Apr 20 Before His Death, Dawn Editor Razvi ‘Wouldn’t Leave Pakistan for the Moon’ By Larisa Epatko KARACHI, Pakistan | Two days before his brutal death, Dawn editor Murtaza Razvi replied to my email asking why he and his family chose to live in Pakistan despite its many challenges. Continue reading
Apr 17 With strikes and rolling blackouts, life in Karachi reflects Pakistan’s larger ills By Larisa Epatko KARACHI, Pakistan | There's a bridge in Karachi called "Native Jetty" where people go to jump to their deaths. Others frequent the same spot to toss dough balls into the water for luck. This juxtaposition of hope and despair is… Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch What Opposition’s Big Victory Means for Myanmar’s Political Thaw What Opposition's Big Victory Means for Myanmar's Political Thaw… Continue watching
Mar 13 Obama: U.S. Firms ‘Need Access’ to China’s Coveted Rare Earth Minerals By Larisa Epatko Most of the prized minerals needed to make high-tech products such as hybrid car batteries and cell phones come from China. But limits China is placing on those materials are making it harder for U.S. manufacturers to compete, said President… Continue reading
Dec 22 View From Seoul: ‘We Don’t See Anybody Running to Get Ready for War’ By Larisa Epatko Following the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il on Saturday, the mood in South Korea has remained calm. Continue reading
Dec 19 A Funeral, Followed by a Transition of Power in North Korea By Larisa Epatko The death of North Korea's "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il on Saturday accelerates the transition to his son, a little-known man in his late 20s, who now takes over a country seemingly in a constant state of tension with South… Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch Obama, Clinton Have ‘a Lot at Risk’ in Delicate Relationship With Burma Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the Southeast Asian nation of Burma on Thursday. Margaret Warner discusses the significance of the isolated country's first visit by a U.S. secretary of state in 50 years with William Wan of The Washington… Continue watching
Nov 30 Myanmar’s Pro-democracy Leader Grasping Opportunities, Taking Risks By Larisa Epatko Myanmar's journey from isolation advanced Wednesday with the arrival of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and positive words from the country's most well-known face of its pro-democracy movement. Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch U.S. Dispatches Secretary Clinton to Myanmar U.S. to Send Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Myanmar… Continue watching
Nov 16 Cheaper Cell Phones, Fewer Restrictions Ease Daily Life in Myanmar By Larisa Epatko Myanmar's repressive regime is showing signs of relaxing restrictions not only in the political and diplomatic realm but in the day-to-day lives of its people, according to Patrick Winn, who recently traveled to Myanmar to do a series of reports… Continue reading