East Asia
East and South East Asian People on Why They Started Therapy This Year
The stress of lockdown has prompted many to seek help – with or without the support of their family.
Cheesy Dumplings Are English-Asian Fusion Done Right
When Radhika Mohendas and Jollyon Carter started a food stall selling East Asian dumplings in the small Dorset town of Bridport, they knew they’d have to get creative with ingredients.
Taiwan inches closer to allowing same-sex marriage
Taiwan, host of Asia’s largest pride parade, could become the first in the region to allow gay marriage.
How to Travel on a Budget and Not Be a Dick About It
You can use these travel tips as long as you promise not to be a dick.
How Korean Seaweed Got Turned into a Health Food
For decades, Korean laver (seaweed) was barely eaten outside of the Korean community. Today, itsu, Waitrose, and countless organic retailers sell Westernised versions of the stuff, promoting it as a low-calorie snack.
Why You Should Be Eating Hot Pot on Christmas Day
For many of Britain’s Asian families, hot pot is an unofficial Christmas tradition: a middle finger to winter’s sub-zero temperatures and soggy Brussels sprouts.
Croydon Is Hiding an East Asian Food Paradise
With dim sum restaurants, bakeries, and thousands of Asian ingredients in stock, Wing Yip supermarket is a little piece of Hong Kong transported to South London.
The Mooncake Is East Asia’s Answer to Holiday Fruitcake
Made with lotus bean paste and a salted egg yolk centre to represent the moon in its finest hour, mooncakes are traditionally shared as part of East Asia’s Mid-Autumn festival.
These Porpoises May Go Extinct Because Fish Bladders Are Delicious
A rare fish called the totoaba—whose swim bladder can fetch up to $650,000 on the black market—is sitting dead-center in a global dust-up between Greenpeace, government regulators, and high-seas smugglers. Even worse, totoaba poachers are scooping up...
The Shrimp Now Has a Say in the Ongoing Struggle for East Asian Supremacy
Alliances are shifting between the Korean Peninsula and the major powers who have been fighting for regional influence there for centuries.