Meet Me in the Middle
Everybody knows about this imaginary line on the Earth’s surface that lies equidistant from the North Pole and the South Pole. Almost half the...
The Earth People
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Island of Tongues
Researchers say one-fifth of the world’s languages – including numerous Asian dialects – developed from the lingua franca of Taiwanese aborigines.
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Asia’s Broken Soles
Jia Sidao, the ambitious chancellor of the Song dynasty, creeps over to the daughter of the late emperor. He lulls the trusting little girl...
Photographer Spotlight: Lee Shing Yaw
Wildlife Category September 2020 Winner, taken in Bandar Botanic, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia, captioned "Blowing Bubbles".
As ASIAN Geographic’s annual Images of Asia (IOA) 2020 Photo/Videography...
Photographer Spotlight: Sharkawi Che Din
Black & White Category September 2020 Winner, taken in Batu Sangkar, West Sumatra, Indonesia, captioned "The atmospheric view of a farmer at the paddy...
Photographer Spotlight: Mohd Samsi
Landscape Category September 2020 Winner, taken in Royal Belum, Malaysia, captioned "Dramatic Cloudy in the Morning at Royal Belum Forest, Malaysia".
As ASIAN Geographic’s annual...
Qusbegi: The Lord of Birds
Text and images by Bryan Chan and Marija Savic
Fitted in an enormous cowhide coat and a colourful peaked hat ringed with fur, the qusbegi...
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PeruGunung Padang is once again making headlines as the first pyramid in Southeast Asia and the oldest megalithic site in the world.Recent discoveries as deep as 90 feet found the hill-pyramid to contain...
Asia’s Sweet Success: The History of Ice Cream in Asia
by Selina Tan
The concept of a frozen dessert is one that goes back thousands of years. By pouring a mixture of salt and ice over containers of liquid syrup, the Chinese were creating a rudimentary form of ice cream as long ago as 2000 BC. The resulting frozen product...
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon has captured the imagination of historians worldwide for centuries. Yet, its existence remains a debate as years of digging have turned up nothing about the lost Gardens.First described in a book called Babyloniaca by a Chaldean priest named Berossus in 280 BC, the...