The Light That Never Goes Out
Azerbaijan is known as “The Land of Fire”, and aptly so. When Marco Polo visited the then-Persian city of Baku, he wrote about numerous...
The Gold Trap: How COVID-19 is pushing Filipino children into hazardous work
By Marielle Lucenio
The Philippines had been making slow progress in its long fight against child labour, but the pandemic reversed the gains that had...
Wave of Destruction: Remembering the 2014 Indian Ocean Tsunami
by Kathy PohThe way the oceans took all that they had was how a predator might pounce on its unsuspecting prey. As waters along...
A Harvest of Death
The depths of tragedy amidst stunning beauty
The Buzzkill
In China’s mountainous Maoxian region in Sichuan Province, there are almost 6,500 hectares of pear and apple orchards. Every year, villagers descend on the farmlands to begin the monumental task of pollinating every single fruit blossom – by hand.
Travel Mongolia: Traditional Customs
The diverse terrain of Mongolia has wrought a unique culture born of the steppe, desert and city— we delve into some practices that have been given UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage status.
A Particular Primate: Saving the Rare and Ancient Slender Loris
(Text by Dr Craig Turner)
IF you want to see primates in Asia, then Sri Lanka may not immediately come to mind. But if it’s...
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...