1561 results for Asia

17 May 2012

A new multipurpose "port complex" in South Korea, an election in Mongolia and new divorce laws in India.

25 February 2021

Across Asia, progressive politicians and activists are challenging long-established power brokers and accepted norms. We assess the policies and prospects of nine of these men and women to find out whether they offer the…

17 February 2007

The semiotics of President Ahmadinejad's wardrobe, plus the high seas of Indonesian piracy.

15 April 2010

We look at the motorcade of South Korean president Lee Myung-bak, the looming elections in the Philippines and Sri Lanka's "First Family".

17 September 2012

Protecting Yangon's architecture, tackling illegal mining in Goa, and understanding seismic activity in Taiwan.

21 June 2012

Work on a new motorway to drastically improve the Phillipines' infrastructure gets underway, tree planting takes off in China to combat desertification and Kabul to educate the population on conservation, while India's…

17 May 2011

Monocle meets Denmark's ambassador in India, foreign schools flock to China and power problems in Japan.

17 October 2009

The rise of the banker-turned-politician in Japan and Asia's plans to grow bigger islands in places where it matters. China mulls over what to do with its internet addicts as detox houses fail and Delhi bans outdoor nupt…

17 May 2009

Get in the Kim Jong II look in Style Leader (you'll need some Cuban heels), plus China's jet-set women and Indonesia casts its votes.

17 May 2007

The vexed quest to design and new currency symbol of Kazakhstan.

17 October 2012

We look at motorcade of Indonesia president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and report on an ancient Punjabi sport that's gone global.

16 February 2012

The sartorial preferences of North Korea's new Supreme Leader, the big ambitions of Seoul's Incheon airport, and a Q&A with the head of an Indian bicycle rental company.

20 January 2011

China's version of Google Earth, Turkmenistan plans to hold the Olympics, and good news for Taiwan travelers.

17 February 2011

Hong Kong chief executive Donald Tsang's motorcade and India's embrace of ID cards

17 June 2009

Why English-style village shops are popping up in rural China and how the hutongs of Beijing may be given a reprieve. Plus, the latest figures on who is living the longest.