Take in more than just ceramics when down in Icheon
onigoccoWhile the highlight of the Third World Ceramic Biennale is in Icheon, the festival is actually spread among Icheon, Yeoju and Gwangju in Gyeonggi Province. Because this year's events have…
A town of both legend and history
The heat of the noonday sun made everything shimmer. In the distance, the twin mountains that form a gorge, shone brilliantly like jewels. Lying at Metro Manila's fringe, Montalban in Rizal…
Tourists discover fresh sights, fruit, fish
Fruitpicking, fishcatching and floating market tours are becoming more popular for domestic and international tourists to My Tho City and Cai Be Commune of Tien Giang Province, about 100km and…
Bird-watching on Timor a rewarding experience
Brown. Bare. Dry. A fire-scorched and sun-baked island. These were the words that formed in my head as I flew into Kupang, Timor at the height of the dry season.…
A stop on the Grand Canal
"In the beautiful spring with flowers blooming, we set off for Yangzhou." This line from a poem of Li Bai from the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) has lured millions of…
World Bank to loan $900m to Indonesia
JAKARTA: The World Bank would allocate about US$900 million in loans to Indonesia this year to help the government boost economic growth, reduce poverty and manage the nation's finances better,…
Bloggers Republic
Wu Chong, a young journalist from.China Daily, started enjoying her MSN Space late last year. When her friends log in to MSN, they will find out what Wu is feeling…
Murder of a real cop
There has been no breakthrough in the investigations into the brutal assassination of IP Douglas Nimal together with his wife in a Colombo suburb last week. Douglas was no ordinary…