Korean shamanism predates Buddhism and Confucianism, yet it continues to shape Korean spirituality today. Shamans act as ...

The Philippines can learn from Japan and Singapore about how to develop civic mindedness among its citizens through the appropriate early childhood education.

OP-ED. With Russia rebuilding itself around the idea of a besieged homeland, China framing its rise through a Confucian view of the state and the US abandoning its strategic allies, philosopher Luuk ...

Shift the lens from 1648 to 324 BCE and a new geometry of power appears: China as a Mughal-like empire of order and hierarchy, America as a restless nomad wielding freedom with zeal and cunning, and ...

Hinduism gained ground in the region in the early centuries of the Common Era because it provided elites with a fully-fleshed metaphysical package along with literacy.

Last year, an Arizona man named Chris Pelkey addressed a courtroom from beyond the grave. “The Ethics of Digital Ghosts” ...

It seems like just yesterday we were exchanging New Year’s greetings, yet we are once again busy with New Year’s rituals as ...

These areas where many residents live healthily to a ripe old age could offer the rest of us lessons in achieving the same.

Ancient Greeks were fond of aphorisms and maxims carved into temples. Greek legend is that the Seven Sages of Greece met in ...

China and India are often compared as if they are two rising nation states. That is misleading. China is first and foremost a state that swallowed a civilisatio ...

The beauty of Hue, Vietnam's former imperial capital, extends from royal citadels and riverside pagodas to sunsets over the Perfume River.

Tracing the history of patriarchy in Japan, this article explains how female rulers were erased and a male-only tradition was constructed.