The Wretched Acts of Domestic Worker Abuse
Some people think they have the carte blanche to treat foreign live-in help in barbaric ways. And sometimes the law lets them get away with it.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
A Nonya on Yellow Mountain
What’s a nonya to do when nobody seems to know what a nonya is?
VIVIENNE KHOO
Pinoy Sunday – Walking a Mile in Their Shoes
A touching movie that lets us vicariously walk several miles in two Filipino migrant workers’ shoes.
AU WAIPANG
A Nonya’s Beauty Rituals
Have a bird’s nest facial at the only Peranakan spa in the world.
VIVIENNE KHOO
A Tearful Farewell to Romance
A Singaporean writer boards the last E & O train out of Singapore in the midst of a rising tide.
JEROME LIM
The Rice Dumpling:An Echo of What We Once Were
For a long time, the Duan Wu festival was one of few occasions in the year that poor Chinese allowed themselves the luxury of meat.
SIMONE ERASMUS-LAM
Let’s Spit to That!
Chewing betel leaf and areca nut spells romance for some
VIVIENNE KHOO
What is Authentic Asian Food?
If you’re looking for the real deal, the best place to start may be the kitchen.
ANDREA NGUYEN
Coffee With the Sultana
asia! sits down with a champion woman golfer who also happens to be the queen of the Malaysian state of Kedah.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Growing Up in Malaysia
What makes a home? To one child, it’s of a leaky roof, a scary outhouse for a toilet and the sound of cock crows at the break of dawn. 
YVONNE LEE
End of the Line 4: Our Vanishing Past
Completing our series on the last days of Singapore’s Jurong railway track
DAPHNE CHUI
Poaching Cambodians
The Cambodian government is accused of being complicit in the trafficking of Cambodians to Malaysia as domestic workers.
IRIN
The End of the Line 3: A Photo Guide
A step-by-step image guide to walking along the abandoned railway track in Singapore
DAPHNE CHUI
Bizarre but True
The Malaysian man’s missing house and other amusing tales from around Asia
The asia! team
Bad Taste is Boundless
Inappropriate – and downright disturbing – responses to Japan’s tragedy.
The asia! team