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	Wives: Be Better Than Prostitutes Or to be more accurate, be better than an “elite” prostitute, says Malaysia’s newly formed Obedient Wives Club. SIMONE ERASMUS-LAM
	Rohingyas Seek Opportunities in Malaysia With oppression and limited opportunities in Myanmar's northern Rakhine State, Rohingya youths travel south. IRIN
	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
	Wing On Life DEBBY NG
	The Spielberg effect Genting International’s Lim Kok Thay trumps the competition by playing the Spielberg card. In the end, it was Steven Spielberg who clinched the deal for the Genting group to operate a casino in Singapore. LEE HAN SHIH

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Carry On

Nepal's ever expanding city of Kathmandu is literally being built on the backs of Nepal's porters. Photojournalist Pushpa Adhikari tells the story of these whethered men. MORE>>
See You Tomorrow

In November 2012, a team of six eye surgeons from Nepal and Indonesia visited the cities of Padangsidempuan and Medan in Indonesia's North Sumatra, with the mission to help the blind see again. MORE>>
Write on the Wall

Street art on the walls of Kathmandu, wash the city's walls with colour and inspiration. MORE>>
No Ordinary Security Guard

Ram Bahadur has to work for each and everything. Most times, he stands at the gate, sometimes he has to fetch water, othertimes he has to go to the market to buy vegetables and fruits. He is no ordinary security guard. MORE>>
Government School

School is a place for learning about the ABCs and life. It is not merely an educational institution, it has become an essential part of childhood - a place we associate with early memories. These are memories from a student in one of Nepal's government schools. MORE>>
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