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by Shakila Rajendra
At the start of 2016, India’s capital city implemented yet another breakthrough initiative in a push to lose the reputation of being...
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Asians have been using herbs and fruits for medicinal purposes for centuries. Asian Geographic serves up six common plants that have surprising effects on...
What is the IUCN Red List?
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is recognised as the most comprehensive, objective global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and...
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(Text by Serina Rahman. Photo © JACOB MAENTZ/CORBIS)
Long before the sun peeks over the horizon, artisanal fishermen across Malaysia’s Johor Strait gather at their...
Korea’s Green Growth: Rhetoric or Reality?
by John Power
South Korea regularly ranks among Asia’s greatest success stories. Few other countries, after all, can boast of achieving such a rapid transformation...
Red Alert: Treasures at Risk
Animals are among the many natural treasures to which Asia is home. We spotlight the Asian species listed as critically endangered in the IUCN...
Asia’s Most Quake-Prone Countries
Asia's Most Quake-Prone Countries:
1. Indonesia: 50 Occurrences
2. Japan: 31 Occurrences
3. Pakistan: 19 Occurrences
4. Papua New Guinea: 19 Occurrences
5. Russia: 13 Occurrences
6. Solomon Islands: 11...
5 Top Places to See Wildlife in Asia
From the rare Amur tigers of Siberia, to the gangly gibbons of Borneo, Asia has a wealth of wildlife. Some animals freely roam the...
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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...
Asia’s Sweet Success: The History of Ice Cream in Asia
by Selina Tan
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The Pyramid of Gunung Padang
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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...