Features
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
FOR five years, Abdul Rahim Abdul Hashim was repeatedly press-ganged into forced labour at a Myanmar military camp, until the ethnic Rohingya teenager could take no more.Abdul Rahim crossed the border into neighbouring Bangladesh late last year and...
DUE to health reasons, 47-year-old Wu Yu Wen resigned as business development manager in an electronic company a year ago and has since taken up the job of restoring old photographs.Wu believes the restoration work is more than just restoring old...
ABOUT 150,000 visitors are expected to celebrate Lawas Festival, an event that features the uniqueness of Lawas people, which will be celebrated for three days, starting May 25.Patron of the festival, Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan said that...
Monday, 21 May 2012
THOUGH Ali Badron Sabor feels that his hands are feeble, unlike before, he can still beat his drums to attract attention.The octogenarian appears frail due to his age, yet he speaks in a strong and clear voice and his wit and expressions quickly...
THE Bardo museum in Tunisia's capital, renowned for its exceptional collection of ancient mosaics, on Friday opened a new wing after a 10 million euro (around US$12.7 million) facelift.Unique in the scope of its treasures, the museum, which doubled...
A 73-YEAR-OLD Japanese mountaineer who became the oldest woman to conquer Mount Everest a decade ago smashed her own record on Saturday, organisers said.Tamae Watanabe, who set off from Kathmandu early in April and climbed the world's highest peak...
SOME parents swear by fish oil as a treatment for the "tics" caused by Tourette's disorder, but so far the research evidence is slim.In a small study of children with Tourette's, researchers found that omega-3 fatty acids were no better than a...
Sunday, 20 May 2012
THE latest 4008, Peugeot's first introduction of an SUV, is indeed a gorgeous car, but don't be fooled by its refined looks as the car can handle itself relatively well in harsher off-road conditions.The 4008 launch was held in Cascais, Portugal,...
WHEN I received a text message from Boustead Sdn Bhd inviting members of the media to test drive the Nissan Juke Turbo, I was more than curious.My first response to the Juke was "What kind of car is it?". To my observation, it's too big to be a...
A SHARED passion for football is uniting Buddhists and Muslims in Thailand's restive south, where grassroots efforts to find elusive peace are gaining ground after years of bloodshed.Unmissable in their bright orange shirts, the players of local...
SINCE 2006, thirty-four-year-old Morlahne Hj Mornie or better known as Maul Mornie has been sharing his family's traditional self-defence art, Silat Suffian, to the rest of the world.For six years Maul has proudly brandished the Bruneian flag in...
Saturday, 19 May 2012
ONE video shows police beating protesters with sticks. Another shows two lifeless, dirty bodies dragged from their workplace in the sewers. In a third, a man explains why his hand was slashed.The disturbing clips and personal stories have a common...
DELIVERING one's thoughts through words can either command attention or put off a listener. Being able to speak in an articulate manner can deliver one's thoughts, feelings and intentions in words clearly and convincingly.Sixty-year-old Hj Osman...
Friday, 18 May 2012
THE glittering Hong Kong International Art Fair opens Thursday, featuring works by artists from Picasso to Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei and cementing the city's status as a global art hub.More than 260 galleries from 38 countries, representing an...
RESEARCHERS on Thursday challenged a tenet of modern medicine that higher levels of "good" cholesterol automatically boost cardiovascular health.In a study published in The Lancet, investigators said they found no evidence to back the...
Thursday, 17 May 2012
ENTERING the Warisan Budaya Brunei or the Brunei Cultural Exhibition room at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam, one can see different motifs, designs and artifacts that reflect the Brunei Malay culture. For most, it may be a new experience to learn...
PAINTINGS from the cultural golden age of Joseon are on public display at the Kansong Art Museum.It will be the first exhibition this year for the museum, a treasure trove of artwork including more than 10 National Treasures, which also marks the...
VIETNAM is looking to conserve and develop its population of domestic wild tigers in order to, with other countries, help double the global number of wild tigers over the next decade under a new draft national programme. According to statistics from...
WHAT do you feed a man who spent decades eating prison food in the name of freedom and reconciliation? It was an intimidating question Xoliswa Ndoyiya wasn't sure she knew how to answer. It was about 20 years ago and at the time she was just a...
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
BATIK with one of the subtle, russet motifs of Yogyakarta was flapping lazily on a clothesline, seen through the open window of the unassuming warung to the southeast of the city.Warung Sido Semi, built in 1957, conjures up a different era a...
