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The Birth of a Nation: Israel in Pictures
David Rubinger was there at some of the most significant moments of Israel's history. His photographs are a testimony of its tumultuous past, which remains very much a part of the country's present. He shared these works of his in an exclusive interview with theasiamag.com.
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18 years old — and a CEO
With a Wall Street address and wisdom beyond his years, Mohammed Omar Faruk tells asia! how business can take care of the world.
Somaly Mam: telling the story of Cambodian women
We are made of stories. We recount them, understand them, remember them, and live them. In the canonical image of villagers sitting around a fire at night, everyone is listening to the storyteller narrate the tales of the day or the season.
Wendi wins the war
Her birth name may embody the communist spirit but she has proven a capitalist through and thrust. Meet Wendi Deng Murdoch, the woman behind the world's most powerful media mogul.
Chinese women who redefined fierce!
If Wendi Deng Murdoch is ever in need of a role model, she needs look no further than Washington DC, the hometown of Anna Chan Chennault.
Three weddings and a takeover
Or how Wendi Deng Murdoch could end up running the world’s most aggressive media empire.
Korean Queens
Turning Beitou into a luxury health centre
Two years ago, a friend decided to sell his resort in the middle of Beitou, a popular hot springs destination. Without too much deliberation, Amy Ho decided to buy it, adding it to her other ventures such as her health and beauty clinic and a line of cosmetics and health aids.
“I thought about how hot springs are healthy and help you stay young and beautiful," she explains. "Doctors even suggest visits to improve and promote one's healthy lifestyle and it’s also a kind of recreation. It has a very good connection with the medical clinic.”
The AWARE Extraordinary General Meeting
A historic moment in Singapore's Women's rights movement
Were you there at the AWARE EGM? Tell us your stories at [email protected].
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Singaporeans rise to the occasion
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Singaporeans rise to the occasion
When it appeared that an anti-gay christian fundamentalism was threatening to take over AWARE, a local women’s rights group, a record number turned up to defend the organisation’s ideals in a rare and dramatic display of civic pride and passion.
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A tale of two bronzes
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SPAM, I am
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India's silent gender cleansing
Bhutan: Weaving a future
Fight of the moon goddesses
The wretched act of animal release
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Disappearing deity
Villages jump on the Internet Bus
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Singaporeans rise to the occasion
Flight of the Kiwi
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Singing to read
Fascinating Asia by Rail
10 Eco-Myths Busted
Another Point
From Jerusalem to the West Bank