Sunrise or sunset is the best time to visit when light reflects off water-filled paddies, rendering hypnotic views. This ...

Stone tools unearthed in China's Yunnan province suggest Neanderthals or another ancient human species adapted to harsh conditions in East Asia 60,000 years ago.

Following a massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, here's a look at how communities throughout the region—and the ...

Der Jiun also served as Executive Director for Southeast Asia at the International Monetary Fund from 2011 to 2013. He holds a BA(Hons) in Politics and Economics from Oxford University and an MBA from ...

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The genomes of two women who lived 7,000 years ago in the Sahara when it was a green savannah reveal a remarkably isolated ...

New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans' neighbors, new technologies meant ...

The tool we've identified is called a Quina scraper. This type of stone tool is well known from archaeological sites in ...

Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...

A powerful earthquake killed more than 140 people in Myanmar on Friday, authorities said, toppling buildings and wrecking ...

A massive earthquake of 7.7 magnitude struck Myanmar on Friday, with equally strong tremors rocking the neighbouring ...

Much of the devastation was in Myanmar's second largest city, Mandalay, which lies close to the epicentre of the 7.7 magnitude quake.