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The national sport? Seoul’s Insadong entertainment district.

In Korea, drinking is a national sport – with strict rules

If you want to have a few drinks in Korea, there are fouls, faux pas, and formalities that must be followed lest you inadvertently cause offence. 

  • Paul Marshall
Nanxi Shopping District near the Zhongshan metro station in Taipei.

The coolest part of this Asian city is actually underneath it

A visit to Zhongshan, one of Taipei’s up-and-coming neighbourhoods, is not normally on the dance card of first-time visitors to the Taiwanese capital.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
Nagoya doesn’t live up to its boring reputation.

I visited ‘Japan’s most boring city’ and found it was the opposite

The highlight of this city is not what it has, but what it doesn’t have: tourists.

  • Paul Marshall
Seiganto-ji Temple and Nachi waterfall, a short walk on the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route.

Japan’s extraordinary answer to the Camino trail

Japan’s Kumano Kodo is one of only two UNESCO World Heritage-listed pilgrimages in the world.

  • Rob McFarland
Hong Kong Airlines will fly an Airbus A330-300 on its new Sydney route.

New route launched as Australians flock back to former Asian favourite

The number of Australians visiting Hong Kong has surged by 40 per cent in recent months.

  • Craig Platt
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Cathay Pacific’s all-new flat-bed Aria Suite business class is now available on the Sydney to Hong Kong route.

Could this be the new world’s best business class? A resounding yes

Standing ovation, gold medal – this cloud-like flat bed with quilted topper and fluffy 400-thread-count duvet is a sky cocoon.

  • Flip Byrnes
The Future I Saw predicts a tsunami will hit Japan in July this year.

Asian tourist numbers to Japan are plummeting. A comic book is to blame

Holiday bookings to Japan from key Asian markets have plunged as a dire prediction made in a graphic novel goes viral on social media.

Simple ingredients create something amazing.

‘We cherish everything’: How the Japanese make perfect drinks

This is a country in which every art form and indeed every practice in life is taken seriously, with patience and skill applied to their perfection.

  • Ben Groundwater
Woman in a kimono walking in the Higashi Chaya district of Kanazawa, Japan.

Japan’s next big thing is already popular, but many miss its highlights

On a self-guided tour through “little Kyoto”, I’m experiencing things that most tourists miss.

  • Kylie McLaughlin
Many package itineraries start in Tokyo before exploring other parts of the country.

How to do Japan better than the rest, according to an expert

Our expert reveals her ultimate two-week itinerary around the Land of the Rising Sun.

  • Danielle Demetriou

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