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Finding Harmony Between Humans and Elephants
….How one non-profit organisation is encouraging alternative crops to reduce human–elephant conflict in Thailand.
Text Sarah Eichstadt
When elephants enter her farm, Roengrom “Rom” Amsamarng runs...
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Science
Mind-Reading Computers Get Better at Their Job
Telepathic machines can now show better pictures of our thoughts.
Culture
“Bura na mano, Holi hai,” or, “Do not mind, it’s Holi!”
Holi is one of the major festivals of India and is celebrated on different dates every year. This Indian festival is observed at the...
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Making Tracks
The Orient Express has the literary cache, and India’s Palace on Wheels has the opulence, but the greatest train journey on Earth is without doubt the Trans-Siberian Railway. For more than 100 years, locomotives – first steam trains, then diesel and electric engines – have run the 9,289 kilometres between Moscow and Vladivostok on the Sea of Japan. The world’s longest railway crosses seven time zones and the journey takes at least a week to complete.
The World’s Largest Camel Fair is Seeing its Last Days
For the Rabari people in Rajasthan, camel trading is a way of life. Attending the Pushkar Camel Fair – the largest of its kind in the world – offers a window into this unique desert culture.
World Tourism Day: A Focus on Rural Destinations
Travelling is an essential part of life. It allows you to explore places that you would never have been exposed to otherwise, meeting people of different backgrounds and lifestyles. Celebrated last Sunday on the 27th of September, the annual World Tourism Day serves to commemorate the travel industry’s importance...
Spotlight on Ocean Citizen: From High Heels to Scuba Fins, Vanessa Vergara’s Story is...
Interviewed by Elizabeth Lim
ASIAN Geographic recently caught up with budding ocean conservationist Vanessa Vergara on how she made the decision to leave her career in the PR world, to go after her passion for marine conservation, and shares with us what her vision for the future looks like.
AG: Tell...
Current Affairs
Observing The New Uzbekistan
Central Asia's most populous nation Uzbekistan was voted for their leader. Around 20 million Uzbeks are eligible for an election on 9 July at...
Palm Progress
Can palm oil plantations and endangered rainforests really coexist? One conservationist says yes.
Text and images credit: Nathan Sen
The island of Borneo, divided among Malaysia,...
Above the Water: Sea Science
Text by Benjamin P.Horton
340 MILLION people are at risk of flooding from sea-level rise by 2050.
We know that rising sea levels affect every coastal...
The Gold Trap: How COVID-19 is pushing Filipino children into hazardous work
By Marielle Lucenio
The Philippines had been making slow progress in its long fight against child labour, but the pandemic reversed the gains that had...
A culture of silence blunts the impact of a new Vietnamese law against sexual...
By Trang Vu
Vietnam’s new labor law requires employers to put in place mechanisms to prevent and penalize sexual harassment in the workplace. But Vietnamese...
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The Road to Independence: Burma (1945 – 1962)
From the 1962 Democracy Protests, through the 1974 U Thant Crisis, the 1988 Uprising, and the 2007 Saffron Revolution, to the 2021 Spring Revolution, Myanmar has fought against the whims of its military leaders and suffered at the hands of the army. To make sense of the tumultuous events of the past six decades, we must understand the complex politics and power struggles that have dominated this country once known as Burma.
