Preah Vihear dispute has a social cost
While the Cambodian and Thai governments continue their dispute over the management of the Preah Vihear temple, this article explores...
Wednesday Rojak #21
We've got a lot of Khmer culture and a spot of political intrigue in Indonesia coming up in this week's...
Overcrowding and construction leads to encroachment of Hanoi’s cultural and sacred sites
Up to a quarter of Hanoi's cultural and sacred sites - usually temples and pagodas - are being "desecrated" because...
Studying Angkor’s demise, archeologists warn of repeating the past
The ecological demise of ancient and modern Angkor is discussed here as several archaeologists (including Roland Fletcher, pictured here, who...
Smuggled Ban Chiang loot raises questions on the ethics of art
The case of the smuggled Ban Chiang artefacts unearthed earlier this month in California has far-reaching consequences for museums and...
Recpaturing the silence of Angkor
A this travel piece on Angkor, covering Phnom Bakheng, Ta Prohm and the Bayon. The last stand The Hindu, 17...
Patiayam: The next Sangiran?
Numerous fossil finds in the Patiayam have shown that the mountainous region in Java is rich with faunal remains dating...
Water woes pressure state of Angkor’s temples
Angkor's ecological time bomb is discussed in this article, making parallels between the theorised failure of the water management systems...
Uncovered: A Japanese village outside Phnom Penh
For once! An archaeology story in Cambodia that doesn't link back to Angkor. Remnants of a 17th-century Japanese village were...
Ban Chiang case unsettles museums in US
The repercussions from the smuggled Ban Chiang artifacts case in California have got museums around the US keeping a close...
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