South Korea is no country for long names
For people with ‘unusually long’ names, life in Korea fraught with frustrations.
Culture
Nepal’s social media-fuelled dance craze
The popularity of dance videos on social media has driven many youngsters to take different kinds of dance classes.
Japanese restaurants see record-breaking growth in Thailand
A survey found that 1,404 new Japanese restaurants opened in Thailand this year: 448 were sushi restaurants, 263 offer Japanese cuisine, and 185 focus on ramen.
Character meaning battle chosen as this year’s kanji
It was chosen also for 2001, when the United States was hit by terrorist attacks.
Cambodian PM backs idea for coastal museum, observatory
He said the coastal area is the third main tourism spot after Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, with Preah Sihanouk designated as a multi-purpose special economic zone.
Asia’s largest art extravaganza kicks off
An amalgamation of creative art forms, the 19th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh has brought together 114 countries and 493 artists under one roof at the heart of the capital.
South Koreans set to become younger as traditional way of counting age scrapped
The shift which will make its citizens either one or two years younger on official documents.
Many in Malaysia hunting for Christmas trees
Businesses are finding good traffic, especially from last-minute shoppers to spruce up their homes with festive ornaments.
Icy weather offers warming treats
Fortifying food from the Houzaimen fresh market becomes a necessary part of the defence against bitter cold, the writer reports.
Ancient artefacts unearthed in Southwest China
The artefacts date back as early as the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770 B.C.-256 B.C.) in a historic site at the lower reaches of Jialing River.