Author: Ivan Lim
Building Blogs of ASEAN Social Bonding
Abroad, my sentimental friend Abdul Razak, a fair-skinned Indonesian, liked to quip that he is an Asean Man. He says: “When I am in Singapore I passed for a Chinese; […]
A Singaporean temple goes ahead in practicing green energy
Spiritual food for the soul is what you get when you visit any Buddhist shrine in Asia … until you step into the Poh Ern Shih (Temple of Thanksgiving) in […]
Asian nations watch effect of SNS campaigning
As 40.18 million go to the polls in South Korea’s parliamentary elections today, other Asian democracies are watching to see how the use of social media in campaigning bears on […]
What we learnt from Fukushima
A Japanese nuclear engineering on a speaking tour of several Asian capitals to clear the cloud of controversy over the Fukushima accident was thrown this double-sided question: What is the […]
Are sharks endangered by fin soup?
HOW YOU CAN HAVE YOUR SHARK AND EAT IT – FIN & ALL A guessing game for guests at a Chinese wedding dinner play, while waiting for the second dish to […]
Asia’s economic power-houses eye Arctic el dorado
Asia’s economic power-houses eye Arctic el dorado With global warming bringing nearer the likelihood of opening up sea lanes and spurring exploitation of vast natural resource across the Arctic, an […]
Park v Chun, Where They Stayed
On 25th anniversary of the death of student Park Jong-chul A cell in a police detention centre where a student died from torture. And a cell in a Buddhist temple […]
Soft Power is Telling on the Generation Y
North Koreans are in deep mourning, bereaved of their father figure Kim Jong Il. They have grown up knowing only one leader, first Kim Il Sung, the founder of […]