Asia
After decades of flirting with nuclear power, Turkey is finally going to get it first reactors thanks to a unique financing deal offered by Russia.
Ma Li is, by most accounts, a “good broker" who helps fellow migrants find a safe path into the Thai shrimp processing industry. Of course, she makes some money too.
Sean Gallagher shares images from his "Tibetan Plateau Diary," photos taken with his iPhone while documenting climate change issues on the "Roof of the World."
The islands of the Philippines are rich in gold. But extracting the ore can be dangerous and often fatal.
Compression mining is dangerous and illegal, but the lure of gold tempts many to take the risk.
Kyaw Thaung covers migrant worker issues in the Thai seafood industry. He's also an activist and, occasionally, he’s in the odd position of reporting on news events that he has helped orchestrate.
Next week, President Obama will become the first U.S. president to visit Burma. Learn about what's going on in Burma and the issues that Obama may discuss with President Thein Sein.
This Week in Review: Global Goods, Local Costs
The Pulitzer Center is looking for photos of tobacco advertising in Chinese schools as part of a series on cancer in the developing world, produced with PRI's The World. Submit your photo today.
As the price of gold increases so too does the exploitation of child labor in the gold mines of the Philippines.
Photojournalist Larry C. Price reports that children, some as young as 4, toil in the gold mines of the Philippines
Mi Oo thought he was headed for a better-paying job in the Thai seafood industry. Instead, he bought his way into a waking nightmare.