157 Same-Sex Marriages Might Be Registered in Taiwan On May 24
Taiwan, one of Asia’s most forward looking territories for the LGBTQ community, might see 157 same-sex marriages registered on May 24 after the Constitutional...
Jose Jeuland Longevity Okinawa Exhibition
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Asian Geographic Magazines Named Media Company of the Year at the 2018 MPAS...
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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...