With no end to the Syrian conflict in sight, the UN's Secretary-General called for the Security Council to impose an arms embargo on Syria, as part of a six-point plan to deal with the crisis.
"The immediate priority of the United Nations in Syria is to end the violence," the United Nations Secretary-General said Friday, June 20, 2014, at Asia Society in New York.
A one-of-a-kind village museum in China is countering the effects of mass communication and modernity on a venerable musical tradition.
An old man sits beside an old bell in Chimi Lhakgang, Bhutan on May 1, 2014. (Stephen Wolfe/Flickr)
Reuters reporters Jason Szep and Andrew R.C. Marshall were honored at an event that highlighted both the difficulties and rewards of long-form investigative reporting in Asia.
"The implications of a vacuum of global leadership are enormous," says Eurasia Group president, Ian Bremmer. "It’s already playing out today."
China’s opera craze is big news for New York or Chicago or San Francisco as much as Beijing and Shanghai.
The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda, is a majestic landmark and continues to be a popular tourist destination in Yangon, Myanmar. (Eugene Phoen/Flickr)
"Pent-up grievances are being unleashed," say Reuters journalists of the sectarian violence in Myanmar. For its coverage, Reuters won Asia Society's 2014 Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism in Asia.
Alexis Dudden analyzes the influence of historical narratives and contemporary pressures on Japan-South Korea relations, ahead of a related event at Asia Society New York on June 19.