The Uzbeks have an aptitude for rail travel. In a very different way from the chaotic manner in which the Indians took to the British-built railways, the Central Asians adopted the train system built ...

Jefferson Dr. S.W. Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art is committed to preserving, exhibiting, researching and interpreting art in ways that deepen the public and scholarly ...

Over five days in July 2025, the Thai–Cambodian border erupted into its deadliest confrontation in more than a decade. At least 38 people were killed and 300,000 were displaced as artillery and air ...

This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: East Asia, Central and North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and West Asia ...

Researchers used sophisticated scanning and digital reconstruction techniques to determine the original shape of the skull, which is between 940,000 and 1.1 million years old.

Policymakers and scholars in the West talk about Southeast Asia as a coherent region, but it has always been divided. The region’s 700 million people speak hundreds of languages and follow different ...

A recent repatriation from Australia to Cambodia shows how this process can reinforce oppressive powers, and further marginalize the historically oppressed.

It is now considered common knowledge in Washington policymaking circles that China aims to replace the United States as the dominant global superpower and to aggressively expand its territory.

There’s probably only one place in the Bay Area that played critical roles in both World Wars, ran a secret nuclear-sub operation against the Russkis and now is a fantastic place to wine and dine.

Pakistan will be aiming for their third Asia Cup crown as the eight-team tournament kicks off on Tuesday, 9 September, in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Having previously lifted the trophy in 2000 and 2012—both ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — One of Austin’s iconic restaurants just celebrated 75 years of serving the city. Rudy “Cisco” Cisneros opened Cisco’s in 1950 and on Sunday the restaurant held a party to celebrate the ...