Kate Whitehead

Incidents of rage on flights between the city and the mainland are on the rise, as witness tells of passenger who punches stewardess

The 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.

Thirty-eight years ago this week, John MacLennan died of gunshot wounds; a public inquiry heard claims he’d been hounded into killing himself because of his homosexuality. It’s a case with lessons still for a socially conservative city

An initiative to promote informal discussion with experts about science topics is gaining popularity

This is a children’s emergency, says former Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, of the 600,000 desperate Muslims who fled Myanmar, more than half of whom are aged under 18 and at risk of being trafficked or enslaved

Marco Ferrarese talks about the sense of adventure that brought him to Asia and why contemporary travellers make him sick