Youth in Asia were an early 1980s UK anarcho-punk band from London. They were differentiated from many other bands within that scene by their prominent use of the synthesizer. The band's first live performance was in Brussels in December 1981. and the Wapping Autonomy Centre with other bands including The Apostles, Crass, Flux of Pink Indians, Twelve Cubic Feet, The Mob, Poison Girls, Hagar the Womb, Riot/Clone, DIRT and others.
The band sang political lyrics about issues such as war, sexism and state terrorism. The band's name was a play on the word euthanasia.
The initial line-up was Kay Byatt (vocals), Mark Edmondson (guitar), Wayne Preston (bass guitar), Punky Pete (drums), and Olga Ashworth (vocals/keyboards). The new line-up recorded a single for Crass Records, but the band split up before it was released, with some of the members forming a new band, Decadent Few.
Byatt later sang with Radical Dance Faction and The Astronauts. "When the Wind Blows", from the band's final recording session, was included on the Overground compilation Anti-War, Anarcho-Punk Compilation Volume One.