Peacocks lead to success in hometown business
Known as the "golden peacock", Sun Jiaojiao’s business of selling peacock feathers as a series of tourism products continues to grow, developing rural tourism in the area.
Why NFTs lost their lustre
NFTs are tokens linked to digital images, "collectable" items, avatars in games or property and objects in the burgeoning virtual world of the metaverse.
Thailand citizens free to grow marijuana and hemp from June 9
They are required only to inform the number of ganja or hemp plants they are growing to the FDA via an app called “Pluke Gan” or “growing ganja”.
The bars are back in Hong Kong
After more than four months, bars and pubs are allowed to reopen with service hours up to 2 am with a maximum of four people per table.
Sri Lankan man shares love of Japanese-style curry
Being a Muslim and unable to consume pork or alcohol, the 29-year-old now-owner of a restaurant had trouble finding what he could eat when he first moved to Tokyo for studies.
Croisements Festival’s ambassador Estelle Chen: Beauty is about confidence
Born in France with Chinese parents, she talks about her French/Chinese upbringing, her modeling life and why confidence is the core of beauty.
Fukushima’s ryokan cat warms guest slippers
A cat named Sei is a drawing card for a long-established ryokan inn, which began allowing guests to bring their pets about 30 years ago.
Eating a wide variety of fruits and vegetables reduces risk of cognitive decline: Study
Participants who consumed around 520g of fruit and vegetables a day were 23% less likely to be cognitive impaired than those who consumed 165g a day.
S. Koreans think ideal ‘workcation’ should last 12.8 days: survey
If given a chance to work remotely while on holiday, South Koreans said about 13 days a year may be enough for the so-called “workcation”.
Vivid colors, layered cuts, braided hairstyle headline spring-summer hair trends
The hush cut, a mix of a shaggy cut and “wolf cut”, will likely be popular for women, predicted an industry expert.