Nearly a Dozen Buddha Images Damaged Inside Ancient Rakhine Temple
via The Irrawaddy, 19 October 2018: Another tragic news of vandalism, this time from Mrauk-U. A dozen statues from Laymyethnar...
Fresh eyes on ancient Malay medical knowledge
via New Straits Times, 16 October 2018: A feature on lesser known Malay manuscripts of Southeast Asia.
Malaysia mulls partnership with Aga Khan Trust to develop Old Kedah for tourism
via Travel Wire News, 09 October 2018: Malaysia is looking to work with the Aga Khan Trust to create a...
Chiang Mai Gate vandals arrested
via BBC and other news outlets: Two of the tourists directly responsible for vandalising the Chiang Mai Gate, a Brit...
When Thailand and Australia were closer neighbours, tectonically speaking
via the Conversation, 19 October 2018: The geological periods when parts of Thailand and Australia were part of the same...
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[Paper] The demise of Angkor: Systemic vulnerability of urban infrastructure to climatic variations
A new paper in Science Advances by Penny et al. suggests that climatic fluctuations which stressed Angkor's urban hydraulic system...
Call for Applications – Asian Civilisations Museum Research Fellowship 2019
Postdoc opportunity from the Asian Civilisations Museum! Deadline is 15 December 2018.
Graffiti written at Chiang Mai gate angers residents – Two caught
via Khaosaod English, 19 October 2018: Tourists behaving badly - Two tourists caught on CCTV spray painting on the ancient...
Volunteer temple restorers ignite storm over Ayutthaya sema painting
via The Nation, 16 October 2018: Devotees in Thailand repaint ancient boundary markers as an act of merit-making. Raises interesting...
City of Koh Ker was occupied for centuries longer than previously thought
via PhysOrg, 10 October 2018: A new Open Access paper in PLOS One indicates that the 'brief' 10th century Khmer...
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