No Divorce in the Philippines, But Lots of Mistresses and Paramours
Divorce hits the latest rehashed headlines in a country perennially stuck in backwardness.
BONGV
The Facebook Teacher
The London School of Business and Finance reinvents education with social media
EUGENE KWOK and SIA BING XI
What did Lang Lang Do Wrong?
Chinese netizens have lambasted the China-born pianist for refusing to play a piece for the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen uprising. Are they justified?
Sakurayen 嚴櫻
More Than the Money: China’s Short Films Take on the Existential
If the popular success of China’s made-for-the-web short films is anything to go by, the Chinese post-80s generation may be doing serious soul-searching in a time of unprecedented economic growth.
SIMONE ERASMUS-LAM
Singapore's Landmark 2011 Elections
The island nation gets a taste of true democracy in action and it got the whole country talking.
THE asia! team
Twitter Draws Youth to South Korean Polls
South Korea's ruling suffered a crushing defeat in recent by-elections, heralding the power of Twitter in the political landscape.
LEE YOO EUN
Political Prodigy or Future Dictator?
A 12-year-old Chinese boy with burning political ambitions has his countrymen (and women) all disgusted and fired up.
JING GAO
Bin Laden's Death is Pakistan's Counterpunch to the U.S.
Here's an alternative view: Let's say that Islamabad presented the wanted terrorist chief to Washington knowingly.
SHIRAZ PARACHA
Photographic Trigonometry
Between February and March 2011, with the support of The Patatas, I conducted a photography workshop with some 34 students in Nepal, most of which were from underprivileged backgrounds. During the month-long course, students kept a journal of the lessons they learnt and the reflections they experienced. The following comprises expcerpts from one of my students, Samanta Acharya.
DEBBY NG
Facebook Jihad
Social networking sites have become a potential site for recruiting terrorists.
IFTEKHARUL BASHAR
The Filipino Culture of Schadenfreude
The Philippines seems to be a nation of skewed values.
DOY SANTOS
Working Hard for the Money
A video of a tearful six-year-old boy dancing goes viral and gets flak for the TV host who made him strut his stuff.
The asia! team
The Joy of Sixx
The nine members of Singaporean band, Sixx, are coming soon to an MRT station near you.
DARIUS SIT
Facebook and the Missing Women
Want to know how equal the sexes are in a country? Just look at Facebook’s user data, says Indian blogger M S Kiran.
M S KIRAN
When I got blamed for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
I've heard the pen is mightier than the sword, but I didn't know they were referring to my black ball-point.
DAN-CHYI CHUA