TEHRAN — With his trimmed beard, red scarf and bronze-colored waistcoat, Kazem Mabhutian serves a steady stream of...
BEIJING — The dispute between China and South Korea over the origin of kimchi is heating up. While South Korea...
MANILA, Philippines — Instead of teaching about the historical importance of marking one’s skin with indelible patterns or designs, a...
NEW ORLEANS — The Christmas season is officially drawing to a close, but it’s just the start of the...
BEIJING — Two friends met up after work late last month in Beijing before heading off to a live show. This...
Performers from the San Jose National High School danced their way to victory as they clinched the Grand Prize in...
Mahjong tile-making is a dying craft in an era of mass-produced tiles for the table-top game, popular in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
In Japan's picturesque Ago Bay, oysters will produce a glistening white pearl from a cultured farming technique invented in Japan that is in decline as experts die out in the ageing country.
Mohsen al-Khayami has for years watched sadly as his once lucrative craft business dwindled and fellow artisans deserted the ancient...
More than a hundred people take a midwinter dip known as the annual kanchu suiyoku, at Teppozu Inari Shrine in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, on Sunday.