Category Archives: Asia

India: The underground industry of gendercide
Female infanticide has been prevalent in parts of India for centuries, but a new industry worth $244 million is emerging: sex-selective abortions.
![De-mining technicians from the UK charity HALO Trust at work early in the morning, on the edges of a paddy field near Thunukkai, northern Sri Lanka. [© Russell Watkins / DFID]](https://theforeignreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/srilanka-mines-DFID-640x288.jpg)
Sri Lanka: Former rebel speaks of uneasy peace
There has been relative peace in Sri Lanka since the civil war ended between Tamils and government forces, but discrimination is still rife.
![Communist soldiers guard the Demilitarized zone between North and South Korea [fresh888]](https://theforeignreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/DPRK-Border-640x288.jpg)
Korea: Is reunification in sight?
With new leaders in North and South Korea, is reunification a real possibility?
![Shinzo Abe in the run up to the 2012 election [TTTNIS]](https://theforeignreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Shinzo-Abe-TTTNIS-800x288.jpg)
Japan: A new era or a step back?
In the elections in December, Japan voted in the conservative Liberal Democratic Party, making Shinzo Abe the Prime Minister.