Since this installment was posted in October, this story has been published by Explorer’s Eye Press in “Exceptional Encounters: Enhanced Reality Tales from Southeast Asia”. It is available for purchase here. This is the third part of a four-chapter story...
Since this installment was posted in October, this story has been published by Explorer’s Eye Press in “Exceptional Encounters: Enhanced Reality Tales from Southeast Asia”. It is available for purchase here. This is the second part of a four-chapter story...
Since this installment was posted in October, this story has been published by Explorer’s Eye Press in “Exceptional Encounters: Enhanced Reality Tales from Southeast Asia”. It is available for purchase here. This is the first part of a four-chapter story...
(Photos by Emma Bapt) By Emma Bapt My impulse to share images of a trip to Vietnam drives this photo gallery. I don’t want to leave these pictures sleeping on my hard disk. I want them to travel, to be seen. The portraits capture my encounters with children, men and...
The movie industry in Afghanistan has a tumultuous history. Today, Afghan cinema and film-making are at an all-time low, with little hope of a revival. The Ariana cinema, which was badly damaged under the Taliban and later by a suicide bomber in 2010, in central Kabul...
Wednesday felt like any other day. I was at my office desk when I heard a huge blast. Another deadly bombing in a never-ending war that saps all hope. This is the fifth and final contribution by a young reader following recent extremist attacks in Kabul and London....
Deadly bombings have become routine in Afghanistan. Life goes on, no matter how hard. But we are tired, and we dream of peace. This is the fourth contribution by a young reader following recent deadly extremist attacks in Kabul and London. Deadly bombings have become...
It was a pleasant, sunny morning. I was enjoying the breeze from the window beside my desk. I felt a quake and then the horrific sound of an explosion. This is the first of five contributions by young readers following recent deadly attacks in Kabul and London. A...
Japan’s Okinawa is rediscovering its roots. But the renaissance doesn’t ignore foreign influences, and in the kitchen, there’s a revival of hybrid cooking. Hiyana Tatahiko places a noren, or piece of fabric, at the entrance to the restaurant “Shimu,”...
North Korea is the world’s most dangerous flash point. If the U.S. faces an existential threat, will Donald Trump reach for military options? North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (R) and U.S. President Donald Trump (L) during the second US-North Korea summit in Hanoi,...