Students set sights on Mars landing
— August 25, 2013Thousands, including two from Hong Kong, apply for the ultimate reality show – a one-way trip to colonise the red planet with cameras in tow
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Weapons of mass distraction
— August 20, 2013Sea life and mini golf are North Korea’s latest propaganda tools
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Myanmar’s best beaches
— August 19, 2013Like your sands white and sunsets bright? Myanmar is primed to become Asia’s hottest beach destination
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While the Rest of North Korea Struggles, Pyongyang’s Fortunate Few Go Shopping
— August 19, 2013The city of Pyongyang may conjure up images of Mass Games and goose-stepping sentries, but the North Korean capital looks very different from the place it was 10 years ago.
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North Korean Mass Games
— August 9, 2013The North Koreans know how to put on a show and this year — the 60th anniversary of the end of hostilities in the Korean War — they’ve gone all out for the Mass Games.
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10 things to know before visiting Pyongyang
— August 9, 2013It has the world’s tallest unoccupied building, it puts on the world’s biggest annual show and it’s sometimes prone to petulant nuclear threats. But what else do you know about North Korea?
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Sacred ground
— August 1, 2013With thousands of ancient monuments to explore, the city of Bagan offers a seemingly endless journey into Myanmar’s fascinating past
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Mixed Fortunes
— January 31, 2017In her book Eurasians, MIT professor contrasts attitudes towards interracial marriage in three jurisdictions, and how mixed-race families in Hong Kong were able to grow wealthy despite facing discrimination
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Olivia Newton John talks Grease, the power of change and cancer
— May 1, 2016Ahead of her latest Hong Kong concert, multi-platinum Australian singer, film star and co-founder of a wellness centre talks about her life, tragedies and triumphs, and how she keeps on keeping on
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Gene breakthrough brings cure for jet lag closer
— September 8, 2013Researcher says treatment would allow air passengers to adapt to new time zones ‘far more quickly’, but cure for jet lag is still some way off
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The House that Jack Ma Built
— November 8, 2017Duncan Clark, a former Morgan Stanley investment banker and author of Alibaba: The House that Jack Ma Built, set out to write about the company but inevitably stories about its founder feature – including how a holidaying Australian family bought Ma his first flat
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The Beauty Market of North Korea
— October 25, 2013North Korea isn’t known for its beauty industry, but the isolated state does produce its own beauty brand — Pomhyanggi Cosmetics — and even exports some goods overseas.
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Wayne’s world
— September 8, 2015With 95 food outlets across Hong Kong and Vietnam, Parfitts’ empire is a real family affair. Starting with a pizzeria in Sai Kung, Hong Kong, the Parfitts have built a hospitality empire in the city and in Vietnam. Now Wayne Parfitt is helping the next generation learn the business