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The Maldives are 99% water, so why can so few teenagers swim?
A lack of swimming skills among young people, especially girls, stops them working in local industries and getting involved in conservation
Rebecca Root in Malé
28, Mar, 2023 @2:41 PM
‘I was a drunk for 20 years’: The unlikely US priest revered in the slums of Bangkok
Father Joe arrived in Bangkok in the 1970’s. Fifty years, 15 schools and 30,000 students later, he credits the community with saving him
Rebecca Root in Bangkok
27, Jan, 2023 @7:00 PM
Food, firecrackers and family reunions: how lunar new year is celebrated differently across Asia
From Taiwan to Vietnam, Malaysia to China, millions of families are gathering to celebrate the start of the year of the rabbit
Rebecca Root in Bangkok, Helen Davidson in Taipei and Verna Yu
20, Jan, 2023 @7:00 PM
Fears the Year of the Rabbit could bring about a wave of abandoned pets
Animal welfare groups in Malaysia and Singapore have urged consumers to not buy rabbits on an ‘impulse’ and look into what it takes to care for them
Rebecca Root in Bangkok
19, Jan, 2023 @6:54 AM
Thailand’s tuk-tuks go green amid rising demand for electric models
Travel without the combustion-engine fumes and noise is increasingly popular in the country with some of the world’s worst air pollution
Rebecca Root in Bangkok
19, Jan, 2023 @4:29 AM
‘Truth wins’: Maria Ressa, Philippine Nobel prize winner, acquitted of tax evasion charges
Founder of news outlet Rappler says charges were politically motivated and that this was a win ‘for every Filipino who has ever been unjustly accused’
Rebecca Root in Bangkok, and agencies
18, Jan, 2023 @5:38 AM
Children hurt eating liquid nitrogen ‘dragon’s breath’ snack in Indonesian Tiktok trend
Health minister warns of dangers of street snack after children suffer stomach burns and food poisoning from chiki ngebul, a candy doused with liquid nitrogen
Rebecca Root
17, Jan, 2023 @2:13 AM
Western firms facilitating production of Myanmar junta’s weapons, says report
Independent experts find western-supplied materials are still finding their way into military’s hands
Rebecca Root in Bangkok
16, Jan, 2023 @9:48 AM
‘Truth is one of our rights’: victims of Indonesia’s bloody past want more than regret from their president
After Joko Widodo acknowledged the mass killings of 1965-66, victims say compensation is the next step
Rebecca Root in Bangkok
13, Jan, 2023 @4:25 AM
More than 100 Rohingya refugees jailed for trying to flee Myanmar camps
Children among those arrested last month as they waited for transport to take them to Malaysia
Rebecca Root in Bangkok
11, Jan, 2023 @5:53 AM
Consuming cannabis in Thailand: what tourists need to know about marijuana rules
After easing the ban on the recreational drug, Thailand has created a ‘weed Wild West’ with confusing rules. So what are tourists allowed to do?
Rebecca Root in Bangkok
09, Jan, 2023 @7:00 PM
Myanmar court jails Aung San Suu Kyi for extra seven years in final closed trial
Nobel laureate found guilty of corruption as rights groups say array of charges fabricated to keep her detained
Rebecca Root
30, Dec, 2022 @6:44 AM
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