She’s a hit: Singapore’s only female pro wrestler vows to fight on
Lion City Hit Girl, as Alexis Lee is known in the ring, is Singapore’s only professional female wrestler. Since her first pro outing here in 2013 when she was just 18, she has…
In the name of development: The Baloch library in Karachi on the brink of demolition
The library faces the threat of demolition as the Sindh government plans to build an interchange of the Malir Expressway. While no notice has been issued to the library, a survey…
1 in 5 South Korean women threatened with sexual extortion: study
Across all 16,693 respondents, irrespective of gender, 14.5 per cent reported being victims of sexual extortion, while 4.8 per cent admitted to being perpetrators. The most common…
Chinese man travels 82,000 kilometres in a wheelchair
Born in 1969, Zhang was affected by genetic factors and at the age of 6, he developed Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a condition that affects one in 2,500 people. Despite his…
South Korea unveils support for borderline intelligent people
People with borderline intellectual functioning have lower than average intelligence, but because they are not considered intellectually disabled, they have been excluded from…
Taking ownership of the forests: One man’s mission to end illegal logging in Cambodia
For the past six years the Nature Lovers Youth Association has been working with the authorities and local communities to patrol the forests of the Oral Mountains across three…
Could animals seized from the illegal wildlife trade strain S’pore’s capacity to keep them?
In 2023, at least 30 cases of pet animal and wildlife smuggling were detected by the authorities in Singapore, with the largest seizure involving 337 birds squeezed into plastic…
Nepal working to secure UNESCO World Heritage Site status for Tilaurakot, where Buddha spent his early years
An international mission is set to visit the very site of Tilaurakot to evaluate the site for potential inclusion as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The International Council on…
Public servants: Anti-graft laws, rules relaxed over the years
For over two decades, laws and regulations meant for curbing corruption by government employees have been relaxed, creating scope for officials to indulge in irregularities with…
Now endangered: Time to get serious about saving pygmy elephants
The authorities must consider the needs of the Borneo pygmy elephants in all their development plans now that the animal has been officially recognised as an endangered species,…