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Finding Harmony Between Humans and Elephants
….How one non-profit organisation is encouraging alternative crops to reduce human–elephant conflict in Thailand.
Text Sarah Eichstadt
When elephants enter her farm, Roengrom “Rom” Amsamarng runs...
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Science
The Smallest Slayers
The tiniest creatures have caused countless deaths, out of which man has earned his immunity, his right to survive among this planet's infinite organisms.
Culture
8 Top Spots to explore and activities to try in Phuket,...
1. Big Buddha
There is a myriad of exciting ways to see this treasured landmark. Many tours offer this experience and it is most divine...
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Top 5 Tourist Spots in Iloilo
Molo Mansion in Iloilo, the Philippines
Nestled in the Western Visayas of the Philippines, Iloilo is a hidden gem bustling with must-see sights in the country.
Text credit: Khushi Makasare
Images credit: Shutterstock
1. Miag-ao Church (Zalueta Ave, Miagao)
Built in 8786, Miagao Church, also known as the Sta Tomas de Villanueva Parish Church...
Charming Wakayama
Over 2,500 years ago in the misty history of ancient Japan, the Emperor Jimmu sought the perfect place to rule over his country. He and his family encountered many hardships and defeats along the way until the intervention of a three-legged crow called Yatagarasu. This crow had been sent...
Unlikely Heroes
The landmines left over from Cambodia's war are being sniffed out and removed by a task force of... trained rats?
Invasion of the Bloodiest: Asia’s Bite-Size Biters
by Associate Professor Gregor Devine
Mosquitos – those bloodsucking demons that have roamed the face of the Earth for more than 100 million years – have adapted and evolved to feed, multiply and venture into distant lands. But no other species does it better than the deadly Asian tiger mosquito...
Current Affairs
Observing The New Uzbekistan
Central Asia's most populous nation Uzbekistan was voted for their leader. Around 20 million Uzbeks are eligible for an election on 9 July at...
Palm Progress
Can palm oil plantations and endangered rainforests really coexist? One conservationist says yes.
Text and images credit: Nathan Sen
The island of Borneo, divided among Malaysia,...
Above the Water: Sea Science
Text by Benjamin P.Horton
340 MILLION people are at risk of flooding from sea-level rise by 2050.
We know that rising sea levels affect every coastal...
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...
A culture of silence blunts the impact of a new Vietnamese law against sexual...
By Trang Vu
Vietnam’s new labor law requires employers to put in place mechanisms to prevent and penalize sexual harassment in the workplace. But Vietnamese...
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The Road to Independence: Burma (1945 – 1962)
From the 1962 Democracy Protests, through the 1974 U Thant Crisis, the 1988 Uprising, and the 2007 Saffron Revolution, to the 2021 Spring Revolution, Myanmar has fought against the whims of its military leaders and suffered at the hands of the army. To make sense of the tumultuous events of the past six decades, we must understand the complex politics and power struggles that have dominated this country once known as Burma.
