In the Global Age Watch Index 2013 overall rankings, among the countries closest to Singapore, New Zealand is the highest ranked at seven, followed by Australia at 14. In ASEAN, Thailand is the highest ranked at 42, Vietnam is at 53, Indonesia at a lowly 71, followed by the bottom-most Loas at 79, and Cambodia at 80.
Read MoreIn 2006, then in 2010, and now again, the political turmoil in Thailand seems no end. A time-line to understand the issue.
Read MoreYogyakarta is the hub of Javanese culture in Indonesia, which has seamlessly integrated cultural traits of Hinduism and Buddhism, with Islam
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Malaysia and Singapore have always had a love-hate relationship but the young generation of writers are trying to change that
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As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. In this issue, we take our readers to Vietnam via few pictures.
Read More2012 marked the 70th anniversary of beginning of Second World War in South-east Asia and the fall of Singapore to Japanese in February, 1942; this has brought into limelight the role Indian National Army (INA) and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose played as a “Japanese collaborator” in Malaya (present-day Malaysia and Singapore)
Read MoreWith both public and household debts on a high, concerns are expressed if it's sustainable
Read MoreThe word 'Allah' is used by Muslims, Christians, Mizrahi Jews, Maltese and even Sikhs the world over. Most notably in Egypt, the Coptic Christians begin their Christmas Mass with “Bismillah” (in the name of God) and use the word 'Allah' throughout
Read MoreWith over 94% population following Theravada Buddhism, and over 250,000 orange-robed monks, Thai's Buddhist industry is worth over 50 billion baht, and with proliferation of sects such as Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Thais are asking whether modern practices has put up nirvana for sale
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