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Spring Festival custom ‘twisted’

Feb 18, 2014

A boy shows the red envelopes he received during Spring Festival this year in Shaoyang, Hunan province. (China Daily) The tradition and true meaning behind the giving of red envelopes to children du...
Singapore can’t shut out foreign talent: minister

Feb 18, 2014

Singapore’s Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin sought to explain the tension between keeping Singapore open to foreign talent and ensuring locals are given fair consideration in jobs, at a commun...
China’s crackdown takes bite out of meetings

Feb 11, 2014

Policies to curb lavish spending continue to dent profits of high-end restaurants, hotels
All eyes on Toyota pay-hike move

Feb 11, 2014

With shunto spring wage negotiations getting into full swing, all eyes have turned to Toyota Motor Corp., the trendsetter for wage talks. Will Toyota decide on a base pay hike for the first time in s...
New face of Singapore’s Little India after riot

Feb 4, 2014

(Clockwise from left) Workers Murugan Ponnusamy, 30; Mani Munusamy, 26; Velu Arumugam, 31; and Kuberan Mani, 25, having a beer last Sunday at Spice Box restaurant at about 4 p.m. The three brothers a...
App lets Thais report election violations

Feb 4, 2014

If you care about the 2014 election and you want to make sure the democratic process runs smoothly and fairly, then all you need is your smartphone. An application called Mata Massa is now ready to ...
Japan eyes its potential as a soft-power superpower

Feb 4, 2014

Nana Mizuki performs in her concert in Taiwan in November. (The Japan News) When One Ok Rock, a four-member Japanese rock band, made their entrance onto an open-air stage in the suburbs of Jakarta, ...
Bold journalism still risky business in Myanmar

Feb 4, 2014

Myanmar’s media environment has opened up and dozens of new journals are testing boundaries, but bold reporting is still a risky business. Last week, five people were reminded just how risky. On Fr...
Shangri-La assets lost after town blaze

Jan 28, 2014

This picture taken on Jan. 12 shows rescuers sifting through the wreckage of damaged houses in the ancient Tibetan town of Gyalthang, in Shangri-La, Yunnan province, China, after a fire flattened two...
Expectations high for Mao medal

Jan 28, 2014

About 70 percent of respondents expect Japanese athletes to win medals in figure skating at the upcoming Sochi Olympic Games, followed by 63 percent with the same expectation for the country’s ski ju...
Mahjong may be H.K.’s elixir of life

Jan 28, 2014

People play mahjong at Baotu Spring Park in Jinan, China. (Bloomberg) Like a scene out of a Hong Kong triad movie, the mahjong parlor on Temple Street is filled with cigarette smoke, the incessant c...
Talent returns to China, but progress slow

Jan 28, 2014

Returning from overseas and contributing his talent in high technology to help the country has been a long-cherished dream for Xie Meilong, but he found it has been no easy task. “Many of our design...
Growing food in space

Jan 21, 2014

Chinese research may assist in the success of human colonization
Japan plans to use funds from dormant bank accounts

Jan 21, 2014

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito plan to use money in bank accounts that have been left untouched for 10 years or longer to support public interest activities, The Yomiuri Shimbun ...
The office just went freelance

Jan 21, 2014

A woman works at the coworking space Muchroom in Bangkok, Thailand. (The Nation) An increasingly attractive option for freelance professionals as well as those who find working at home too lonely or...