Twenty-five years have elapsed since Hong Kong was returned to China from British rule in 1997 — the halfway point of the 50 years in which the city was promised a “high degree of autonomy.” While it ...

Weed’s aplenty in Bangkok, but where can you get it? The moment cannabis was greenlighted aka decriminalized on June 9, a number of dispensaries immediately began selling marijuana ranging from Thai ...

Pixelated screengrab from Bali’s viral car sex tape. Bali may be more sexually liberal than most of Indonesia, yet there was a great deal of outrage when a sex tape taken inside a car featuring a ...

From left, Soranut ‘Beer’ Masayavanich, Parin Tongwaranan, and Siraphop ‘Non’ Rahong pose for a photo at Sukhumweed dispensary. Photo: Chayanit Itthipongmaetee / Coconuts Bangkok As for the clever ...

Singapore has sent 10 people to the gallows in the past seven months. At least. We can’t be sure if there have been more because the Singaporean government does not see the need to notify the public ...

Internet fame may have found Malinda Herman, but it is absolutely not why she started making covers of her favorite songs. To the 69-year-old, singing brought joy and confidence back into her life ...

I found the workshop down a narrow soi in Bangkok’s old town. Several large sacks of plastic bottle caps, carefully sorted by color, sat by the entrance. Machines filled the rest of the shed. Small ...

Oh boy! Check out these ladies.7. Monthana “Jeen” Chuthatus Jeen, 20, made headlines in local media after showing up at the mandatory-for-men military draft in Thailand’s Chachoengsao province earlier ...

By Samanachan Buddhajak / China Dialogue. Photos: Luke Duggleby “We don’t want our brothers and sisters in other parts of the country to face the impacts we have been facing,” says Thanawan Kainok, ...

Authorities say a crocodile helped in their search of a missing boy, who, sadly, had already died when he was found. Footage taken last Friday from the Jawa Estuary in Kutai Kartanegara, East ...

The Seng Wong Beo Temple (also known as the Du Cheng Huang Gu Miao Temple) might seem a little out of place sitting in the middle of busy Tanjong Pagar, but this place of worship is one of the oldest ...

Twenty years ago, 15-year-old Thilaga Sulathireh decided to volunteer at the Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC). They went from a rookie volunteer making ribbons to eventually being exposed to the realities ...