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Back to SearchFeuding clouds South Korea presidential election
South Korea's conservative ruling party is lurching from one crisis to another. It lost its president to impeachment following a months-long scandal …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
South Korea: Former first lady beset by corruption scandal
It's not just former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol who finds himself in hot water now that a new administration has been voted in. His enigmat…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Asian students help preserve World War Two Burma campaign memories
The Burma campaign is remembered as one of the fiercest series of battles of World War Two. It claimed the lives of 190,000 Japanese soldiers as well…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Apple's North Star: How Steve Jobs took inspiration from Sony
Apple is one of America's most recognizable brands. A tech juggernaut known for its innovations in consumer electronics, it is also one of the countr…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Steve Jobs and Japanese prints: A lifelong love
Tech icon Steve Jobs was fascinated by Japanese culture, and was particularly passionate about shin-hanga woodblock prints. Interviews with former co…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Steve Jobs and Japanese prints: A lifelong love
Tech icon Steve Jobs was fascinated by Japanese culture, and was particularly passionate about shin-hanga woodblock prints. Interviews with former co…
11 months ago
Why Senegal’s young people are abandoning their country
Thousands of people have died in recent years trying to reach Europe via the Canary Islands. Young people from Senegal are seeking more than what the…
11 months ago
Sweet taste of success: The story of Taiwan's cacao pioneers
Nestled amid the palm trees and lush, tropical landscape of southern Taiwan is an industry that was until recently a local secret, but is now burstin…
11 months ago
Hiroshima: Remembering young foreign victims
The list of atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima includes students from overseas who were staying in the city at the time. Their stories are little-known…
11 months ago
Flowerpots offer cheap training for surgeons in Japan
A Tokyo-based surgeon has developed a groundbreaking training system using a 100-yen flowerpot. But the need for an inexpensive, DIY method highlight…
11 months ago