Neutral Asean members can do more on South China Sea issues
Clues about the character of the new Chinese leadership are emerging from its interactions with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). Following the regional group's latest summit in Brunei, China's new foreign...
India's WorldFloat steps up to challenge Facebook
A new Indian social networking site is becoming quite the rage, adding more than 3 million users every month in an expanding market seen as vital to the growth of established sites as Facebook.
Unpredictability: making monkeys out of the markets
It's now official. Even monkeys can beat the stock market index. Cass Business School researchers in London simulated 10 million portfolios of US stocks selected at random. They found that US$100 invested at the beginning of 1968 would have...
Dilemmas when reporting tragedies
My story at the time revolved around the Majhi (fishing) people. I was in Malephu, Sunkhani, in Nepal's Dolakha district, as part of the Rural Media Gufa, an experiential news camp for journalists, and my assignment was to uncover why it was...
As common as the call of nature
Six Danes on a tour bus in Shanghai had a few drinks too many. They started singing and getting a bit frisky.
The region welcomes back Japan, but with some reservations
Japanese interest in South and Southeast Asia is increasing for both economic and political reasons. Yet, while this interest is welcomed by many in the region, the reasons for the renewed focus must be considered. There are also new factors that the...
Unpaid writers have bills to pay too
People who make their living by writing for publication had good reason to follow the recent hoo-hah over publishers who think paying writers for their work is optional.
Amazon tribe at the centre of a cultural storm
It became one of the fiercest scientific arguments in recent times: are the Yanomami Indians of the Amazon rainforest a symbol of how to live in peace and harmony with nature or remnants of humanity's brutal early history?
Noodle shops pushed out as cities and rents go sky high
My friends know I am a noodle foodie. Everywhere I go in Asia, I try the noodles, from laksa in Penang, to pad Thai in Bangkok, to beef pho in Hanoi, and mohinga in Yangon. Each bowl showcases the culture and flavour of the place, through the...
Can the new duo last the distance?
Hopes of change are running high in China now that a new leadership has been installed, but will they be dashed yet again?
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