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9 September, 2024
Hong Kong economy
4,000 visitors expected for festival at once-abandoned Hong Kong hakka village
The Countryside Harvest Festival: Kuk Po ‘Sound-Sight-Taste Fusion’ Tour will run for two consecutive weekends.
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Lessons from China's history
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Why are Chinese couples so set on Western wedding fashion?
18 Jan 2025 - 9:41AM
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United States
Biden grants clemency to 2,500 people, most ever in a day
17 Jan 2025 - 6:40PM
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Photography
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How famous photographers capture the essence of Hong Kong over the years
Explore the rich history and cultural evolution of Hong Kong through the lenses of renowned photographers.
17 Jan 2025 - 3:15PM
Old Hong Kong
An abandoned village is brought to life in this debut Hong Kong festival
The Countryside Harvest Festival takes place at the 400-year-old village of Kuk Po in Hong Kong’s far north.
17 Jan 2025 - 12:45PM
Architecture and design
No need to ask, it’s a smooth calculator
Few office devices can be as desirable as the Divisumma 18, designed in 1972 by Mario Bellini for Olivetti.
17 Jan 2025 - 2:00PM
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Quirky tales from old Hong Kong, from exorcised ghosts to nudists
Explore quirky stories from PostMag’s archives, featuring a woman waking up at her own funeral and a bank’s very costly blunder, to supernatural goings-on and naturists letting it all hang out.
16 Jan 2025 - 4:15PM
South Korea
Martial law, memes and mayhem: the rise and fall of Yoon Suk-yeol
Once a celebrated anti-corruption crusader, on Wednesday Yoon became South Korea’s first sitting president to be arrested.
15 Jan 2025 - 11:16PM
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Old Hong Kong
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Hong Kong is a foodie mecca, but what is the history of its culinary evolution?
PostMag writer Jason Wordie explores how Hong Kong’s culinary landscape evolved from British army camp food to street food hawkers and even the influence of Chinese railroad builders.
15 Jan 2025 - 6:15PM
Hong Kong
He escaped death by beheading in 1940s Hong Kong, then became a British oil exec
Now 98 years old, Hui Yin-kan survived the Japanese occupation during World War 2.
15 Jan 2025 - 10:23AM
Asia travel
All technology will eventually ‘die out’. This Tokyo museum preserves it
From Betacam videotapes to cameras, defunct tech is the main attraction at the Extinct Media Museum.
14 Jan 2025 - 4:21PM
War and conflict
UK security service MI5 to reveal some of its secrets in exhibition
A World War II-era guide to tailing a target, and files on notorious double agents such as Kim Philby, feature in MI5: Official Secrets show.
14 Jan 2025 - 3:37PM
King Charles III
Britain’s King Charles to visit Poland for Auschwitz commemorations
Auschwitz, the largest Nazi death camp in World War II, was liberated on January 27, 1945.
14 Jan 2025 - 12:36PM
Architecture and design
Glamorous and luxurious, art deco style is back – with modern twists
Art deco is enjoying a comeback in decor and fashion 100 years after its introduction, embraced by celebrities such as Zendaya and Beyoncé.
14 Jan 2025 - 9:56AM
Archaeology and palaeontology
Like a giant jigsaw puzzle, Iraq’s historic treasures become whole again
Archaeologists are painstakingly putting together artefacts at Nimrud shattered by Islamic State jihadists, undaunted by the colossal task.
12 Jan 2025 - 5:15PM
Lessons from China's history
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The earliest Chinese lotteries, and a cheating operator’s gruesome death
Various forms of lottery have existed in China for centuries, as have attempts to ban them for reasons like the social problems they induce.
11 Jan 2025 - 9:23AM
Asia travel
A Bengaluru train ride back in time
A journey into the colonial past visits four restored railway stations on the Bengaluru-Kolar line.
9 Jan 2025 - 5:15PM
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Hong Kong’s star-studded past, from The Beatles to Muhammad Ali
Discover the fascinating stories of some of the biggest ever names from the worlds of music and sport during their memorable visits to the city.
8 Jan 2025 - 8:15AM
Vietnam
Squid Game accused of whitewashing South Korea’s Vietnam war ‘atrocities’
Vietnamese authorities are reviewing whether the second season of the Netflix smash-hit series violates the law amid calls for a boycott.
7 Jan 2025 - 9:02AM
Asia travel
Italy’s bee buzzes off to India after failing EU emissions standards
Piaggio Apé 3-wheeler is slow but carries a big load. A feature of Italian life for 75 years, it will now be built in India.
14 Jan 2025 - 1:09PM
Japan
Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor, who devoted his life to peace, dies at 93
Shigemi Fukahori was only 14 when the US dropped the bomb on Nagasaki and hoped to pass on ‘the baton of peace’ in reference to his advocacy.
5 Jan 2025 - 6:47PM
India
Shock and gore: why Indian street plays resort to the outrageous and grotesque
Street theatre in India has had to adapt to the digital age and ideological threats to stay relevant amid a changing cultural landscape.
5 Jan 2025 - 12:00PM
Japan
Japan’s far-right slams 2 history films for trying to ‘drive a wedge’
Two films, 731 and Harbin, have drawn criticism from a politician for fuelling anti-Japan sentiment before WWII’s 80th anniversary in 2025.
4 Jan 2025 - 3:11PM
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Israel-Gaza war
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The West and the rest: how genocide in Gaza will usher in the end of ‘his-story’
The breach of international laws by the West has led non-Western countries to seek new global historical narratives and tell ‘our-stories’.
4 Jan 2025 - 12:00PM
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Fame and celebrity
Who is Selena’s killer, Yolanda Saldívar – and will she get parole in 2025?
The 64-year-old – who is currently serving a life sentence for the 1995 murder of the Tejano icon – has filed paperwork to request being released this year.
3 Jan 2025 - 7:00PM
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Britain
‘Dinosaur highway’ tracks dating back 166 million years discovered in England
Hundreds of dinosaur footprints found in UK quarry offer a glimpse into the lives of Jurassic giants like Cetiosaurus and Megalosaurus.
3 Jan 2025 - 11:18AM
BBC
Weather bulletin that inspired poets, bands, BBC shipping forecast turns 100
Viking, Dogger, Sole, Lundy and Fastnet have become household names through the BBC’s shipping forecast, a guide for generations of sailors.
1 Jan 2025 - 10:45AM
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Taiwan
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Taiwan’s latest legislative punch-ups suggest democracy is in retreat
While scuffles in the legislature are practically a tradition going back decades, this year’s clashes have been more violent and disruptive.
5 Jan 2025 - 12:09PM
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