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Elderly struck by dance fever at Monday afternoon discos

[2016-02-15 08:04]

As the mercury outside plunges to - 10C on an ice-cold Monday afternoon, the dance floor inside Kukilgwan Palace is packed with gray-haired Korean couples moving to the rhythms of high-volume disco.

'Co-working' grows amid new office lifestyle

[2016-02-15 08:04]

When Lance Macon started his real estate consulting firm, he did not want a traditional office. But he wasn't going to work out of his home or a coffee shop either.

Migrants share their tales of struggle

[2016-02-15 08:04]

Inside a vintage-style Cypriot cafe, 18-year-old Ibrahima Yonga recounts to a stranger how he escaped the Boko Haram group in Cameroon and spent months at sea to reach Europe.

104-year-old twins say 'closeness' is key

[2016-02-15 08:04]

When they were born premature in 1912, doctors gave Paulette and Simone the slimmest chance of survival. But 104 years later, the French twins say there's a simple secret to their longevity: sticking together.

Cuba embraces role as intermediary

[2016-02-15 08:04]

Spurned for decades by Western powers, Cuba is now taking an ever bigger role in international relations.

Brazil vows worry-free Olympics despite Zika

[2016-02-15 08:04]

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Saturday launched a door-to-door "war" on mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus, vowing they will not jeopardize the Rio Olympics in August.

Supreme Court vacancy upends presidential race

[2016-02-15 08:04]

The sudden death of US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia opened a new and incendiary front in the already red-hot 2016 presidential race, one that promises to divide Democrats and Republicans and, perhaps, Republicans from themselves.

IN BRIEF (Page 12)

[2016-02-15 08:04]

Somalia's extremist rebels, al-Shabab, said on Saturday they carried out the bombing of a commercial passenger jet earlier this month that blew a hole in the fuselage, sucking out the suspected bomber and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.

At dawn or dusk, Angkor Wat dazzles

[2016-02-13 08:12]

After 700 years, what remains is more than just remains

Cruises are about much more than sailing on rivers and seas

[2016-02-13 08:12]

Underwater sightseeing in a glass submarine, shopping with a chef for dinner ingredients and volunteering with locals: These are some of the new options this season for cruise passengers.

Pop-up books in China

[2016-02-12 08:14]

From Ming to Alice, publisher creates works of art for domestic readers

Ronshin's original creations

[2016-02-12 08:14]

Pop-up and other special-effect books were first created in the 13th century by academics in Britain to illustrate scientific knowledge, said Guan Zhongping, a Beijing-based specialty book collector.

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