Moken nomads leave their ‘sea gypsy’ life for a modern existence
Ngui takes one last breath and disappears with a tiny splash. Tunnelling through the turquoise waves, he dives past brightly coloured fish and coral, until he reaches the sandy bottom of the seabed, 20 metres deep, where he begins scouring for tonight’s dinner. He wears no mask, no fins, and no diving tank. He … Read more
Mini Manila: Starting the Capital’s First-Ever Dwarf Colony
With his jet-black hair, golden skin and hazel eyes, Alejandro Doron Jr is the sort of man who regularly stops people in their tracks. He may be good-looking, yes, but he knows why people stare. He’s small. Three-feet, ten-inches small, in fact. Just one of Manila’s many vertically challenged unanos — dwarfs — Ali … Read more
Lee Kwan Yew, Singapore’s Founding Father, Retires from Cabinet
Former PM, who led country from independence in 1959 to 1990, says it is time to make way for a younger team of ministers, Kate Hodal reports… Surprises do not come often in the city-state of Singapore, a place so staid that locals and foreigners alike call it ”Singabore”. But after a groundbreaking election in which the ruling … Read more
