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Why Was It Not Called the "Gulf of Khmer? History, Power and the Politics of Names
44+ min ago (388+ words) The question is both simple and profound: if the Khmer Empire was once the dominant civilisation in mainland Southeast Asia, why is the body of water along Cambodia's coast not called the "Gulf of Khmer? Why do we instead know…...
Sacred Utaki on Torii Station
10+ hour, 22+ min ago (323+ words) By Natalie Stanley April 9, 2026 TORII STATION, Japan " U. S. Army Garrison Okinawa leadership and team members trekked through Torii Station on April 8 to learn about a unique and culturally significant aspect of the installation: seven sacred sites (Utakis). "Torii Station is unique…...
China always a connector, never a coloniser, scholar says
19+ hour, 29+ min ago (83+ words) Scholar and author Sheng-Wei Wang discusses how studying an ancient Chinese world map led her to conclude China explored and mapped the world before the European Age of Discovery and how the legacy of colonialism and a Eurocentric record of…...
The Bombing of Japanese Catholicism
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (237+ words) Very little research was needed to discover that the city of Nagasaki was the one city of Japan that was most likely to be friendly to the Western Allies, not only because it was a port city where, even when…...
WWII plane salvaged after 81 years underwater in Japan
37+ min ago (165+ words) The wreckage of a Shidenkai fighter plane of the former Imperial Japanese Navy is lifted from the seabed off Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Wednesday. Kagoshima: The wreckage of a Shidenkai fighter plane of the former Imperial Japanese Navy has been…...
Edmonds College students piece together a lost Japanese village
9+ hour, 36+ min ago (78+ words) It was home, a neighborhood where families built a community, where adults worked and children played, where stories lost to time are coming back to life thanks to the efforts of professional and " Appeals court voids tree ordinance ruling Edmonds…...
The American War in Laos Still Claiming Victims 50 Years Later
9+ hour, 40+ min ago (1215+ words) In a remote village in the mountains of Xieng Khouang province in northern Laos a small temple is under construction. Its concrete walls are unpainted, and window and door frames sit unfinished. Inside the temple rests a 500-year-old golden Buddha…...
Japan's Last Bid to Retain Korea, Taiwan Shakes U. S. Post-War Plans
1+ hour, 15+ min ago (237+ words) Secret documents reveal U. S. wavering on Japan's colonial demands, countered by officials upholding Cairo Declaration What does this mean? Even if Japan lost the war, was it attempting to continue holding onto Korea and Taiwan as colonies? How did Japan react…...
On this Day in Chinese History; 10 April
12+ hour, 45+ min ago (289+ words) Student Run Shops in Dorms are China's Newest Underground Economies E-Bikes with Power Banks; China's Latest Low Tech Innovation The Lowdown on China's Cute Cuddy Toys Comforting Us in a World Gone Crazy KTV Arises from the Ashes as New…...
Archaeologists Uncover 4, 000-Year-Old Water System in China
7+ hour, 16+ min ago (447+ words) Archaeologists have uncovered a 4, 000-year-old artificial water channel system in central China, offering fresh insight into early urban design and governance during the Xia Dynasty, widely seen as China's earliest known dynasty. The discovery was made at the Wangchenggang site…...