Dhaka through the eyes of a rickshaw-puller
Forget Google Maps -- his knowledge is built on years of fieldwork!
Ho Chi Minh City’s string puppetry lessons teach children Vietnamese culture, art
String puppetry, artist Tran Duoc explains, has deep roots in Vietnam. While the techniques used today are influenced by Western marionette traditions, he ensures that many of…
A Chinese philosopher’s last lesson
Using his life experiences, Zhu Rui, a philosophy professor at Renmin University of China in Beijing, tells people that death is not something to be feared.
Renowned Pakistani activist, poet, and teacher Arfa Sayeda Zehra passes away at 83
Dr Zehra’s insight captures a generation estranged from its mother tongue — it listens with pleasure but no longer writes or inhabits Urdu, reflecting a deeper cultural and…
Research team, picture book author seek genetic history of Japan’s ‘Rabbit Island’
The professor and his lab students conducted fieldwork on the island in March last year. Since it is prohibited to touch rabbits on the island, they collected 264 droppings over…
This, too, is Korean pop
Today, a new generation of artists is reimagining how Korean traditional music can speak to contemporary audiences.
South Korean president Kim Dae-jung’s Nobel medal, protester’s clothes recognised as heritage
The Korea Heritage Service announced Wednesday that the two items, representing Korea’s struggles and triumphs in modern history, are among 10 selected for the new designation,…
Small farmers bring Jakarta urban farming to life
The capital has designated idle plots of land, including some under the Bekasi-Cawang-Kampung Melayu (Becakayu) toll road in East Jakarta, as urban farming sites to help achieve…
A lost ship rises from the sands of Vietnam’s Hoi An
An urgent excavation plan is being drawn up for an ancient ship that has reappeared on the Hoi An shoreline in the wake of Typhoon Fengshen (Storm No. 12), with initial surveys…
As winter nears, nurseries in Bangladesh’s Barishal pin hopes on flower seedling sales
Nursery traders and farmers said political unrest last year sharply reduced the number of wholesale buyers, causing major losses. This year, they hope to recover through better…