News Archives

Asian Americans Combating the Gambling Addiction
As APAs and their families struggle with the effects of gambling addiction, different organizations seek to educate and provide treatment Vogue’s Fashion Photos Spark Debate in India
Vogue India’s August issue presented a 16-page vision of supple handbags, bejeweled clutches and status-symbol umbrellas, modeled not by runway stars, but by your average destitute Indian Golf Tour’s Rule: Speak English to Stay in Play
Concerned about its appeal to sponsors, the women’s professional golf tour, which in recent years has been dominated by many of Asian descent, has warned its members that they must become conversant in English by 2009 or face suspension In India, New Opportunities for Women Draw Anger and Abuse From Men
For India's middle-class urban women, the past decade has brought unprecedented opportunities to advance in a social order long dominated by men. But a powerful male backlash has accompanied the women's revolution After Glow of Games, What Next for China?
Will a deepening self-confidence arising from the Olympic experience lead China to further its engagement with the world and pursue deeper political reform, or will it convince leaders that their current model is working? Three Medalists Provide Glimpse of a New India
One is the son of a prosperous businessman with an Olympic-size shooting range in his backyard. Another grew up in a dusty village, sparring with his brother for use of a shared family bicycle. A third spent most of his youth in a musty, mouse-infested room at a wrestling camp here in the capital Leaving Wall Street for a Job Overseas
As Wall Street’s troubles deepen, big investment banks are moving some key employees to increasingly influential hubs of finance in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Latin America Exploring India’s Prosperity Through the Eyes of the Invisible Men
India may be changing at a disorienting pace, but one thing remains stubbornly the same: a tendency to treat the hired help like chattel, to behave as though some humans were born to serve and others to be served Korean Mexicans Discover Their Roots
They are descendants of Koreans lured to the Yucatan Peninsula a century ago by false promises. In ensuing decades, they spread to other parts of Mexico and abandoned the Korean language China's Olympic Ceremony Features Sacrifices
Recent news reports have raised questions about the lengths to which Beijing went in trying to create a perfect start to the Summer Games Travel Etiquette in the Most-Visited Countries
Remember these customs to avoid offending the locals when traveling Looking for the Perfect Stranger
How a single, successful New York writer ended up pursuing an arranged marriage in India Vietnamese Women Wed Foreigners to Help Family
In Vietnam's south, a growing number of young Vietnamese women are marrying foreigners, mostly Taiwan and South Korean, for material comfort and a way to save their parents from destitution in old age A Taste of Failure Fuels an Appetite for Success at South Korea’s Cram Schools
South Koreans say their obsession to get their children into top-notch universities is nothing short of “a war” Olympics: Spain's Eye-Catching Faux Pas
Spain's Olympic basketball team has risked upsetting their Chinese hosts and Asians around the globe by posing for an advertisement, making slanty-eyed gestures Olympic Child Singing Star Revealed as Fake
The little girl who starred at the Olympic opening ceremony was miming and only put on stage because the real singer was not considered attractive enough, the show's musical director has revealed The Ethics of Taking Vacations
You owe it to yourself to recuperate, and you'll do your job better if you take time off. Both are ethical issues 25 New Ivies
The nation's elite colleges these days include more than Harvard, Yale and Princeton. Why? It's the tough competition for all the top students. That means a range of schools are getting fresh bragging rights India's Gold Medal Drought Is Over
Abhinav Bindra becomes the first Indian to win an individual gold medal in the nation's history, inciting much praise and national pride The Beijing Olympics: a Visitors' Guide
What should i eat? How much should I tip? Is that kid peeing in the street? An interesting and informative guide for even the rest of us not as fortunate to actually attend the events