Asia-Pacific

More than four decades of near-continuous war in Afghanistan has left many people in the country impoverished and traumatized. For children to thrive in these circumstances and break the cycle of generational trauma, they need support — but mental health care is limited and stigmatized in Afghanistan, and inaccessible to the vast majority of Afghan children.

Celebrated editor, publisher and art collector Larry Warsh recently gifted 56 works of Chinese photography to the Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis.

Using comparative urbanism as their lens, the authors examine the socio-economic and political ramifications of neighborhood gentrification in three prominent global cities—New York, London, and Seoul, South Korea — since the 2007-09 Great Recession.

WashU and Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance partner to attract and educate highly talented students pursuing their PhD degree program at WashU. The LPDP (Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education) is a scholarship program managed by the Indonesian Ministry of Finance.   Eligibility This scholarship is open to qualified students of Indonesian citizenship admitted to a full-time […]

A total of 20 projects won Global Incubator Seed Grants this month, allowing them to kickstart new research examining a whole host of issues, from the cyber defense of medical devices to the impacts of affordable housing on physical activity and health in Brazil.

Collaborative research from Guy Genin’s lab and Tsinghua University identifies phase transitions in living tissue that could explain why fibrosis suddenly accelerates Cells convert mechanical forces into signals that influence physiological processes, such as exercise strengthening bones. A research team at Washington University in St. Louis and Tsinghua University in Beijing have discovered that biological […]

Filmmakers of Netflix’s hit “KPop Demon Hunters” partnered with teaching professor Mijeong Mimi Kim to infuse authentic Korean culture into a vibrant fantasy world.

Eight recent alumni and one current student of Washington University in St. Louis earned Fulbright awards to travel abroad to teach English or to conduct research in the 2025-26 academic year.

Across all Washington University in St. Louis campuses, scores of researchers share a drive to understand the natural forces that shape our climate, health, culture and physical world.

What do K-pop music and McDonald’s restaurants have in common? Not much, actually. But these iconic institutions are great entry points into the study of modern East Asian culture.