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Vietnam's spectacular terraced ricefields wait for tourists
AFP, Published on 02/12/2021
» YêN BáI, Vietnam: As the morning sun finds its way through the mist over Vietnam's terraced rice fields, local farmers lead buffalo into the paddies and pass another day without tourists in their hilly homeland.
Myanmar's most isolated pray for harvest
AFP, Published on 19/02/2020
» SATPALAW SHAUNG, Myanmar: A haunting refrain pierces the night as the tribeswomen of the Gongwang Bonyo, among the most isolated people in Myanmar, dance around a campfire to bless the harvest ahead.
Paddy fields of dreams: the Myanmar teen making way in women's football
AFP, Published on 27/05/2019
» YANGON - Myanmar U19 striker San Thaw Thaw fled from her family's paddy fields to follow her footballing dreams, inspired by her girlhood hero Wayne Rooney.
North Korea slams 'war maniac' Bolton
AFP, Published on 27/05/2019
» SEOUL: North Korea slammed US National Security Advisor John Bolton on Monday, calling him a "war maniac" who should be banished, just as President Donald Trump offered a positive outlook on relations with Pyongyang.
The Indian market where rat earns top price
AFP, Published on 26/12/2018
» KUMARIKATA, India: Freshly-caught rat is at the top of the holiday menu for crowds flocking to a market in northeastern India that specialises in rodents from local fields.
Wet-and-wild ride: Indonesia's mud bull races
AFP, Published on 02/12/2018
» Waves of muddy water slosh over the jockey as he hangs on to the tails of a pair of bulls galloping across the rice paddy.
'Carbon sink' Bhutan counts cost of plans for green future
AFP, Published on 10/10/2018
» PUNAKHA (BHUTAN) - The gentle whirring of the wind turbine speaks volumes of Bhutan's record as the world's only carbon negative country, but major challenges stand in the way of the Himalayan kingdom's decision to follow a green path over rampant economic expansion.
Indonesia quake toll jumps to 164, survivors wait for aid
AFP, Published on 09/08/2018
» MATARAM, Indonesia: The devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok was "exceptionally destructive" and wiped out entire villages in the worst-hit regions, relief agencies warned as the death toll jumped to more than 160 on Thursday.
Death toll in Lombok quake hits 131, over 156,000 displaced
AFP, Published on 08/08/2018
» The death toll from a shallow 6.9-magnitude earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has risen above 130, officials said Wednesday, with some 156,000 forced from their homes.
Hope and indifference in the shadows of Korean DMZ
AFP, Published on 08/06/2018
» YEONCHEON (SOUTH KOREA) - The way to rice farmer Choi Ki-joong's paddy fields goes through a military checkpoint where soldiers stand guard against nuclear-armed North Korea only a few kilometres away, a legacy of the war that stopped in 1953.