The Omoro Sōshi, a collection of some 1,500 songs written in the 16th and 17th centuries, is the oldest extant text in ...

The great 19th-century strategist and navalist Alfred Thayer Mahan would be shocked and mystified that we have allowed the ...

The Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE) is generally regarded as a golden age in imperial Chinese history. The dynasty’s greatness owes ...

Set in the Tang Dynasty, “Flourished Peony” tells the ... After escaping an arranged marriage to Liu Chang (Wei Zhe Ming), she encounters Jiang Chang Yang (Li Xian), a seemingly corrupt ...

K-Royal Culture Festival to run for 9 days in April ...

MANILA, March 11 — The arrest of ex-Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte today was unlawful and the former leader had no legal representation, his former lawyer and spokesman said. Salvador Panelo, ...

Ming, named after the Chinese Ming Dynasty that ruled when it was born, was found in the cold waters near Iceland. Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus) – Estimated to live for 250 to 500 years, ...

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Three men snatched Ming dynasty antiques worth more than 3.5 million US dollars (£2.78 million) from a Swiss museum shortly before they allegedly plotted to murder a career criminal convicted of ...

Three men snatched Ming dynasty antiques worth more than 3.5 million US dollars (£2.78 million) from a Swiss museum shortly before they allegedly plotted to murder a career criminal convicted of ...

SEMENYIH, Feb 27 — Whenever I join my friends for some hotpot, we will always order a yin-yang – half nourishing clear stock and half spicy Sichuan soup. More often than not, I will go for the latter; ...