Kategori: Southeast Asia
How Kim Jong-un’s regime exerts control over women’s bodies
North Korea views citizens’ bodies as ‘components’ of the regime.
Tourists are flocking to a mind-bending Chinese megacity where Google Maps doesn’t work
A bit like Hong Kong on steroids, its dizzying architecture, neon lights and ‘cyberpunk’ vibe have made it a must-see destination for Chinese and international tourists alike.
UK Muay Thai fighters have a lot to say about Zara McDermott’s ‘ignorant’ Thailand documentary
‘Benidorm on steroids: cheap, cheerful, full of women.’
That’s how Thailand is described in Zara McDermott’s ‘The Dark Side of Paradise’, a new BBC documentary that has been condemned as ignorant, one-sided and patronising.
Foreign Office issues travel warning for Vietnam as tropical storm makes landfall
Two men in the Philippines wading neck-deep in water after roads became flooded from tropical Storm Wipha
Tourist boat capsizes leaving at least three dead and 38 still missing
A frantic search-and-rescue operation is underway.
I dreamed of Thailand’s paradise island, but I left it too late to visit
In the 12th installment of Metro Travel Hot Takes, Sophie-May Williams shares her disappointment with an island that Hollywood put on the map.
Boy, 8, found being raised by dogs and can only communicate by barking
The child was found living in squalid conditions in northern Thailand.
I veered inland in Vietnam and saw a side few tourists see
50 years after the end of the war, Vietnam is absolutely thriving. There’s never been a better time to go.
Police draft in real life Robocops that can diffuse bombs and free hostages
Dressed in a Polri uniform and wearing black berets robots were paraded through the streets of Jakarta
I flew 6,000 miles to meet a stranger for a date
Among the passengers who boarded the packed airliner from London to Vietnam last November, one in particular was lost in deep thought. And little wonder.
Missing British man Jordan Johnson-Doyle found dead at bottom of a lift shaft in Malaysia
His body was found on a construction site.
British woman found dead on Thai beach after swimming following night of drinking
The woman’s body was found on Koh Phangan island.