Package deal: A day in the life of a delivery driver in Singapore
It is the season for gifts, parcels and deliveries. But to get the packages to you requires a job with long hours and a lot of heavy lifting. The Straits Times follows deliveryman…
ASIA ON SCREEN
A hair-raising experience
Going for a trim at a barber shop in Hanoi is unique, to say the least. In the capital city many hairdressers just work on the side of the road. Rain or shine you’ll find these…
Flowers blooming on porcelain
Norwegian-Vietnamese Painter Hong Duc Thanh has spent many years painting on porcelain. He has inspired many young people with his style – a combination of Chinese, German and…
Chasing my mum’s secret recipe
Former Song of India chef Manjunath Mural talks about opening his own restaurant, Adda, recreating his late mother’s curry, and how an imperfect recreation of her food helps him…
French chef’s culinary journey in China
Antoine Bunel, a French food expert residing in Beijing, is deeply enamoured with Chinese culinary traditions. Throughout his journey in China, Antoine has not only achieved…
Hungry for music
Acclaimed Brazilian pianist Cristian Budu kicked off his Asian Tour with a concert titled “Saudades do Brasil” which was organised at Ho Guom Theater in Hanoi on October 30.
Paintings at the Potala Palace
Nearly 1,000 thangka paintings have been cataloged, appraised, and scanned in high definition at the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of the #Xizang autonomous region, since…
‘Daredevil’ Singaporean conservationist gives corals a chance to thrive
Sam Shu Qin, a champion of marine conservation, spends most weekends either planting corals or leading a team of volunteer divers to collect trash from underwater. She is a…
Talking tteokbokki and therapy with Korean author Baek Se-hee and BTS translator Anton Hur
South Korean author Baek Se-hee, who had an impression of Singapore as a glamorous country, did not think her two therapy memoirs about mild depression would become a bestseller…
Indian media reporting on Bangladesh, fake or fact?
For almost four months, since the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s regime, the Indian media has published an unprecedented number of reports on Bangladesh, a level of attention that we…