Alongside a fetid canal sprawls an old community with its jumble of shacks and decaying wooden houses in the shadow of wealth. It's seen better days
Concerns over sexual harassment have led some Thai women to learn to defend themselves with their body parts turned into weapons at the ready
Children as young as seven run away from their families, preferring a life on the streets of Bangkok to neglect, abuse and domestic violence back home
Once ubiquitous in Bangkok, ghosts have beaten a retreat in the face of rampant urban development. They aren't wholly gone, though
Student gangs fight with handguns, machetes, knives and homemade grenades. Vicious hazing isn't uncommon either at Thai educational institutions
In a bid to set troubled spirits free, locals exhume, clean and pamper the remains of neglected dead people at a graveyard
The author meets a self-styled medium who claims to communicate with the female spirit of sacred trees who helps her worshippers win the lottery
Lured by the promise of pearl-white complexions in ads on social media, young women fall for cheap creams that may leave them with unsightly skin conditions
A prestigious university in Budapest falls victim to the Hungarian government's vendetta against the Jewish billionaire
Rising nationalism and Muslim anti-Semitism try Amsterdam's much-vaunted traditions of live-and-let-live
The Jewish community in Hungary is thriving, but so are nationalism, antisemitism and Holocaust revisionism
Pro-Israel scholars and activists seek to expose the blatant double standards at the heart of the global Boycott Israel movement
Pervasive anti-Semitism in the Islamic world is a telltale symptom of an underlying societal, cultural and religious malaise. And it frequently turns deadly
Acid attacks leave victims not only horribly disfigured but also shunned as social pariahs widely seen as deserving of their fate
Pro-Israel bloggers are fighting back with hard truths and unminced words in defense of the Jewish state
Pro-Israel media monitors say they are on a mission to keep the world's press on its toes
In Thailand's latest outbreak of Nazi chic, Adolf Hitler has been reinvented as a series of cutesy cartoon characters for T-shirts
Dodging bullets, I reported on a days-long bloody crackdown on anti-government demonstrators in Bangkok's shopping district
At a remote corner of Northeast India, erstwhile headhunters believe themselves to be a Lost Tribe of Israel as they pine for a "return" to Zion
Thai Buddhists are lining up to "die" at the Coffin Temple in the hope of gaining a new spiritual lease on life
In a Bangkok slum a Catholic priest puts into practice the teachings of a Polish Jewish pedagogue, who died in the Holocaust
In a lush valley beneath an extinct volcano, a British archaeologist claims to have found the site of the biblical Garden of Eden
For many Jews who have failed to find their answer to worldly chaos in Judaism, Tibetan Buddhism beckons
Many young Germans have a love for the Jewish state, even going so far as to convert to Judaism to become Israelis
Attempts at censorship, lawsuits and claims of anti-Semitism abound in a saga that saw two scholars take on a controversial Holocaust bestseller
For crime writers, Bangkok’s red-light districts and sordid underbelly are gold. No wonder so many fictional detectives pound its streets and back alleys
A low-cost, low-rise city has given way to a metropolis of high-rises and high prices. But Old Bangkok lives on in some expats' memories
The sea goddess Mazu feels right at home inside an old shrine. If a university has its way, though, she will need to scram
A Thai composer has given an operatic treatment to an unlikely love affair between a Jewish inmate and a German guard at a death camp
A fiendish murderer who preyed on children and ate their organs? Or a hapless patsy framed for crimes by others? The jury is still out on a mummy
To some Thais the cobra is the ‘angel snake,’ which brings them luck; to others it is a creature whose blood can heal and energize them
A Hungarian film explores an old taboo: the dispossession of Jews by their friends and neighbors during the Holocaust
The story of Hungary’s famed Polgár sisters gains a new lease on life in an Israeli documentary. And quite a story it is
A Hungarian escape artist pays homage to the late and great illusionist with his stunts and private museum
Buddhist monks sit in boiling oil and sweat magic crystals. Miracles? No, mere trickery. And two scientists can prove it
Spoiling them rotten by lavishing treats on them, many Thais go all out to pamper their "angel children" – plastic dolls, that is
Willow, Mokiyap, Baby Jesus and their myriad furry friends have gained a new lease on life, thanks to a grandma and her dedicated team
A low-budget Holocaust drama took the Cannes Film Festival by storm by offering a unique artistic perspective on a collective tragedy
A monument at Budapest’s Freedom Square pays homage to the Hungarian "victims" of Nazi Germany. Local Jews are up in arms over it
A Hollywood mogul turned his back on his high-flying career in Tinseltown to help the long-suffering residents of Phnom Penh's ghastly garbage dumps
A local publisher is giving poor children in remote areas of Laos the chance to read books for fun for the first time in their lives
Don't let their cooing over cute little things fool you. These teen girls are no shirking violets in the ring
First aid, disaster preparedness, beekeeping – Israeli experts can help you out ... whether you are in Azerbaijan or the Solomon Islands
A group of conservationists work tirelessly to save bears from bile farms and cooking pots
Decades after the Killing Fields, many Cambodians across the impoverished countryside are still trying to come to terms with Pol Pot's murderous regime
Woefully unversed in royal protocol and wearing a borrowed dinner jacket, I attend a lunch with King Norodom Sihanouk at Phnom Penh's Grand Palace
In perennially gridlocked Bangkok, a special unit of police officers helps deliver babies on roadsides and in the back of taxis
A much-maligned Soviet-era automobile comes into its own during a gruelling cross-continental trek
A Burmese dissident magazine keeps a close eye on one of the world's most oppressive and secretive regimes
An elderly man and his small troupe singlehandedly revived an ancient art form
A special school in Rangoon seeks to break down age-old prejudices against deaf children
An online chronicle of the rich and lively past of Central European Jewry is rushing to document stories from a lost world
In the wake of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami came some black-hatted hasidim on a mission to help
In In crime-plagued Manila, Israeli counter-terror veterans are selling security, and peace of mind, to the rich and famous
A guitar-playing Orthodox rabbi gives thousands of Israeli backpackers a taste of home — and bails them out of trouble
Drug runners study Torah, eat kosher, and pray for amnesty in the "Bangkok Hilton"
American superheroes. Anime characters. Slasher-movie villains. Privately owned Thai tour buses get lavishly painted so they can stand out from the crowd
She was a lawyer. He was a model. Fashion was their passion. Now they make indigo-dyed hipster clothing in the traditional way
Once a quaint town with countless canals, Bangkok is turning into a concrete jungle. A photographer wants to capture sights of old Bangkok before it's too late
Buddhists can make merit by donating empty water bottles as alms so they can be turned into saffron robes for monks
A young Chinese Canadian man sets out to visit a remote jungle where an aunt he never met died in an airplane crash. Ghosts await
Hilltribes in the Golden Triangle once grew opium. Now many of them are cultivating a cash crop with a legally sanctioned stimulant: coffee
Most Thais seek to fortify themselves against misfortune and even bullets by hoarding up on protective amulets. Charms deemed particularly potent can cost a fortune
A gay fashion designer seeks to make LGBTQ acceptance cool with lavishly embroidered animal designs. In a shamanistic sort of way
Shazee, a stateless child of Pakistani Christian refugees, wants a Superman costume so he can fly away from the little room where he's hiding with his parents
The world’s top energy drink began in Thailand, but it took an Austrian to turn it into a global phenomenon by making it synonymous with high-octane sports
A construction magnate's killing of an endangered leopard has turned the spotlight on a pervasive culture of double standards
Where hilltribes in northern Thailand once grew opium, they are now growing coffee. A Catholic priest helps them do it by brewing up a storm
Foreign students have become casualties in the rightwing Hungarian government's attempt to shut down a university in Budapest
Batman suits, cowboy outfits, evening dresses. Prairie dogs end up sporting them all in the hands of their doting Thai owners
Snacking on a variety of creepy-crawlies is par for the course across much of rural Southeast Asia. So let's tuck in
A deadly bomb blast at a popular Buddhist shrine in the center of Bangkok leaves heartache and destruction in its wake
In anything-goes Bangkok the Nazi dictator has found his latter-day alter egos in pandas, Teletubbies and Ronald McDonald
Lazy or plain dishonest, some journalists think nothing of staging events for the cameras during Thailand's devastating flood
Unfazed by the country's worst flood in a half century, people in Bangkok's Chinatown go about their business as usual
A furry ambassador from South Africa is making a case for stray dogs during his action-packed "World Woof Tour"
After seven decades, an elderly coffee maker continues to sell his homemade brew in the same little shop where he started out
Thailand's ubiquitous counterfeits, from cup noodles to Ferraris, now have their own private museum
Yuletide decorations and paraphernalia are a big hit with happy-go-lucky Thais. Just don’t ask them about Jesus
A unique art form once performed in rice paddies and fish ponds is experiencing a revival
Many young Thais are gaga over iridescent "Big Eye" contact lenses in a bid to look like their favorite Japanese cartoon characters
Soliciting help cap in trunk, several jumbo-size fundraisers join relief efforts for earthquake victims
A policeman, a tattooist, a tuk-tuk driver – they’re among Thais who have taken up knitting for a good cause
The Holocaust classic has new readers among the children of survivors of the Khmer Rouge genocide
For Chavoret Jaruboon, dispatching prisoners with a submachine gun was nothing personal
A family of Indian laborers has made its home in Penang’s Jewish cemetery for generations