The Korea Herald

Nature lover listens to the forest’s pain

Aug 5, 2013

The glowing red sun slowly sets behind the forests of Na Hang, casting its final rays through the over 100-year-old trees in northern Vietnam’s Tuyen Quang province. Phung Van Pham, a 55-year-old ma...
N.Z. milk stokes fears in China

Aug 5, 2013

Chinese producers who bought contaminated batches of whey protein concentrate from New Zealand were recalling products on Sunday, dealing the latest blow to Chinese consumers’ confidence in milk powd...
Low-cost tablet set to change Pakistan’s education landscape

Jul 29, 2013

When it comes to what children can dream of achieving, Aakash (meaning “sky” in Hindi) should be the limit. But this may not be possible with disease, hunger and poverty robbing children in the devel...
Drinking water to death

Jul 29, 2013

The presence of excessive salt in drinking water in the southwestern coastal districts of Bangladesh is posing multiple health risks, including that of high blood pressure, kidney failure and diarrhe...
Bangkok’s vendors make hay while the crowd whines

Jul 29, 2013

Bangkok, the capital of a democracy with more than 60 million people, is no stranger to protests. In the first half of this year, doctors rallied in the city against a new pay scheme, while activists...
Japanese adults spend crazy money on cellphone games

Jul 22, 2013

Over the last decade, people’s behavior during their daily train ride has completely changed. In the past, Japanese were known to be avid readers of paperbacks (bunko) and manga magazines, and would ...
EU eyes flexible visa rules for China tourists

Jul 22, 2013

The European Union is working on “flexible rules” for visa applications to woo Chinese travelers in a bid to boost the region’s tourism industry, a top official from the European Commission said Frid...
Race not an issue in Singapore, study finds

Jul 22, 2013

Most Singaporeans say that race is not a factor in determining who gets promoted at work or served at public facilities in the nation, according to a new study. But while the survey found that many ...
ASEAN calls for multi-country tourism strategy

Jul 15, 2013

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is urging tour operators from the 10-member states of the grouping to develop multi-country packages highlighting the so-called “experiential and creative t...
Community-supported agriculture a way of producing green food

Jul 15, 2013

Farmers supported by their communities may be the answer to China’s concern over food safety, efficient land use and the unbalanced distribution of rural-urban demographics. The physical manifestati...
K-pop embassy launched in Bangkok

Jul 15, 2013

Fans of South Korean pop music now have their very own place to commune with their favorite artists with the opening last week of the new Korean Culture Center in Bangkok. The two-story structure on...
Ghost schools lucrative business in rural Pakistan

Jul 8, 2013

The number of schools in the most underdeveloped district in Sindh is roughly twice the number of total villages. According to education department records, there are 4,153 operational schools in 2,...
In China, death from overwork becomes common

Jul 1, 2013

White-collar workers have to change their lifestyle and read the symptoms of an impending danger to avoid disaster
Myanmar monks stage protest against Time magazine

Jul 1, 2013

More than 1,000 Buddhist monks and Myanmar citizens gathered near Sule Pagoda in Yangon and staged a protest against Time magazine’s cover story for July issue “The Face of Buddhist Terror” and write...
My colleague is a robot

Jul 1, 2013

“At first I felt a bit strange with him, but now I like him somewhat,” said Madoka Nishibori, a 42-year-old worker at a money-handling machine factory in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, describing her coll...