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🗓️ This Week’s Highlights: Creativity keeps us alive. Pakistan’s amateur radio operators find creative ways to keep people connected in times of crisis. In South Korea, creative canine blood donation campaigns are helping save dogs’ lives. Meanwhile, the world also mourns the death of Japan’s beloved contemporary artist, Yayoi Kusama. The creative icon lived for nearly a century, but her legacy will undoubtedly remain alive – honoured by generations to come.
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🗓️ This Week’s Highlights: ANN dives into the region’s heritage economy. In Nepal, village women attain financial independence by commercialising traditional food production – while its youth explore the economic potential of "faith tech" through digital prayer apps. Cambodia leverages film production to showcase its renowned heritage sites, as Vietnam’s Mong community preserves its traditional linen weaving by catering to tourist markets. Meanwhile, Bhutan’s highlanders lament the contemporary challenges of keeping their unique barter trading system alive.
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🗓️ This Week’s Highlights: In an ever-evolving world, Asia constantly reimagines and reinvents its customs to keep them alive. Japan's vending machines find unique ways to keep up with the latest consumer demands. Vietnam's world-famous Ha Long Bay revives a maritime tradition which has almost disappeared after decades. Meanwhile, Hong Kong's 94-year old Pat Chun sustains its enduring legacy by embracing the global culinary scene.
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🗓️ This Week’s Highlights: ANN dives into Asia’s rich and dynamic history. A look into Thailand's past reveals the country's affinity for sweet treats. In China, researchers discover preserved alcohol in 2,000-year-old tombs. A new travelogue also showcases Bhutan's diverse traditions, as Laos bids for another UNESCO heritage recognition. Meanwhile, Philippine tennis star Alex Eala also writes history by winning the Mubadala Open in Washington, DC.
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🗓️ This Week’s Highlights: Life is full of contrasts and contradictions. Malaysia’s Bukit Bintang ‘party’ district anticipates new mosques in the area, raising conversations about religious coexistence. In Thailand, youths embrace traditional heritage through contemporary board games. Meanwhile, Japan honours both life and death within the same week. As beloved internet sensation Punch the monkey celebrates his first birthday at Ichikawa City Zoo, the country also mourns the passing of its legendary mystery author, Keigo Higashino.
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🗓️ This Week’s Highlights: Technology has inevitably shaped our experience of human connections. In Nepal, video calls have become a daily ritual for parents to keep in touch with families abroad. South Korea also launches its first reality dating show with AI partners. Meanwhile, in China, a food delivery courier publishes his award-winning poetry collection – reflecting on the connections between delivery riders and the people they serve.
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🗓️ This Week’s Highlights: Companionships can sometimes be costly. Across Asia this week, Indonesian dog owners dive into the financial reality of caring for furry friends, while South Koreans share how marriage traditions are changing as wedding costs rise. Meanwhile, Cambodia honours the silk traditions of its Cham community, who are survivors of the Khmer Rouge genocide. Elsewhere, Pakistan makes its second official appearance at the Venice Biennale, while Singapore embraces the Fifa World Cup's football festivities in full-swing.
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🗓️ This Week’s Highlights: Social media has become an inevitable part of our daily lives. Across Asia this week, Singaporean students launched a phone-free sleep initiative, while a dating app strictly for verified apartment owners went viral in South Korea. Most importantly, a zoo in Thailand will be hosting a festival to celebrate internet sensation Moo Deng’s second birthday! 🦛🎂💖
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This Week’s Highlights: Asia’s cultures form a vivid tapestry: a Chinese water sport keeps folk traditions alive; fading ethnic tattoos in Bangladesh link this life to the next; queer stories from Indonesia and South Korea shine as Pride Month ends; and a voyage three centuries in the making show how Taiwan’s Tao people and the Philippines’ Ivatan share a lifestyle that’s inextricable from the sea.
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This Week’s Highlights: The region buzzes with activity. World Cup fever sweeps nations, a passionate Japanese stonemason trains the next generation, a Hong Kong photographer's love for stray dogs takes him to places far beyond his home city, and Thailand’s latest travel craze skips temples, restaurants, and beaches.
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This Week’s Highlights: Big events dominate most of Asia this week, from the buzz surrounding the FIFA World Cup to the highly anticipated BTS concert in Busan. There is also a group of monks (and their faithful pooch) who arrived in Nepal after a 108-day barefoot peace march across the US. Then there is, of course, the passing of Thailand’s beloved Princess Bha, whose life of service is a source of inspiration to many.
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This Week’s Highlights: It’s all about breaking barriers this week. Young Pakistani girls prove that they, too, can shine on the global football stage. Deaf Malaysian bakers, meanwhile, enthrall loyal customers with their scrumptious baked goodies. Over in Taiwan, a history-making writer wields the power of words to help make the world a better place, one page at a time.