Chinese pair, Malay wedding
It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for a Chinese couple who celebrated their union with a wedding ceremony complete with full traditional Malay custom.
Navigating life in Indonesia as an adult with autism
According to a nongovernmental organization, autistic individuals are more than three times likely to be targeted by bullying.
Japan works to help people with dementia pursue active lives
By 2025, the number of people with dementia in Japan is expected to reach about 7 million, or one out of every five elderly people who are 65 or older.
Banking on a business of artificial flowers
The flowers are made from everyday items that most people see as worthless.
City girl adjusts to life of sea research
Wonder struck by sea creatures during her first dive, a 23-year-old has committed herself to marine preservation efforts in Cambodia.
Pachyderm painter shows mammoth artistic talent
Lucky, a rescued elephant, is now the first elephant artist to exhibit in Cambodia, with her pieces going on sale to support the rescue centre’s operations.
Vietnam’s silver-haired students head back to class
If age and experience are anything to go by, these pupils in Hanoi really are top of the class, and these elderly learners meet up to have English lessons once a week.
Japanese dyer gives flawed T-shirts a new life
By freshly dyeing shirts that had blemishes, 36 year-old Yuri Hiramoto was able to give the shirts a new lease of life.
More people in Singapore reading for leisure: National Library Board survey
Teenagers seemed to be reading more for leisure, with 86 per cent of older teenagers doing so more than once a week – slightly higher than 2018’s figure of 83 per cent.
The life of a Hubei surgeon in Lesotho
As part of the medical assistance China provides to Africa, Hubei province has been dispatching medical teams to Lesotho since 1997.