Biologists are adding a gene to the DNA of the pigeon pea, in hopes of boosting export output by 30 per cent.

Export opportunities exist well beyond the most obvious places.

Shandelle Battersby enjoys the people watching and the setting sun in Canggu.

"We are excited to welcome Pepper to the Pizza Hut family".

Packing Mumbai, Delhi, Agra and Bhutan into a week is verging on the impossible, but that's what the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge did earlier this year.

It's never 'just one drink' in Vietnam - mostly due to the insane drink specials, writes Eli Orzessek.

The vibrant capital of the Philippines has a rich history, and an exciting future.

Known for fresh powder snow and amazing scenery, Hokkaido, Japan has been named the best destination in Asia.

The golden statue at Hainan Island, China, was built to represent peace and wisdom, but the selfie-takers showed the opposite.

A massive earthquake called an "active megathrust fault" is posing a genuine threat to southern Asia.

Tourists visiting Thailand are urged not to take selfies with slow loris animals after one was found with his teeth ripped out.

An exhibition in the Japanese capital is reinventing traditional aquariums of the Edo period

Visitors who dress immodestly will not be allowed to enter Cambodia's famed Angkor temple complex

Rod Pascoe basks in tropical temperatures on a fabulous - and surprising - resort island off China's southern coastline.

A man has been filmed after reportedly climbing out of his lover's apartment window to hide from her husband.

Many people will tell you that you haven't really experienced Hiroshima if you haven't tried a okonomiyaki.

When I'm asked to complete a well-being questionnaire a day before setting off on holiday, I put a big cross over an angry-looking face, indicating five out of five for my stress level.

Marking World Refugee Day, the Herald spoke to a refugee family who escaped from Laos to New Zealand 33 years ago, risking their lives to do so.

The mysterious ruins of this place, founded about 2000 years ago, lie on top of a small plateau rising 30m out of the desert basin around the Chinese city of Turpan.

Most people heading to Thailand usually arrive in Bangkok and promptly board a plane south in search of sandy shores and blue seas.

The Marina Bay Sands has to be one of the world's most beautiful and famous rooftop infinity pools.

Diving and snorkelling as well as jungle-trekking is available for visitors looking for an adrenaline rush.

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.