News and reports from the far east and australasia.
The celebrations on New Year's Eve in the West may now be a memory, but in China they're just beginning… Most of us have to see a real war zone, but if you have ever wondered what it is like, the safest way to find out is to visit China during the lunar New Year’s […]
Continue ReadingVanuatu has been producing some of the world's best beef for years, but now it is trying to take a cut of the organic market… Lunch break is over. The first head of cattle enters the steel chamber. The stun-gun operator attempts to position the silver pistol-like instrument between the eyes of the jostling animal. […]
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Continue ReadingJapan's king of satellite TV smut brings news read by presenters in bikinis to mobile phones… There's an old saying: You can take the man out of sleaze but you can't take the sleaze out of the man. Or something like that… As the founder of pioneering satellite raunch network Paradise TV seven years ago, […]
Continue ReadingJapan's king of satellite TV smut now brings news clips read by anchors in bikinis to mobile phones… There's an old saying: You can take the man out of sleaze but you can't take the sleaze out of the man. Or something like that… As the founder of pioneering satellite raunch network Paradise TV seven years ago, […]
Continue ReadingThe arrival of Las Vegas gambling in squeaky-clean Singapore is causing consternation among its conservative citizens… Nice and quiet is exactly how Singaporean Emmanuel Robin Tan likes his city. So the 28-year old has not got a good word to say about the coming construction of Singapore's first casino in downtown Marina Bay. "It will […]
Continue ReadingThe US embassy warns American citizens to stay away from certain parts of the capital Seoul as a homegrown campaign urges foreigners to leave… Demonstrations against foreigners are planned and an online petition to keep foreigners out of the Republic of Korea has already received thousands of signatures. Many foreigners are worried, some have already […]
Continue ReadingChinese internet aficionados saw the popularity of their personal websites rocket after paying tribute to the country’s hottest taboo and now it seems everybody wants a go at blogging… With the results of the fifth annual ‘Bloggie Awards’ fast approaching, millions of people all over the world are creating their own blogs – most in […]
Continue ReadingThe earthquake and waves that have claimed up to 77,000 people in Asia have left survivors with a near-impossible job in southern Thailand… As we turned into Patong Hospital’s car park we found ourselves stuck behind four trucks laden with empty coffins – about 40 per truck. Some were little more than grey crates, others […]
Continue ReadingA reporter journeys to the cradle of Chinese civilisation – the hometown of the celebrated thinker, philosopher and educator, Confucius – to sample how his legacy lives on. Like many Chinese cities, in Qufu the sky is blackened with the stain of pollution. World-weary ponies haul gaudy carriages, vying for road space with squadrons of […]
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