“Stay ahead of the blacktop,” the old Australian Outback opal miners used to say. Once the sealed road—the “blacktop”—arrived, plus a cop, a café and rubbernecks, a place was truly stuffed. Time to move on. Perhaps these days, the best that a traveler can do is gamely try to stay ahead of the Instagrammers, cigar […]
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Beaten, not defeated: The joys of Southeast Asia’s well-trodden path
“Stay ahead of the blacktop,” the old Australian Outback opal miners used to say. Once the sealed road—the “blacktop”—arrived, plus a cop, a café and rubbernecks, a place was truly stuffed. Time to move on. Perhaps these days, the best that a traveler can do is gamely try to stay ahead of the Instagrammers, cigar […]
Deal Alert: US Cities to Southeast Asia from $455 Round-Trip
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Deal Alert: US Cities to Southeast Asia From $468 Round-Trip
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Southeast Asia's Growing Problem With Radical Islam
Standing before his soldiers on Oct. 17, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte declared Marawi City liberated from terrorism. It had taken five months, starting with a botched raid on militants who had allied themselves with the Islamic State and culminating in all-out war on the Southeast Asian island. But only a symptom had been killed. For […]
The South China Sea requires ‘peaceful cooperation’ says Southeast Asian nations
Almost all of the South China Sea is claimed by China. Taiwan and four ASEAN nations – Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Brunei – have competing claims. There is a current thaw in relations over the South China Sea, but ASEAN intends to release a statement anyway. The statement addresses the importance of the countries cooperation […]
Southeast Asia’s PC online and mobile game revenue hits $2.2 billion in 2017
EXCLUSIVE: Southeast Asia’s PC online and mobile game revenue is projected to reach $ 2.2 billion by the end of 2017, and it could rise to $ 4.4 billion by 2021, according to a new report by market researcher Niko Partners. This year’s forecast is higher than in the past, mainly on the strength of esports […]
Deal Alert: US Cities to Southeast Asia From $410 Round-Trip
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Colorful Photos of the Gender Non-Conforming Spirit Cults of Southeast Asia
Award-winning photographer Mariette Pathy Allen’s work focuses on gender non-conforming cultures around the world, featured in such pioneering books as Transformations: Crossdressers and Those Who Love Them (1989). Allen’s fourth book, Transcendents: Spirit Mediums in Thailand and Burma (out November 14 from Daylight Books), is “a fascinating and unprecedented look at the phenomenon of gender […]
Deal Alert: US Cities to Southeast Asia From $389 Round-Trip
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