Looking for Myanmar’s forgotten royals in Ratnagiri
Tracking the descendants of Myanmar's last monarch, King Thibaw, in Ratnagiri, India Descendants of the last king of Burma still...
Ghost ships: why are World War II naval wrecks vanishing in Indonesia?
Natali Pearson discusses the recent cases of underwater looting of World War II shipwrecks in Indonesia Sunken World War II...
New issue of Asian Perspectives-Volume 55, Number 2, 2016
The latest issue of Asian Perspectives is out, with papers on the East Timor and Indonesia, and recent obituaries. (via...
Data centre for visitors to Bagan
JICA will build a new visitor centre for the Bagan Archaeological Zone. Data centre for visitors to BaganSource: Data centre...
BBC – Travel – Cambodia’s hidden jungle temple
Beng Melea offers a budget version of visiting the Angkor ruins, with the added bonus of still looking like a...
2nd Summer Programme in Southeast Asian Art History, SAAAP, SOAS University of London
SOAS Programme in Southeast Asian Art History, 27 July - 2 August 2017. Applications close March 15. Source: 2nd Summer...
Making changes to the blog
Dear readers, you might have noticed of late that I've been updating this blog a lot less frequenly that usual,...
Borobudur authority mulls plan to restrict visitors
Authorities are considering restricting the number of visitors to Borobudur to 15 at any one time to limit structural damage...
Video: Deciphering an inscription in Northeast Thailand
The Bangkok Post has a video story about a stone inscription discovered in Thailand's Nong Khai province. Nong Khai Inscription....
Hotels in Bagan’s protected zone in limbo
The Myanmar government is deciding between granting special exemptions or demolishing some 25 hotels that have been illegally built in...
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