Yen is fueling carmaking exodus from Japan
Honda Motor Co.'s choice to build what it calls a racing-oriented "supercar" in Ohio highlights confidence in its American engineers and plants.
PHOTOS: Church celebrates 75 years serving Aldergrove
What began as Coghlan Mennonite Church is still drawing worshippers. The Bethel Mennonite Church’s 75th anniversary bash was Saturday, Oct. 1. (Historic photos courtesy of the church.)
Analyst calls Jan 9
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 — This is a selection of morning calls by local research houses for the day. From HwangDBS Vickers The FBM KLCI tumbled to a low of 1,504.22 before recovering partly to settle at 1,514.13 on Friday, which represents a weekly decrease of 16.6-point or 1.1 per cent. Technically speaking, we expect the benchmark index to drift ...
Rice ball ritual at That Phonh stupa
After giving alms in the early morning of the full moon day in February each year, devotees place balls of rice around the That Phonh stupa in Savannakhet province to honour the guardian spirits.
Citizen of the Year winners named
AS those snags start to sizzle and you take in the sea of Aussie flags in our region’s parks, you know there’s a sense of celebration in the air.
Jim Thompson: The legend, the house, the man who perfected the art of party
The Jim Thompson House is one of the top attractions of Bangkok. Every year, thousands of visitors come to see this lovely home which has been turned into a small museum.
A unique shopping experience
WHAT is a vacation without a shopping spree or two? In Perlis, visitors are spoilt for choices of [...]
Burma back on the map: Tourism returns to South-east Asia’s forbidden land
I arrived in Yangon – or Rangoon, as the British knew Burma's old capital – half expecting not to make it beyond the airport. I'd heard stories about interrogated journalists and swarms of all-seeing secret police. I had a tourist visa and had listed my profession as "management" but my bag contained a laptop and note pads. A web search of my name would expose me in a second. And I'm a hopeless ...