Celebrating Earth with the late H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand
According to the United Nations:
The equivalent of one soccer field of soil is eroded every 5 seconds.
It can take up to 1,000...
ASIAN Geographic Celebrates Cheetahs!
It's 4 December - Happy International Cheetah Day!
These beautiful, fast creatures are racing against extinction. Today, we'd like to bring awareness to the world’s...
The Colour of Sound: A Lighter Shade of Possibilities
text & photos: Sophie Ibbotson and Maxwell Lovell-Hoare
MOST PEOPLE can agree that grass is green, the sky is blue and that ladybirds are red...
Two Thai Elephants Rescued and Walked to Samui Elephant Haven
May 23, 2019– Relief and joy were palpable as two rescued Asian elephants—one unwell and one due to give birth within four months –...
Asians with a Purpose (Part 2)
Spearheading Environmental Change
These individuals with their penchant for making a difference, are pushing themselves to do their bit for the environment.
Taiwan
Arthur Huang
Structural engineer &...
From the Edge – Fighting the flow of illegal wildlife
Text and Photos Adrian Page
The introduction of the Black Act meant that death by hanging was a real prospect for those convicted of poaching...
Mustang Movement
Text & photos by Saransh Sehgal
A Buddhist Kingdom on the Edge.
Within the imposing Himalayan mountains lies the former kingdom of Mustang that now...
When Opium was used for Toothaches
We know of opium as the addictive narcotic that once held Asia drugged and spellbound. But the people of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand – still major producers of this “joy fruit” – once had a healthy relationship with its intoxicating effects
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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
(Photo: Graphicaartis/Corbis)
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...
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 Pyramid of Gunung Padang
Megalithic site in Indonesia could be the oldest in the world
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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...