Off the beaten track in North Korea
— May 30, 2014Planning a trip to North Korea’s seldom visited north-east? Kate Whitehead provides a guide to the best hotels
Continue Reading ...Planning a trip to North Korea’s seldom visited north-east? Kate Whitehead provides a guide to the best hotels
Continue Reading ...It’s a village not a town. So say residents of Bathurst, a magnet for the creative and curious located in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, approximately 12 kilometers from Port Alfred. Residents are proud of the eccentricity of their town. Or village. “You’ve got to have certain things to be a town, like a…
Continue Reading ...The dire state of mainland orphanages 15 years ago spurred filmmaker Jenny Bowen into action. Her charity, Half the Sky, has been a huge success and now works with officials across the country
Continue Reading ...Chan Koonchung satire shows how inequalities of power warp the China-Tibet relationship
Continue Reading ...Chinese novelist Chan Koonchung says he writes for “his Beijing friends” though they can’t buy his books. Here, he discusses censorship, Tibet and his new work.
Continue Reading ...A new segment of adventurers is searching the cities for what others have left behind
Continue Reading ...A healthy diet can do more than just slim your waistline – eating the right foods can improve your mood and help fight depression
Continue Reading ...As the trend for massive open online courses gathers pace, universities from Britain and around the region are looking at ways to stamp their educational brand on the world
Continue Reading ...HONG KONG — La Perla has opened its first concept stores in Hong Kong April 25 followed by a massive new store in Macau. The move is part of an expansion plan in the region that will see growth focused on Mainland China.
Continue Reading ...A series of medical studies conducted on Mount Everest aims to help people suffering from a variety of conditions
Continue Reading ...Ten years ago, the number of Western visitors to North Korea was well below a thousand a year, with Americans permitted by Pyongyang to visit only during the summer Mass Games.
Continue Reading ...Admired abroad and loathed at home, little was known about this secretive, cunning Chinese art dealer until a surprising find was made in 2006
The London-based dissident novelist talks to Kate Whitehead about the Cultural Revolution, challenging the Party and finding a place to call home
The British writer, headline author at the Hong Kong Literary Festival in November 2015, talks to Kate Whitehead about family, writing, and why she waited 30 years to move in with her second husband, and still sees the first
Hong Kong-bound British-Norwegian musician, one of the hottest stars of classical music, explains how he manages a hectic concert schedule as well as forays into the worlds of fashion and pop
Elsewhere in the world, orchestras are often struggling to maintain interest and audiences. As the Hong Kong Philharmonic passes its 40th anniversary, morale has never been higher.
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