India’s covid-19 crisis is devastating its most desperate people

The poor are losing jobs, going hungry and falling victim to scams

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Private firms in Indonesia are starting their own vaccination effort

Younger, wealthier people may get jabbed before older and more vulnerable ones

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A worrying new wave of covid-19 is hitting South-East Asia

Cases are rising across a region that had been relatively unscathed

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Taiwan’s tribes have their day in court (and lose)

A ruling elevates conservation over indigenous traditions

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South Korea is pushing America for new talks with the North

The 70-year stalemate between the two Koreas is unlikely to break without fresh diplomacy

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In the Maldives, an ominous rise in intolerant Islam

An assassination attempt on a former president jolts the atoll nation

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South Koreans are discovering a taste for Instagrammable interiors

A move away from fluorescent tubelights is softening the ambience

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Water in Bangladesh is either unhealthy or pricey

But there is a new set of ideas to fix an old problem

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Why is Mumbai handling its second wave better than Delhi?

Credit a sensible administrative structure, decentralisation and data-driven planning

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Filipino food banks are accused of communist sympathies

A paranoid general sees reds under the veg

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