China is making it tougher to get a driver's license in hopes that it will make roads safer. In some areas, only ten percent of people are passing the new written driving test, down from 80 percent before. State-run CCTV News reports that traffic ...

China's feisty Southern Weekly newspaper has become the focal point of renewed press freedom protests after their controversial New Year's editorial was rewritten by propaganda officials. LinkAsia speaks with Anne Henochowicz of the China Digital ...

Google CEO Eric Schmidt is part of a group, along with former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson and others, that has arrived in Pyongyang. South Korean broadcaster MBC reports that Schmidt is likely to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, ...

As an island nation sitting at sea level in the Indian Ocean, the Maldives is facing the possibility of being wiped out due to rising sea levels. LinkAsia speaks with filmmaker Jon Shenk about his documentary "The Island President", a look at clim...

After decades of the one-child policy, China's population is aging rapidly. Government officials are worried that with retirees outnumbering the working population, the country won't be able to care for its seniors. State-run CCTV News reports on ...

LinkAsia is jumping on the "year-end list" bandwagon by asking our contributors what the top words in social media were throughout Asia in 2012. Toshi Maeda reports from Japan, Yoo Eun Lee from South Korea, Ajoy Bose from India, Nicole Sy from Chi...

Mobile apps developed in Asia, such as Tencent's Weixin and LINE, are extraordinarily popular across the Pacific. But can they make waves in the American market? LinkAsia speaks with Hamish McKenzie, a tech reporter for PandoDaily, about Asia's to...

Facebook was blocked in Vietnam until 2009 due to government concern that it would become a tool of dissidents. Now, the country has the most Facebook users in Asia. But as state-run VTV4 reports, the new worry is that the social networking site i...

The end of the year in China means time to flood the theaters for the country's blockbuster hits. State-run CCTV News reports that this year, a wide variety of films illustrates how China's film industry is quickly growing as demand booms. 

As India's anti-rape protests continue, LinkAsia speaks with Siwan Anderson of the University of British Columbia about other dangers facing women. Indian women face premature death at every phase of their lives, from abortions due to preference f...