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Japan: Tranquil times in Okinawa
The subtropical islands of Okinawa are officially part of Japan but it's almost like a different country.
The subtropical islands of Okinawa are officially part of Japan but it's almost like a different country.
We had hundreds of entries in our Singapore Airlines giveaway. Our winner, Colin Liddell, tells his story.
Graham Reid visits a huge bar on the ground floor of the distinctive Parkview Building.
Calm washes over me as I listen to the soothing chants of a monk praying in the early-morning sun.
Cheap, fast and frills-free. Hong Kong's street restaurants have served well-loved favorites for decades. The city's much-loved food stalls are finding new favour, discovers Justine Gerardy
Newcomer Hong Kong Airlines has business fares out that will undercut rivals when it starts flying to NZ in November.
Ann An moved to New Zealand as a child with her parents from China - and still wakes up in the morning asking "who am I?"
No bananas! I couldn't believe there had been no bananas in our entire village and in the middle of a sweat-drenched 10km jungle trek, I was starting to cramp up.
Dizzyingly tall skyscrapers, countless shopping malls, congested streets: I knew Hong Kong was packed with them.
With its old mustard coloured buildings, multitudes of lanterns, bicycles and happy looking dogs, Hoi An is definitely our cutest stop yet.
Eli Orzessek reports from Contiki's Vietnam Highlights tour.
One of the largest islands in the Gulf of Thailand, Ko Samui is known for palm-fringed sandy beaches, coral reefs and coconut trees.
The hotel manager offers a broad smile as he guides me down the boat ramp on to the warm sand of the eastern shore of Phi Phi Island (pronounced "PP").
Mystery has enveloped the ginseng industry-the biggest customer for a small Canadian county has disappeared.
It took some time to adjust to the gloom after the bright sunshine outside.
Hawker centres abound but the Maxwell Centre, one of the biggest, is a good place to start your cheap-eats journey.
The market is one of many scattered across South Korea's capital - a city humming with activity and life - and a drawcard for locals and tourists.
It was a time for firsts: my first five-star executive suite, my first massage, my first Michelin dining experience, and my first visit to a casino.
New Zealand could become a major exporter of gas to Asia, Energy and Resources minister Simon Bridges says.
A growing number of influential people in South Korea are getting behind the idea of having nukes. The target? China.
Once known as the 'Pearl of Asia', Phnom Penh is filled with French colonial buildings and has a picturesque riverside promenade.
The plane crawls high above the Mekong delta - flooded paddy, intestinal loops of river, roads crammed with Honda 50s and lined with shops selling rice and Marlboros.
Recovery from the tormenting years of Khmer Rouge's reign, up until a decade ago, has been slow but sure for Cambodia.
A steep rise in China's reported imports from Hong Kong has raised concerns that trade invoices are being manipulated to get capital.
The thing about Burma's Myeik Archipelago is there are no tourists.
Hanoi's old quarter is brimming with life. A steady stream of motorcycles whizz by as we weave through the dense crowd of shoppers along Hang Dao.
A small village in the northern Philippines has been overwhelmed by the increase of tourists in recent years.
The prime minister wooed investors at a glitzy event, but executives said more reforms are needed.