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Indonesia's Silvermen Beg To Make Ends Meet

On a rainy day in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, three men coated in metallic paint known as the "manusia silver", or silvermen, brave the elements at an intersection near a mall to ask drivers for change.

International Business Times

Traditional Culture, Fancy Dress Meet At Hong Kong's Raucous Bun Festival

Kids dressed as real and fantasy heroes, drummers pounding a beat and sweet treats offered to powerful gods -- thousands of visitors poured onto a small island in Hong Kong for its annual Bun Festival on Monday.

International Business Times

Inflation, Hotel Prices Curtail Japanese 'Golden Week' Travels

Japan's annual "Golden Week" holiday period gets into full swing Saturday, but inflation and hotel prices sent soaring by record inbound tourism have left domestic travellers less eager to pack their bags.

International Business Times

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‘Radical joy’: Cambodians in California celebrate Khmer culture 50 years after Killing Fields

In Long Beach, city with the largest diaspora of Cambodians in the US, people dance, eat and reflect on the 1975 killings

The Guardian - US

40-year-old spy satellite photos are helping find forgotten land mines in Cambodia

Long-forgotten mine fields in Cambodia are being revealed in decades-old, recently declassified images from U.S. military satellites.

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Authorities shut dozens of tourist resorts in Indian-controlled Kashmir following a deadly attack

Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have temporarily shut more than half of tourist resorts in the scenic Himalayan region following a deadly attack on tourists

The Independent UK

Skulls, Smoke And Spirits: Thai Ceremony For The Unclaimed Dead

Flames crackle through piles of hundreds of human skulls and thick grey smoke pours into the Thai sky in a moment as spiritually significant as it is gruesome.

International Business Times

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What is the Lapu-Lapu Day celebrated in Vancouver by Filipino community?

Thousands had gathered in Vancouver to celebrate Lapu-Lapu Day that honours a Filipino hero’s victory over Spanish forces in 1521

The Independent UK

Bangkok earthquake: Will Thailand fall out of love with skyscrapers?

Some residents of the world’s 12th tallest city fear returning to high-rise living a month on from earthquake.

Al Jazeera

Rejina Pyo's guide to Seoul: chic boutiques, hotel spas and mugwort treats

Authentic Korean BBQ, gorgeous views, must-buy cosmetics, incredible desserts, heavenly spas … the fashion designer is never bored in her home city

Evening Standard

Nepal village ravaged by 2015 earthquake now a reluctant tourist hotspot

Langtang was destroyed in the earthquake and 300 people there died. But others returned and rebuilt a tourist haven.

Al Jazeera

AP PHOTOS: The changing faces of Vietnam War landmarks

During the Vietnam War, Da Nang was a major base for both the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces. The first American combat troops landed there in 1965, and it became a hub for operations and supply. Today its beautiful beaches, including the one dubbed “China Beach” by the Americans and…

The Independent UK

Social Media Helps Fuel Growing 'Sex Tourism' In Japan

Young women standing idly around a park in Tokyo's west suggest that a giant statue of Godzilla is not the only attraction for a record number of foreign tourists.

International Business Times

AP PHOTOS: Devout in the Philippines mark Holy Week with flagellations, processions and passion play

Dozens of penitents whip their backs to atone for their sins during Good Friday rites in the streets of the southern Philippine town of Kalayaan, as Christians across this largely Catholic country commemorate the passion and sufferings of Jesus.

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Bloody Philippine Passion Play Sees Final Performance Of Veteran 'Jesus'

Scores of penitents whipped themselves bloody under a scorching Philippine sun while others were nailed to crosses in a polarising Good Friday tradition drawing the most extreme of Catholic devotees.

Evening Standard

Goldie: 'I had five cars on my drive — a Porsche, a Bentley. It was just ego'

Goldie, the king of drum ’n’ bass, is back with new music. He tells Dylan Jones about his rebellious spirit, what he’s learned in Thailand and why we’re failing young men like his son

International Business Times

Silent Killing Fields 50 Years On From Khmer Rouge Atrocities

Cambodia marked on Thursday the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge's march into Phnom Penh, though survivors of its genocidal rule were forbidden from praying before victims' skulls.

Al Jazeera

Fifty years after fall of Phnom Penh, history weighs on Cambodian politics

The Khmer Rouge rise to power and overthrow are foundational to Cambodian People’s Party legitimacy, but memories fade.

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Why Bangladesh’s renamed New Year parade set off a controversy

Organisers say previous name symbolised oppressive Hasina government, while critics say the move is against Bengali ethos.

International Business Times

Cambodia's Chinese Casino City Bets Big On Beijing

Once a collection of sleepy fishing villages, vast Chinese investments have transformed Cambodia's Sihanoukville into a half-finished gambling resort with signs everywhere in Mandarin.

International Business Times

Lessons In Horror With Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Tribunal

Sheltering in the shade of a bus repurposed into a mobile museum, Mean Loeuy tells a group of children about the hell he went through in a Khmer Rouge labour camp.

International Business Times

Cambodia Genocide Denial Law Open To Abuse, Say Critics

Survivors of the Khmer Rouge's genocidal regime welcome a beefed-up Cambodian law that forbids denying the movement's atrocities, but rights advocates and academics warn it could also stifle legitimate dissent.

Evening Standard

Train rides through the clouds and Bawa's tropical modernism: Sri Lanka's best cultural experiences

Planning a trip to the tropical island country of the moment? Beverley Watts has your guide to the unmissable historic sites, iconic architecture and wonderful wildlife to add to your itinerary

International Business Times

A Coffin For Pol Pot's Memory, 50 Years After Phnom Penh's Fall

A new coffin-shaped structure topped with a clear plastic roof looms over the cremation site of Pol Pot in Anlong Veng, a testament to the estimated two million Cambodian lives lost under his genocidal rule.

International Business Times

Myanmar Quake Victims Mark New Year Camped In Ruins

Thousands marked the start of Myanmar's water festival on Sunday in the ruins of last month's earthquake, with the country's most raucous holiday muted by the tragedy of the tremor.

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