It’s just another quiet Wednesday night. Two lovebirds stroll arm-in-arm along the Jubilee Bridge. Across the waters, the final few green laser beams of Marina Bay Sands’ light show streak across the ...

Photo: Ted Aljibe/AFP. " width="100%" /> An attendee rests on a stretcher after she fell ill with suspected food poisoning from meals served during a birthday ...

Indonesia has 54,720 km of coastline — the second largest in the world — yet the traditional fishing industry is faced with poverty and underdevelopment. 25-year-old Utari Octavianty, together with ...

In the Fu Shan Garden of Remembrance, Heaven Kam attended two of the shortest funerals he has ever been to. Within 15 minutes, the priests said their prayers, and family members, with tears in their ...

Have you heard anyone say 'kalar' before? Was it an insult? Or was someone just talking about a green chili, or a lentil, or a chair?

The moment someone knocked on the door of the hotel room, the play was afoot. A man in his late 20s entered the doorway, his eyes darting around furtively until they met mine. I was seated on a chair, ...

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Indri was on the train to Tangerang when we spoke at the end of April. She was on her way to mengamen — to perform on the street for money — and also to distribute basic essentials to fellow ...

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