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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...
Travel and Adventure
Science
Uncharted Territories
Asia's rainforests contain a treasure trove of medical treatments waiting to be discovered. But who knows where the next life-giving discovery will be made?
Culture
Asia’s Age-Old Beauty Trends
Across Asia, women throughout the ages have decorated their faces in pursuit of specific beauty ideals
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The serenading suitors of the Philippines
Under a courtship ritual called harana, it was compulsory for Filipino men to sing to their sweethearts
10 Asteroids Named After Famous Asian Icons
Not all asteroids have boring names! Here are 10 of the funkiest ones from Asia
The Worshiped Child: Nepal’s Living Goddesses
Text by Khushi Makasare
In Nepal, young girls are revered as supreme deities - but not for long.
The sun rises over the Kathmandu Valley as a toddler is beautified with red and yellow face paint. She is decked in gold and silver jewellery, and her eyes are outlined with bold...
Conservation Drones
Text and Photos Sarah Keenihan
A unique, low-cost approach to animal and forestry monitoring.
Lian Pin Koh is one half of the foundation team behind Conservation Drones, a novel and inexpensive approach to monitoring animals and habitats. He is also Associate Professor and Chair of the Applied Ecology and Conservation group...
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.
