Thailand’s most sacred talismans find new life as commemorative stamps
The initiative makes these extremely rare and expensive artifacts, typically worth millions and owned only by elite collectors, accessible to the general public in an affordable…
Nepal’s Yomari festival celebrates Newar culinary heritage in Tansen municipality
The festival offers hands-on experience of yomari making and Newar traditions for locals and tourists.
Unearthed: Burial artefacts from Singapore’s Bukit Brown Cemetery find new life
Chinese funerary artefacts from the cemetery were unearthed from about 4,000 early Chinese graves. These graves made up about 5 percent of the site’s estimated 100,000 graves,…
Exploring birth and motherhood from folk traditions to contemporary art in Seoul
Birth takes center stage at the National Folk Museum of Korea and the European gallery in White Cube in Seoul, embodying these ideas in different thought-provoking ways.
Chinese bronzewares still shine bright
A collaboration between two famed museums brings ancient vessels and their symbolism into the modern age.
From ‘soft no’s to hidden anger: Why Koreans communicate indirectly
In Korea’s group-oriented, hierarchical culture, confrontations are avoided, which often leads people to express negative feelings indirectly, turning frustration into…
Ancient rock-carved warriors of Gool in Indian-administered Jammu losing battle against time
The priceless rock sculptures have, over the years, been facing ruin. The centuries-old stone-carved horses and warriors—some linked to the Mahabharata, others to the 18th…
Why Korea’s 900-year-old shipwreck bowls look suspiciously new
Beneath the UNESCO-listed tidal flats of Korea’s west coast, clay-rich mud sealed away a shipwreck so perfectly that its 12th-century celadon cargo now gleams like new.
Coming of age in the Philippines
A girl's "debut" at 18, young boys undergoing circumcision, and graduating from college are some of the rites of passage in the archipelagic nation.
Korean dictionary manuscripts, Naebang-gasa in bid for UNESCO listing
Naebang-gasa, which translates to “songs from the women’s quarters,” is a unique body of handwritten vernacular literature composed, copied and shared among Korean women.