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It does not always turn out well: couples at a mass wedding in Jakarta in 2015.

Muslim society

Act of bravery

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by Edith Koesoemawiria
Many Indonesians believe a woman cannot cope on her own.

Social life

Ida’s story

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by Edith Koesoemawiria
Duterte campaigning in Manila in early May.

Authoritarian attitudes

Chains coming?

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by Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Dictators are not normally benign

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by Hans Dembowski
Jin Liqun, AIIB president, with his ADB counterpart, Takehiko Nakao.

Asia

Multilateral banks honeymoon

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by Hans Dembowski
In front of the ADB headquarters, Greenpeace protesters expressed discontent with funding for coal-based power infrastructure in 2012.

Social and environmental standards

Let’s race to the top

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by Hans Dembowski

ADB and AIIB share interest in infrastructure

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by Hans Dembowski
Man Veasna, a Cambodian player, warms up at the 2007 Standing Volleyball World Cup in Cambodia.

Minorities

The power of sports

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by Christopher Minko
by Bophea Smith
Freelance jade miners on a jade mountain in Kachin State, northern Myanmar.

Comment

Conflicts over natural resources

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by Mirco Kreibich
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