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Episode 28 of #herstoryseapod ✨
We delve into the stories of the women of the Philippine Revolution. From leading troops and smuggling information to nursing wounded soldiers and running revolutionary organizations, we question the narratives that put them in a "supporting" role.
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#podcast #southeastasia #herstory
#history #historypodcast #historypodcasting #womenshistoryeveryday
The #Austronesian, or #OutOfTaiwan, theory is the most plausible and widely accepted theory of how #SouthEastAsia islands, #Micronesia, #Melanesia, #Polynesia, & #Madagascar were inhabited. The Philippine #DepEd needs to update school textbooks, & stop pushing the #Malay theory.
The #Austronesian, or #OutOfTaiwan, theory is the most plausible and widely accepted theory of how #SouthEastAsia, #Micronesia, #Melanesia, #Polynesia, #Madagascar, & #Australasia were inhabited. The Philippines #DepEd needs to update school textbooks, and to stop pushing the #Malay theory.
The fact that the deaths of six tourists (all westerners) in #SoutheastAsia (#Laos) is a far bigger story than the 174 #Rohingya who died when their boat sank last week says a lot about how the world values some lives over others.
Both were, technically, groups of travelers. One made up of privileged members, with western passports, whose deaths will likely results in extensive investigation.
The others, nameless, unwanted stateless #refugees left to fend for themselves.
Months after a groundbreaking ceremony for a major canal project in Cambodia, touted investments from China are in doubt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/23/asia-pacific/cambodia-canal-project-doubt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #cambodia #china #mekongriver #southeastasia #hunmanet
North #Vietnamese #activists meet in the #NamCan forest, wearing #masks to hide their identities from one another in case of capture and interrogation (1972).
Getty Images archive.
#AsianMastodon #USVietnamInvasion #Vietnam #VietnamWar #TootSEA #WorldHistory #VietnameseHistory #SouthEastAsia #SouthAsianHistory #History #ResistanceWomen
Happy Loy Krathong everyone! Here in Thailand it is the holiday to honor the water and river goddess Khongkha, thanking her for providing us with water. It is when people go to festivals and put small offerings on a floating illuminated little boat made of banana leaves or a coconut shell.🌊 🌊 🌊 ✨✨✨
#southeastasia #thai #thailand #holidays #loykrathing #loykrathong2024 #culture #art #arts #nature #water #beautiful
#maps #mapping #Google #Asia #SoutheastAsia
'Grab turned to its 5 million drivers to help map the streets and alleys they traversed every day on bikes, cars, and on foot. Drivers earned extra pay for mapping, and the resulting maps were more accurate than Google Maps or Here, also capturing colloquial place names and hyperlocal landmarks, [Sriram] Iyer said. '
https://restofworld.org/2024/grab-google-maps-southeast-asia/
#Indonesia's Prabowo wants key buildings in new capital ready in 4 years
> #Indonesia's new leader #PrabowoSubianto wants to complete key government and parliamentary buildings in the country's US$32 billion new capital city in the next four years, according to a Cabinet minister.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indonesia-prabowo-key-buildings-new-capital-nusantara-4-years-4706951 #SouthEastAsia #TootSEA
#Thailand - Thong Lo Police Arrest First Filipino Pickpocket Gang of 7
> BANGKOK — Police officers have arrested another foreign pickpocket gang in downtown #Bangkok, marking the first time a Filipino gang has been caught in such operations....
https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2024/10/22/thong-lo-police-arrest-first-filipino-pickpocket-gang-of-7/ #TootSEA #SouthEastAsia
The secret of the world's richest underwater habitat
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241015-the-secret-of-the-worlds-richest-underwater-habitat
"The #CoralTriangle in #SouthEastAsia is the most diverse place on Earth in terms of marine habitats. What caused the diversity? In the early 2010s, the team collected about 8 tonnes of fossil-rich rock from #Borneo, which yielded over 200 #coral species, from up to 30 million years ago. When they compared them to the species living there today, they made a surprising discovery: many of them are still there."
Singapore has commissioned two new advanced submarines, vessels its navy says are meant to protect sea lines of communication and which experts said would range beyond the waters of the tiny city-state to keep tabs on the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/25/asia-pacific/singapore-submarines-asia-rivalry/ #asiapacific #singapore #submarines #asia #southeastasia
"A study co-led by researchers at Rowan University, US, NTU Singapore and the University of Pennsylvania, US, reveals that #TropicalCyclones in #SoutheastAsia are now forming closer to coastlines, intensifying more rapidly, and lingering longer over land.
These changes, driven by #ClimateChange, heighten risks for tens of millions in coastal areas, with cities like Hai Phong, Yangon, and Bangkok facing unprecedented threats from longer-lasting and more intense storms."
Our university and Nanyang Technological University Singapore signed a flagship partnership to enhance our global network in #SoutheastAsia. 👏 We will strengthen cooperation in education and research, #innovation, #entrepreneurship and #lifelonglearning: http://go.tum.de/484662
📷NTU Singapore
