South East Asia

Guide to Hitchhiking in Burma

Off Track Planet | Posted 04.11.2013 | Travel

Read More: Adventure, Burma, Backpacking, South East Asia, Budget, Backpacker, Travel, Budget Travel, Asia, Hitchhiking, Culture, Travel News

Responsible tourism can mean a lot of things, but in Burma it means getting down and dirty with locals. Hitchhiking through the country isn't the easiest way to get around, but it's definitely a backpacker badge of honor.

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The Stream Series: .mm good?

Duncan Clark | Posted 05.11.2013 | Technology

Read More: Myanmar, Innovation, Technology, South East Asia, Stream Series Asia, Technology News

Myanmar is not a start-up -- it has a long history, is rich in mineral and human resources and was once the second richest country in South East Asia. Yet after decades of isolation, civil war and sanctions, from a digital business perspective it is probably best viewed as a start-up opportunity.

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Cruising Down The Mekong River

Don Mankin | Posted 12.22.2012 | Travel

Read More: Wat Phou, Khone Falls, Mekong, South East Asia, River Cruise, Laos, Travel News

It is difficult to separate the magic of the Mekong from the magic of Laos, the country through which it flows for much of its meandering route through Southeast Asia. Laos is beautiful, uncrowded and populated by some of the most gracious and gentle people I have ever met. Or maybe it's the river itself, surprisingly peaceful for one so large and significant.

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Why Women In Thailand Are Embracing 'Feminine Bleaching' Products

Nina Bahadur | Posted 09.25.2012 | Women

Read More: Lactacyd White Intimate, Thailand, Bleaching, Beauty Trends, Cultural Norms, Women's Health, South East Asia, Skin Whitening, Beauty Craze, Class Issues, Lighter Skin, Beauty, Beauty News, Women News

Grooming is time-consuming and expensive for lots of women -- how do we withstand (or afford) the combination of plucking, tweezing, threading, shavin...

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A Call for Video Grant Applications

Fron Nahzi | Posted 09.08.2012 | Technology

Read More: Social Media, Civil Society Organizations, Grants, Donors, Proposal Writing, Csos, New Media, Sustainability, Ngos, Transitional Countries, South East Asia, Eastern Europe, Video Grant Applications, Technology News

Today's technology allows more people more opportunities to propose solutions to the world's problems. When both the donor and the applicants free themselves from the offline approach to developing and implementing ideas, it will better our society.

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Sex Trafficking Survivor Risks Life To Fight Slavery, Spread Of HIV/AIDS

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 11.30.2011 | Impact

Read More: Video, Somaly Mam Foundation, South East Asia, Forced Prostitution, Somaly Mam, Cambodia, Sex Trafficking, Brothels, Human Trafficking, Impact News

This story is part of a series celebrating HIV/AIDS activists in honor of Thursday's World AIDS Day. Her house has been burned down. She's had her ...

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Aid And Independence In East Timor

Posted 11.28.2011 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Colonialism, East Timor, Indonesia, South East Asia, Timor Leste, Un Aid East Timor, United Nations, The Diplomat, South Sudan, World News

By Simon Roughneen, The Diplomat 'Goodbye conflict, welcome development' reads the Panglossian banner on the Timor-Leste Finance Ministry web...

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5 Tips for the (Motorcycle) Trip of a Lifetime

Hans von Meister | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel

Read More: Thailand, South East Asia, Great Ride Forward, Cambodia, Vietnam, Motorcycling, Bangkok, Motorcycles, Asia, Laos, China, Travel News

If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong. The entire point of undertaking a long-distance motorcycle trip is to test yourself; you're obviously out of your element.

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Pork Chop Lay's & Other Thai Potato Chips

Stephanie J. Stiavetti | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Junk Food, Travel, Chips, Thailand, Snacks, South East Asia, Potato Chips, Pork Chop Potato Chips, Home News

My first thought was, "Um, gross," but after a few days the idea grew on me.

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Eunhee Jung O'Neill's Center for International Virtual Schooling

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

Eunhee Jung O'Neill, Ph.D., is interested in long-distance learning, specifically about cultures. Eunhee is the founder and director of International Virtual Elementary/Secondary Classroom Activities.

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Who is this guy? Philippines President Elect - Mr Vanilla of Manila

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Catholic Church, Corruption, Malacanang Palace, Elections, Homosexuality, Poverty, South East Asia, Noynoy-Aquino, Corazon Aquino, Benigno Aquino, Noynoy Aquino, The Philippines, Philippines, Gay Marriage, World News

With his penchant for badly fitting shirts, dorky hair style, and complete lack of personal charisma, Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino appears the most unlikel...

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Farmer Kills 83,000 Rats And Wins Color TV

Telegraph | Ben Leach | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Read More: Poverty, South East Asia, Crops, Agriculture, Farmers, Food, Pests, Rats, Ministry of Agriculture, Green News

Mokhairul Islam, 40, won a first prize of a colour television for killing some 83,450 rats in the past nine months in Gazipur district near the South ...

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What's Your Name? Dunce? Bong? Bum?

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: The Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, Corazon Aquino, South East Asia, Imelda Marcos, Noy Noy Aquino, Nicknames, Joseph Estrada, Noy-Noy-Aquino, Healthy Living News

In the Philippines, everyone seems to have some kind of all-purpose nickname that long ago rendered their real name obsolete. Politicians with names like Joker, Boy, Butch and Ping are commonplace.

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Moment of Truth In Afghanistan, Iran, Israel-Palestine, Southeast Asia, Africa, FSU

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

In all these situations, violence is active or incipient. In all of them, there is no solution being proposed that promises an end to the prospect of more of the same.

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Cambodia's Rat Trade With Vietnam Booming (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Video, South East Asia, Vietnam Rats, Swine Flu, Cambodia, Vietnam, Cambodia Rats, World News

Many Asian countries are consuming rat meat as a less expensive and more plentiful alternative to pork. Cambodia villagers who gather the rodents hav...

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Sri Lanka Rejects Tamil Tigers Ceasefire Offer

Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Tamil Tigers, South Asia, Sri Lanka Civil War, Civil War, Truce, Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers, Tamil Tigers Truce, Tamil Tigers Ceasefire, Asia, Sri Lanka Ceasefire, Ltte, Sri Lanka Rebels, Tamil Rebels, Sri Lanka Truce, World News

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger fighters have announced that they are ready to comply with international calls for a ceasefire, but they would not lay down t...

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Khmer Rouge Prison Torturers Finally Put On Trial

The Independent | Toby Green | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: South East Asia, Pol Pot, The Independent, Khmer Rouge, Cambodia, Asia, Torture, World News

Beneath the shade of spreading branches in the courtyard of Tuol Sleng prison, Chum Mei slipped off his sandals and demonstrated how Khmer Rouge tortu...

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