In Search of Sustainable Paradise: Saigon Outcast
Tucked away, North of Ho Chi Minh City, amid the villas of the well to do, in District 2, is a tiny corner lot of blurred culture. Saigon Outcast is a …
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Living the Singapore Dream… in Malaysia
December 5, 2012 Cash, condominium, car, credit card, and country club membership. In Singapore, if you’ve got the “Five Cs”, you’ve got it made. However, with private condominium units priced …
Read MoreA Taste of Asia: The Best Asian Cookbooks for Your Kitchen
If you want to know how to cook some great Asian food at home, but don’t know where to begin, AGI is here to help. There are so many cookbooks …
Read MoreFractures beneath the J-Pop Froth
Japan’s pop industry is a slick machine, churning out new waves of adorable idol groups faster than its youthful fan base can get through a piece of bubblegum. Its international …
Read MoreChina’s International Football Aspirations Fall Flat
It is soon to be confirmed that footballer Didier Drogba (34), following his former Chelsea FC teammate Nicolas Anelka, has left Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua and signed for Galatasaray in …
Read MoreShifting Centres at the 5th Annual India Art Fair
The Centre is Shifting “What is the difference between a collector and a curator (of art)”? No, not a joke, or even a trick question, but an invitation to seek …
Read MoreYour Father’s Daughter: Asia’s Most Powerful Women
A shared past of politics and family tragedy brought together two of the most influential female politicians in Asia at a meeting in Seoul, South Korea. Aung San Suu Kyi, …
Read MoreAGI Review: Anjin: The Shogun and the English Samurai
Originally devised for a Japanese audience, to mark the 400th anniversary of Japan and the UK’s trading relationship (giving or take a few centuries of cloistered isolation on the part …
Read MoreIndian Consumers in Distress
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) blinked in its standoff with the Indian finance minister P Chidambaram. The Indian central bank lowered the rate at which it lends to banks …
Read MoreMcRefugees in Japan
The economic tribulations which have dogged Japan since the burst of the bubble economy have decimated employment opportunities for generations of graduates, especially for the cohorts of generation-X, who entered …
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