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How games can inform, educate and raise awareness

Using fun elements such as challenges, goals and rewards, games are playing a significant role in learning, lifestyle management and disease awareness.

The battle to reduce road deaths

In the move to a more sustainable and safer future, tackling road accident injuries and fatalities will require a more concerted effort.

The ‘scamdemic’ affecting everyone

Cyber scams are rising globally, targeting the vulnerable, especially youth. Understanding tactics and regional efforts is key to a safer cyberspace.

Asian democracies struggle under the weight of repression

Don’t look now, but if you’re worried about the state of democracies now, just wait until next year.

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Indonesia’s young voters: precarious and sidelined by the system

Young Indonesians are told that their votes can make a difference, but the political system offers few ways to address their discontent.

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Social media brings young Indonesians in from political fringe

Social media has become a powerful tool for younger Indonesian voters to engage with a political system that otherwise leaves them at the margins.

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Trust us: how India takes control of personal data

A creeping authoritarianism now extends to the digital sphere in India.

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Video: How Modi’s campaigning influenced the world

Siva Vaidhyanathan from the University of Virginia answers the question if Narendra Modi would be Prime Minister of India without Facebook.

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New political dynamics emerge from Thailand’s surprising compromise

Thailand has astonished observers with a demurely grand political reconciliation to end months of political limbo.

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Why Bangladesh’s democracy is on life support

Political meddling and state violence could break Bangladesh’s fragile hold on democracy.

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Trust us: how India takes control of personal data

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Why Bangladesh’s democracy is on life support

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