Lifestyle
With limos and private train, Kim Jong Un travels in style
Apr 24, 2019
With a private train and stretch Mercedes limousines, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un travels to summits in style
Japan courts Trump using emperor, first lady's birthday
Apr 20, 2019
Without close friends in Asia, Japan's prime minister is seen using every opportunity, even the emperor's accession, to court President Donald Trump
Devotees nailed to crosses on Good Friday in Philippines
Apr 19, 2019
Several Roman Catholic devotees have been nailed to wooden crosses in a gory Good Friday ritual in the Philippines, and others flogged themselves or took part in religious plays to reenact Jesus Christ's suffering
Alibaba head's remarks spark debate over China working hours
Apr 19, 2019
Remarks by the head of Chinese online business giant Alibaba that young people should work from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week if they want financial success have prompted a debate over work-life balance
Asian stocks rise in quiet holiday trading
Apr 19, 2019
Asian stock indexes are mostly higher on Good Friday holiday trading that had some markets closed
Celebration of Japan's new era big opportunity for business
Apr 19, 2019
Celebration of Japan's new imperial era a big opportunity for business
In Cantonese opera, Trump finds his twin brother in China
Apr 14, 2019
President Donald Trump is the inspiration for "Trump on Show," a four-day Cantonese opera that reimagines the president's personal life and his fictional twin brother who lives in China
S. Korean babies born Dec. 31 become 2-year-olds next day
Apr 12, 2019
South Korea's unusual age-calculating system means babies born on Dec. 31 become 2-year-olds the next day
Filipinos plan more diggings where new human species found
Apr 12, 2019
Archaeologists who discovered fossils from a human species that thrived more than 50,000 years ago in the northern Philippines plan more diggings and better protection of the caves where the remains were unearthed
Japan's emperor and empress celebrate 60 years of marriage
Apr 11, 2019
Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary just three weeks before he abdicates his throne