Traditional female entertainers in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto have exchanged early New Year greetings. In Kyoto's Gion district, December 13 is regarded as the day for starting preparations for the...
Oman is stepping up efforts to preserve its frankincense heritage, a resource long regarded as historically equivalent to oil, in the arid Dawkah Valley of the southern Dhofar region.
The valley, near the...
The call to prayer echoed from the Al Ihsan Mosque in Lintang Village on December 12 as Muslim worshippers in Indonesia’s Aceh province gathered for their first congregational Friday prayers since...
A graduation ceremony for alpacas was held Friday at an elementary school in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, before the animals were returned to the ranch they were rented from. Kuzumaki Elementary School in...
China’s national flag was raised and then lowered at half-mast during a memorial ceremony in east China’s Nanjing City on Saturday to mourn the Nanjing Massacre victims killed during the Japanese...
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday held a welcome ceremony for the 528th Regiment of Engineers of the Korean People's Army, which returned from the overseas operational area, the...
The Japanese public has chosen the Chinese character for "bear" as the kanji that best represents 2025. The selection follows unusually frequent bear sightings involving significant damage nationwide...
Viet Nam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a phone call on Friday afternoon with his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim to discuss bilateral relations and key emerging regional and international issues....
The annual number of visitors at the National Museum of Korea surpassed six million. It's the highest number of annual visitors in the museum's 80-year history, with one of the key contributing factors...
Millions of cyclists, runners, rollerbladers and pedestrians take over Bogota's streets during the Colombian city's nocturnal Christmas cycle. For the event, over 95 kilometers of roads have been adapted...