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In Vietnam, Old Foes Take Aim at War's Toxic Legacy
Travis Fox, washingtonpost.com videojournalist, and Anthony Faiola, former Tokyo bureau chief for The Washington Post, win CINE Golden Eagle award for a project on the legacy of Agent Orange in Vietnam Study Abroad Flourishes, With China a Hot Spot
Record numbers of American students are studying abroad, with especially strong growth in educational exchanges with China, the annual report by the Institute on International Education found Home Sweet School
In a culture that values name-brand schools and academic competition, more Korean Americans are going against the grain by choosing to educate their children at home. Nara Bank in California's Koreatown Is No. 1 for Female Executives
The Koreatown lender leads in California, with women in 5 of 6 top positions. China and India: New Innovation and Talent Forces
China and India are catching up quickly with Western nations in providing homegrown talent as well as heavy investment in R&D How Asian Companies Can Beat the Recession
At Malaysian Airlines, Toyota, and other Asian companies, managing right in the worst of times is opening doors for the future As Asians Excel at L.I. School, District Tries to Lure Parents
In Jericho, NY, the high school’s new diversity has revealed a cultural chasm over the meaning of parental involvement Race in South Korea Post-Obama
In South Korea, it is unclear whether the election of Obama is really altering attitudes toward race, long a central pillar of Korean identity Japanese Stores Take Convenience To a New Level
Across Japan, convenience stores that offer an abundace of services for their customers are booming, despite broad economic hardships A Backlash Grows in Bangalore Over Tech Revolution
Old-timers and anti-poverty groups are fighting a culture war over the cultural and economic costs of the high-tech boom Retracing the Path Toxic Powder Took To Food in China
How the same substance that was officially banned in China just last year wound up in baby formula and so many other food products is a story of desperate farmers, complicit chemical companies, and government officials who looked the other way Obama Faces Tests in Japan and Korea
From security issues to trade, multinational executives from Korea and Japan aren't yet sure whether to celebrate the Democrat's victory or not The 50 Best Inventions of the Year
Sociable robots. Bionic replacement body parts. Gasoline made from algae. We look at 50 technological breakthroughs that are defining our dna, building a greener world and reshaping the way we live now — as well as the way we will live tomorrow India Inc.: A Lesson in Business Design
Ambitious, resourceful, and unencumbered by convention, India offers the world a dramatic demonstration of business design Asian MDs Say Prop. 4 Puts Minors in Peril
Asian American doctors and community leaders warn that legally requiring pregnant teens to notify their parents before seeking an abortion would put minors' health and life in serious danger An Enclave of Brazilians Is Testing Insular Japan
Facing labor shortages back in 1990 but ever wary of allowing in foreigners, Japan made an exception for Japanese-Brazilians. With their Japanese roots, names and faces, these children and grandchildren of Japanese emigrants to Brazil would fit more easily in a society fiercely closed to outsiders, or so the reasoning went South Korea Pushes to Dissolve 'The Old Way' of Business Culture
Across major South Korean businesses, the old male-oriented and rigidly top-down corporate culture is crumbling. The shift signals an end to a regimen that served South Korea well when military strongmen and the paternalistic chairmen of its conglomerates spearheaded the country's economic growth Faces Behind 'Made in China'
CNN's Eunice Yoon takes a look at a day in the life of a Chinese factory worker during these tough economic times Whopping Gift to Cornell University by Indian Industrialist
Ratan Tata, an Indian industrialist and Cornell University alumnus, announced a gift of $50 million to his alma mater to help recruit top Indian students to the campus and to support joint research projects with Indian universities in agriculture and nutrition China 'No Longer a Poor Country'
The latest report from China's statistics bureau suggests that it is no longer a low income country