diffuse the crisis that erupted following the assassination of opposition leader...

(LinkAsia Bulletin: 2/28/13) Retired NBA star Dennis Rodman is in North Korea this week with the Harlem Globetrotters in what is being called a "basketball diplomacy" mission to the Hermit...

(LinkAsia Bulletin: 2/27/13) China's recent minimum wage hike is having the unintended consequence of migrant workers choosing to stay close to home and work for just slightly less than in...

The death of a 30-year-old Palestinian Arafat Jaradat in an Israeli jail last Saturday, which has led to allegations he was tortured, has placed the case of Palestinian prisoners under...

This documentary looks into why countries like Germany, Japan, and South Korea host hundreds of US military bases, the effects of these bases on local populations, and why the US...

Living for 32 is the inspirational story of Colin Goddard, a survivor of the tragic gun shooting massacre which occurred on the Virginia Tech campus, April 16th, 2007.