Asian Geographic Images of Asia Monthly Competition October 2020 Winners and Finalists
The ASIAN Geographic's Images of Asia (IOA) 2020 photography competition, exhibits the work of photographers from all across Asia. We have received stunning photos...
Balancing the North: The Mythical Southern Continent
Text by YD Bar-Ness
There are some places on the map that no person can visit, and yet, they are charted with precision and confidence....
Jewelled Princes
The Shan people celebrate the ordination of young Buddhist novices with Poy Sang Long – an extravagant spiritual party that usually takes place between...
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
The “earth personality” is nurturing, generous, and caring. Earth People tend to be introverted and are tolerant, honest, trustworthy, diligent and steadfast by nature....
Island of Tongues
Researchers say one-fifth of the world’s languages – including numerous Asian dialects – developed from the lingua franca of Taiwanese aborigines.
Few will associate primarily...
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...
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