Yangon’s Secretariat Building might be the most important building in Myanmar. It was built over 100 years ago as the headquarters of British colonial rule. It was where General Aung San, Myanmar’s ...
In the Fu Shan Garden of Remembrance, Heaven Kam attended two of the shortest funerals he has ever been to. Within 15 minutes, the priests said their prayers, and family members, with tears in their ...
Concerts can get quite vicious, as one audience member found out at the cost of his arm’s well-being at Morrissey’s concert in Jakarta last night.
The Coconuts Manila guide to Poblacion: Restaurants, bars, cafes, and clubs in Makati’s hippest hood
Most of us grew up knowing Makati’s Poblacion neighborhood as Manila’s red light district. Throughout the aughts, however, it began its transformation into hipster central, when it became known as the ...
In the early noughties, Soranut “Beer” Masayavanich was a child star appearing on Thai television. Working in the industry, of course, introduced him to drugs. But after the tabloids picked up on a ...
You may know them from their pageant titles, successful modeling careers, or profitable social media presences, but these ladies all have two things in common — they’re trans, and they’re trending in ...
How have these bizarre videos of half-naked boys in Southeast Asia, voraciously devouring exotic animals while making monkey noises, gotten hundreds of millions of views on YouTube? Editor’s note: ...
Weed’s aplenty in Bangkok, but where can you get it? The moment cannabis was greenlighted aka decriminalized on June 9, a number of dispensaries immediately began selling marijuana ranging from Thai ...
Microsoft seems to have made enemies in Indonesia after the country came last in Southeast Asia in the Digital Civility Index (DCI). Well, it appears that the result has come full circle, as netizens ...
The suspected crimes of Sararat “Am Cyanide” Rangsiwuthaporn, now accused of murdering 14 people with poison, are unusual not just only because the suspect is a woman and pregnant, but also because ...
Search and rescue teams combed the Chao Phraya River for a body. Tabloid headlines exploded when it was found, then worked overtime to supply breathless updates to a public ravenous for details about ...
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on Malaysian urban legends. Since it’s October and all, we decided to add a tinge of local flavour to your Halloween plans. Stay tuned for Part ...
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