The Songkran festival in Bangkok
2010-04-14 11:06:04
The Songkran festival marks the start of the new year in the traditional Thai calendar.
Guarding a legacy
2010-04-14 10:57:09
A former policeman has been forking out his own money and even borrowing to collect antiques and keep them from leaving the country.
Pearls of wisdom
2010-04-14 09:43:39
Stephen Bloom explores China's pearl culture for his latest work on this "accident of nature" which has attracted mankind for millennia.
Clothes in action at high-end city mall
2010-04-14 09:34:15
Customers who walk into Beijing's high-end shopping mall Park Life might find something strange there.
Soccer self-portrait book sold for charity
2010-04-14 09:18:27
A book of felt-tip pen self-portraits by some of the English soccer Premier League's best known names went to an anonymous bidder at a celebrity dinner and auction on Monday night.
South Korea to put curfew on online games for kids
2010-04-14 09:17:31
South Korea plans to cut off on-line video games at midnight for school-age children and allow parents to set limits on playing hours to curb problems of Internet gaming addiction in the world's most wired country.
Peek into the future offers glimpse into the past
2010-04-14 09:04:54
Commuting to work will be short and cheap 10 years from now, computers will be ubiquitous but unnoticed and smart refrigerators will help consumers eat healthier foods.
Mahjong mastery clicks and clacks - with expats
2010-04-13 10:55:44
"Hu Le", Daisy Weidmann shouted excitedly as she drew a circle eight from a pile of tiles arranged like a wall.
What's in the word laowai?
2010-04-13 10:42:06
Laowai is one of the first words that Western people learn if they're spending time in China, especially if they spend a lot of time socializing with Chinese people.
For whom the bell tolls
2010-04-13 10:39:29
Following Beijing's ongoing facelift is easy, it seems that almost a quarter of all stories to be found in the capital's English press are in some way related to the city's "elixir of youth" campaign, whether they concern demolitions of substandard housing or elderly evictions from the CBD.
On a tight leash
2010-04-13 10:32:03
Pressed-for-time pet owners are turning to special schools to train their dogs to behave.
There's little funny about North Korea's comedy show
2010-04-13 08:53:46
Stern, serious, socialist North Korea has carved out a spot in TV history for having one of the world's longest running comedy shows, despite it being mostly devoid of jokes for the decades it has been on the air.