At the Bangrim Primary School in Gangjin in northern South Korea, older women are catching up on their primary education and at the same time helping to fill empty classes. Many schools in rural areas have had to close as fewer children are being born and families often move to the cities. With less than one child per woman, South Korea has one of the lowest birth rates in the world.
Every summer is spent with her animals in the mountains: The life of a shepherdess in Kyrgyzstan.
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A year ago, Armenians flooded the streets and peacefully chased their prime minister out of the top office. How is the country doing today?
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Reni Eddo-Lodge explores how we talk about skin colour – and how we should.
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In the past, Koreans were very poor, and many babies did not make it to their first birthday due to illness or famine. That is why this event is marked with a lavish celebration.
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Nationalists in government, fanatics on the streets: the German explanation for the situation in Poland is often quite simple. But it is not so clear cut.
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Ethnic plurality, religious tensions, rival elites: Afghanistan is a nation of contradictions. Seven Questions dig below the surface
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