Who Was Sylvia?
Singapore's renaissance woman, Sylvia Kho (1917–2013) was an innovator and entrepreneur in the arts of fashion, beauty and decoration. Learn more about her amazing life.
The S.E.A. Write Award Ceremony
A Prestigious ASEAN Award Presented to the 2016-18 Winners
Since 1979, the S.E.A. Write Award, or the Southeast Asian Writers Award, has been presented annually...
Fading into Oblivion
Text by Rajeswari Vikirama and Rachel Kwek
Language experts say half of the world’s nearly 7,000 languages are expected to be extinct by the end...
Hibaku: The Witness Trees of Hiroshima
Almost 200 trees survived the direct effects of the Hiroshima atomic blast on August 6, 1945, and are now called hibaku jumoku – the survivor trees.
Reflections: Chess – An Asian Game Well Played
The origins of the ubiquitous game of strategy, chess, lie in an instructional military model used in ancient India to plan battles. This model...
How Formosa Birthed The Southeast Asian Languages
The aboriginal dialect of the tiny island of Taiwan is the ancestor of one-fifth of the world’s languages, researchers say
Few will associate primarily Mandarin-speaking,...
Jewelled Princes
The Shan people celebrate the ordination of young Buddhist novices with Poy Sang Long – an extravagant spiritual party that usually takes place between...
Asia’s policies on street food
A look at recent policies across Asian governments to regulate the hawker population and control street food across the region.