Southeast Asia

PHOTOS: Top 10 Must-Sees In Myanmar

Kensington Tours | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Rudyard Kipling, Bagan, Beaches, Myanmar, Kensington Tours, Burma, Southeast Asia, Irriwaddy-Delta, Temple, Inle Lake, Shwedagon Pagoda, Asia, Pagoda, Slidepollajax, Ngapali Beach, Slideexpand, Travel News

Don't be surprised if monks and nuns share the same status as rock-stars and celebrities -- it is truly unlike any place you know!

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Prey Lang: A Forest on the Brink of Destruction (PHOTOS)

Mathieu Young | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Usaid, Global Witness, World Bank, Cambodia Forest, Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Illegal Logging, Deforestation, Slideexpand, Green News

We stayed in the forest homes of members of the Prey Lang Network, a grassroots association of villagers risking their lives to try and slow the destruction of their forest.

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Next Southeast Asia Hotspot? El Nido, Philippines (PHOTOS)

Kip Patrick | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: El Nido, Amazing Race, Island, Philippines Travel, Survivor, Beach, Slideexpand, Asia Travel, Southeast Asia, Paradise, Philippines, Jason Bourne, Travel News

Travel in virtually any direction from town, and you'll discover hidden lagoons, secluded beaches, waterfalls, hot springs, and a myriad of jungle-draped islands pulled right out of Robinson Crusoe.

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Press Coverage of the Cambodian Genocide: An Analysis

Sharon Wu | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Thesis Project, Civil War, Thesis-Project, War, Khmer Rouge, Cambodian Genocide, Communism, Pol Pot, Southeast Asia, Cambodia, College Thesis, Marxism, College News

American politicians and the public lacked the necessary information to devise a viable solution. There was definitely enough press about mass deaths to alarm the public, but journalists simply couldn't provide enough information to persuade anyone to take action.

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Moving To Indonesia And Into The Present Tense

Kate Willsky | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Jakarta, Indonesia, Jakarta-Indonesia, Coming-of-Age, Southeast Asia, Memory, Travel, Asia, Memories, Travel News

This afternoon, a monsoon opened up the sky and I went onto our sheltered patio and sat on the little couch out there and pulled out my box of Bahasa vocabulary cards

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Between Sun And Sea On Singapore's Sentosa Island

Monique Stringfellow | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Beach Resorts, Hawker Food, Sentosa Island, Singapore, Asia Travel, Family Travel, Asia, Sentosa, Southeast Asia, Singapore Travel, Travel News

After breakfast, we steered clear of the macaque monkeys that had gathered on the patio in the hopes that hotel guests would share their croissants.

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PHOTOS: An Earthquake And Culinary Curiosities In Penang

Monique Stringfellow | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Tsunami, Night Markets, Southeast Asia, Earthquake, Southeast Asian Food, Luxury Travel, Penang, Travel News

Back at our hotel, the tsunami watch was on and a security team kept watch, cellphones in hand, waiting for word from the nearby island of Langkawi, which, in the event of a tsunami, would experience the tidal wave.

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A Singapore Stopover

Monique Stringfellow | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Luxury Travel, Shangri La Singapore, Asian Street Food, Shopping, Singapore Travel, Asia Travel, Southeast Asia, Shangri-La Hotel, Fashion, Orchard Road, Raffles Hotel, Singapore Slings, Comme Des Garcons, Travel Blogs, Travel News

The food court was unlike any I've ever seen: dim sum, Indian rotis, sushi, ramen, Malayan "hawker food" and so much more all side by side in the gleaming basement area.

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Unrest in Indonesia's Mines: Local Chaos and Global Injustice

Michelle Chen | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: East Timor, Indonesia, Mining, Southeast Asia, Globalization, Gold, Asia, Coal, Freeport McMoRan, West Papua, Indonesia Mining, World News

Work recently resumed in the Grasberg mine of the Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold, but the suffering continues while officials and multinationals maneuver to manage Southeast Asia's resource curse.

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PHOTOS: 8 Reasons To Go To Myanmar Now

BootsnAll | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Southeast Asia Travel, Burma Travel, Myanmar, International Destinations, Burma, Asia Travel, Myanmar Travel, Southeast Asia, Asia, Slidepollajax, Destinations, Travel News

The reclusive country is ready for the spotlight.

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Learning How To Travel On A Trip To Bali

BJ R. Siasoco | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Travel Stories, Southeast Asia, International Destinations, Islands, Bali, Destinations, Intergenerational Travel, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Adrift in my own sea of uncertainty, I joined my family on a journey to a land known for its beaches and beauty.

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PHOTOS: How To Ride A Motorbike Across Southeast Asia

Off Track Planet | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Southeast Asia, Travel, Asia, Bike, Travel Tips, Otp, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Trips, Travel Blogs, Travel News

You're stuck on the Banana Pancake Trail. It's time to get off...

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PHOTOS: Finding Little Italy In Bangkok

Jenna Scatena | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Dining, Slidepollajax, Southeast Asia, Italy, Travel, Bangkok, St. Regis Bangkok, Italian Food, Travel News

During a recent stay in Bangkok, around week five of my travels, I felt summoned elsewhere. I needed some good, traditional Italian food.

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Why I'll Never Return To Vietnam

Matt Kepnes | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Southeast Asia, Travel, Vietnam, Backpacking, Travel Stories, Travel News

While in Nha Trang, I met an English teacher who had been in Vietnam for many years. He said the Vietnamese are taught that their problems are caused by the West, especially by the French and Americans.

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Visiting A Small Town In Northern Thailand

Jenna Scatena | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Southeast Asia, Travel, Pai, Thailand, Asia, International Destinations, Travel Blogs, Destinations, Travel News

The interesting thing about Pai right now is that it no longer has one solid identity. I can't help but think: Sometimes the past is more promising than the future.

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Another Great Cambodian Temple Stirs To Life

AP | By DENIS D. GRAY | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Angkor Wat Travel, Cambodia Travel, Southeast Asia Travel, Travel News, Southeast Asia, Asia Travel, Cambodia, Angkor, Asia, Archeology, Angkor Wat, Travel News

BANTEAY CHHMAR, Cambodia -- It's still entwined in mystery and jungle vines, but one of Cambodia's grandest monuments is slowly awakening after eight ...

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WATCH: Will The Mekong River Be Dammed?

Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Mekong River Dam, Laos Dam, Video, Mekong River, Xayaburi Mekong River Dam Project, Xayaburi Dam, Southeast Asia, Laos, Asia, Xayaburi Dam Laos, Green News

A proposed dam project in Southeast Asia is drawing greater concerns as it pits opportunities for economic and infrastructural developments against en...

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AIDS: From Judgement To Hope

Katherine Marshall | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: HIV and AIDS, Southeast Asia, Uganda, Isobel-Coleman, Hany El Banna, Malawi, South Asia, Gideon Byamugisha, Community of Sant'Egidio, Beatrice Chipeta, HIV/AIDS, World AIDS Day, Religion News

Religious people, communities and institutions were often the first to recognize the pain and suffering the disease caused, for individuals, families, and societies. Saintly nuns and volunteers of many sorts cared for the sick and dying...

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For Papuans, Obama Visit to ASEAN Summit Brings Home Heavy Price of Indonesia's Economic Development Plans

Amanda Elbogen | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Southeast Asia, Women's Rights, Papua New Guinea Women, Human Rights, Indonesia, Yale, Asean, Papua New Guinea, World News

As Indonesia's value to the U.S. economy increases, will the United States turn a blind eye to the harm Indonesia's development strategy will do to Papuans and the environment?

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How the U.S. Should Stay Relevant in Asia

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: US China Relations, Indonesia, US-Asia-Relationship, East Asia, Asia-Pacific, United States, Asia, China Military, Barack Obama, China, Southeast Asia, World News

It is China's actions and refusal to listen to the concerns of its neighbors that have created an opening for the United States to increase its involvement.

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In Burma, Political Survival Means Doing the Right Thing, for Now

Matthew Smith | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Sanctions, Aung San Suu Kyi, Social Justice, Human Rights, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia, Democracy, China, World News

What about leaders acting for the "national interest" or "the will of the people"? Hogwash, say the authors: leaders only follow the will of the people if their political survival depends on it. Did Thein Sein's political survival depend on his decision to suspend the Mytisone dam project?

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Trying Elephant Polo In Thailand

Wendy Diamond | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Southeast Asia, Anantara Hotels, Thailand, Elephants, Polo, Celebrities, Culture, Endangered, Thailand Travel, Elephant Polo, International Destinations, Animals, Travel Blogs, Destinations, Slideadbigshot, Asia Travel, Travel News

Still widely revered in Thailand, elephants are honored by celebrities, royalty and many enthusiastic spectators during the King's Cup, an annual elephant polo competition.

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Elephants and Wine, An Unlikely Pairing

Fathom | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Southeast Asia, Hua Hin Hills Vineyard, New Latitude Wines, Elephants, Siam Winery, Thailand Travel, International Destinations, Asia Travel, Thailand, Destinations, Travel News

It wasn't Honey Bee per se who changed my mind, but rather the magic of watching such a massive animal tiptoe so gently through grapevines.

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Crocs Escape From Thai Tourist Park

AP | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Thailand Travel, Crocodiles, Thailand, Reptiles, Asia Travel, Southeast Asia, Asia, Escaped Animals, Animals, Asia Tourism, Travel News

BANGKOK -- The owners of a tourist park just outside the Thai beach resort of Pattaya are scrambling to track down missing crocodiles after dozens esc...

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WATCH: Full Contact Travel

Huffington Post | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Thailand Travel, Video, Thailand, Adventure Travel, International Destinations, Slidepollajax, Asia Travel, Southeast Asia, Travel Tv, Muay Thai, Destinations, Travel News

Muay Thai is always tough, but the martial art is at it's toughest in Thailand, where the sport was invented. Doug "Sticky Rice" Czajka, a Raleigh, No...

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