Asia

The K-Pop industry has a dark side, one that Lee Kyung-Mi – now Monk Bohyun – knows all too well. From performing pop songs on stage to singing Buddhist prayer songs on YouTube.

In this episode of “Rainbow Guide to Life” VICE World News takes a look at what life is like for gay monks in Thailand’s Buddhist monasteries.

Why is it so hard for Asian women to find happiness after a bad marriage?

Eva Oh tells VICE more about running a business as a professional dominatrix and what attracted her to it.

In 1984, one of the world's worst industrial disasters befell the residents of Bhopal, India, when a nearby pesticide plant leaked a toxic gas. Veteran photojournalist Raghu Rai was there to photograph its aftermath.

2020 was not just a year but a state of mind. We did a pulse check across the Asia Pacific region to understand how the youth dealt with this roller coaster of a year.

VICE heads to Bandung to meet Atung and his crew of gravediggers to learn what men who deal with death every day can tell us about life.

Protests are in their second day following the death of two civilians Wednesday.

President Trump boarded Air Force One Tuesday, capping off his 12-day Asia trip, which he himself described as "a very fruitful trip for us and, also, in all fairness, for a lot of other nations."

After months of fighting, Marawi City has been left in ruins.

We revisit the trans community in China to hear how one trans woman is recovering after her gender reassignment surgery, and meet an advocacy group dedicated to educating people about transgender issues.

VICE China met up with trans men and woman across the country to hear about the discrimination they face at work, in social circles, and among family—and what they're doing to transform their place in Chinese society.