Students overseas go head-over-heels in online acrobatic school
The livestreaming acrobatic classes were set up by teachers of Wuqiao county for students, mostly from developing countries, with the aim of promoting acrobatics exchanges.
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‘Golden’ Angkor Wat likely due to natural phenomenon: ANA
Sam Ath, who took the pictures of the golden temple and posted them to Facebook, said, a day after posting the pictures, it had returned to their regular appearance of ancient…
Pet couture isn’t cheap but it’s taking over Indonesia
The popularity of pet clothing itself is also supported by social media and the rise of other pet products like pet photography and pet influencers.
Prayut hails Thai food power as Khao Soi named world’s best soup
Khao Soi (Northern Thai curry noodles) topped the list of the “50 Best Soups in the World” by TasteAtlas, a website that gathers recipes and reviews from food critics…
How I feel about Virginia Woolf being part-Bengali
“To me, the links between Woolf and Bangla and Bengal–linguistically, philosophically, and poetically, came through by closely reading certain portions of her works”, the…
What is behind South Korea’s growth in soft power?
The global popularity of Korean culture ranks at top in multiple measures of soft power– a phenomenon referring to “the ability to obtain preferred outcomes by attraction…
Breaking stereotypes: The stories of Indonesian househusbands
The term “househusband” isn’t exactly common among Indonesians but the unconventional role is being adopted by more and more men, fighting gender stereotypes and their egos.
Dragon ship set to depart in fiery ritual
The finished ship, made with bamboo, cardboard and 6,000 pieces of folded joss paper stands at 4.88m high, 4.88m long and 1.83m wide.
A fusion of Italian desserts and Chinese pepper
Mimosa’s consumers are mainly between 25 and 35 years– a group more willing to try exotic flavours, partly due to China’s continued opening to the outside world.
Repatriation ceremony marks return of 30 looted treasures to Cambodia
These cultural treasures – containing several important Buddhist and Hindu statues – were removed more than two decades ago from the temples of Koh Ker.