Mountains of Unified Culture: Baekdu-Daegan As The Spine of Korea
The Baekdu-Daegan As The Spine That Binds The Korean Peninsula The idea of the Korean Peninsula as a nation bound together by the spine of […]
Environment
What Italy tells us about life after Covid
Italy, a country usually associated with wine, pizza and pasta, now mostly appears on the news for being the first severely hit country by […]
Does Anyone Remember What Happened to Australia?: The Illusion of Social Media Activism
Most of us around the world are well into our state-sanctioned, mandatory month of social isolation. While living our best shut-in, internet-immersed lives, we don’t […]
The Decade of Acceleration
Senior Editor Joel Petersson Ivre looks back at a decade that promised to deliver humanity to greatness but only delivered fast-food. Although we are leaving […]
What 10 Countries in Asia are doing (or not doing) about the Climate Crisis
The effects of the climate crisis on our ecosystems becoming terrifyingly apparent by the day. A fundamental change in our economy and energy sector is […]
Milking the Mighty Mekong
How damming SEA’s largest river is hurting the region, and how a grassroots electricity movement could help It begins on the Tibetan Plateau, where heavy […]
Tragedy in Indonesia
Many in South Korea associate Indonesia with the success of South Korean national teams at the 18th Asian Games in Palembang held just over a […]
Giving Birth to Southeast Asia’s New Megacities
The year is 2040. The highways are lined with trees, stretching their green canopy over your morning commute. Traffic is light, a gift of good […]
Boracay Designated ‘Cesspool’ as Duterte Orders 6-month Closure for Clean-up
Paradise is officially closed. In a move aimed at saving the Philippines top tourist destination from further environmental degradation, President Duterte has ordered the closure […]
Monster Viruses and Dangerous Diseases: How Climate Change Threatens to Upend Global Health
Since the release of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth in 2006, the world has come a long way in recognizing the seriousness of climate change. […]