Asian Geographic 2017

CULTURE early days, she too had doubts about where her newfound faith had brought her. But her love for God and religion took pr ...

“A good Muslim is not simply a person who stays in the mosque or is fasting. A good Muslim is the person who benefits other peop ...

Lokman Hakim’s first wife Saiyidah Lokman (centre), fourth wife Mardiona Hakim (right) and three of their 27 children at the fam ...

When Ashaari passed away in 2010, one of his widows, Hatijah Aam, took over his empire, but didn’t manage to keep it out of the ...

CULTURE In the company clinic, for example, clients pay as much as they can afford – those with little means pay nothing. The go ...

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CULTURE MARTA KASZTELAN is a freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker covering Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe. She is b ...

Modernisation is emptying Mongolia’s steppe. Are we seeing the last nomadic generation? Te x t Zigor Aldama Photos Miguel Candel ...

Nomads have to brave freezing temperatures to care for their cattle, which provide their livelihood ...

It’s seven in the morning, but the frosty Mongolian steppe is still pitch black. With a thick blanket of clouds covering the sta ...

He points to his daughters. The youngest is just two years old, but she already knows how to slide her forefinger along the scre ...

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Eagle hunter Hairathan Sernehan is a case example of what comes next. The five children of the 52-year-old flew the nest a while ...

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“It was supposed to be a temporary home. But, with prices for apartments starting at around 2.5 million tugrik (around USD1,000) ...

ZIGOR ALDAMA is the Far East Asia correspondent for Vocento, Spain’s largest media group. His work often revolves around social ...

The Hae-Nyeo divers of Jeju Island in South Korea have been freediving for hundreds of years, harvesting seafood by hand Te x t ...

A Hae-Nyeo diver carries her buoy basket onto shore after a dive on Jeju Island ...

For well over a century, women of the South Korean island province of Jeju – “the Land of Women” – have made their living by fre ...