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Nihon Hidankyo, a Japansese Organisation of Atomic Bomb Survivors, Receives the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize

Nihon Hidankyo, a Japansese Organisation of Atomic Bomb Survivors, Receives the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to the Japanese organisation the Japan Confederation of ...
Rise of an Authoritarian Leader: Ferdinand Marcos

Rise of an Authoritarian Leader: Ferdinand Marcos

By Elyssa Yong By far one of the most notorious families in the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda ...
The Road to Independence: Malaya's Battle Against Communism [1948-1960]

The Road to Independence: Malaya’s Battle Against Communism [1948-1960]

by Asian Geographic Editorial Team The Malayan Emergency Following the establishment of the Federation of Malaya, looming uncertainty befell the ...
Jewelled Princes

Jewelled Princes

The Shan people celebrate the ordination of young Buddhist novices with Poy Sang Long – an extravagant spiritual party that ...
Island of Tongues

Island of Tongues

Researchers say one-fifth of the world’s languages – including numerous Asian dialects – developed from the lingua franca of Taiwanese ...
Asia’s Broken Soles

Asia’s Broken Soles

Jia Sidao, the ambitious chancellor of the Song dynasty, creeps over to the daughter of the late emperor. He lulls ...
Qusbegi: The Lord of Birds

Qusbegi: The Lord of Birds

Text and images by Bryan Chan and Marija Savic Fitted in an enormous cowhide coat and a colourful peaked hat ...
Empu forging the keris dagger

Daggers Forged in Fire

Text and images by Diego A. Garcia Of the countless weapons bought and sold every day around the world, relatively ...
Hibaku Tree of Hiroshima

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 ...