Organik Klub, a Jakarta-based centre for organic food shopping, dining, and education, is open again for customers to walk in and chat with founder Emilia Nursanti Wibisono, a pioneer of the city’s organic food movement. She had expected business would fall off with social distancing measures in place to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. “What happene […]
Tucked away in a quiet backstreet on Hong Kong Island, the Masjid Ammar and Osman Ramju Sadick Islamic Centre is a world apart from the strip of bars not far away in Wan Chai district.On one side is a tall white tower with a pastel green spire, reminiscent of a minaret. At the entrance an attendant checks the temperature of everyone walking in, because of th […]
An ale that rewards drinkers with a healthy gut may sound like an idea devised during a night of heavy boozing. Combine that beer with durian – the spiky, smelly, sometimes polarising fruit popular throughout Southeast Asia – and it’s a concept bordering on the absurd.This sheer novelty value – and a love of beer – inspired Kriza Calumba, a food and science […]
Seven passionate record collectors are helping to preserve long-forgotten Indonesian music of the 20th century with their archival project Irama Nusantara, Indonesian for “rhythm of the archipelago”.So far they have digitised more than 4,000 recordings, which are being streamed for free on their website for a new generation of fans.The project’s seven founde […]
A tattoo artist in the US state of Vermont who for years has offered free removal or covering of hateful skin art such as swastikas, SS lightning bolts or the words “white power” says he has seen an uptick in business following George Floyd’s death at the hands of police in Minneapolis.Alexander Lawrence, who runs Mountainside Tattoo from a storefront in the […]
So maybe, like Coca-Cola, Unilver, Starbucks and other corporations, you’ve had it with Facebook and its policies about either not curbing hate speech, or if you’re on the other side of the aisle, censoring free thought.Where to go? We have some ideas for you.LinkedInYes, that network that for years was thought of solely as a place to look for work, or a net […]
Celebrity red carpet events are largely on hold in the real world because of the pandemic, but an Alexander McQueen pre-spring 2020 ensemble and a pair of Roger Vivier heels are having their moment in fictional worlds. In a scene in the third episode of popular Korean drama A Couple’s World (also known as The World of the Married ), actress Kim Hee-ae pairs […]
With airlines seeing close to zero demand for long-haul flights, super-low airfares and empty seats are inevitable until the end of 2021 as debt-ridden carriers try to stimulate demand. So says the International Air Transport Association (IATA), an airline trade association, which recently revealed updated forecasts showing just how dire the economic outlook […]
Hamilton is bringing its groundbreaking blend of hip-hop musical numbers, inclusive casting and political revolution to Disney+ at a poignant moment in US racial history, its creator and original cast said.A filmed version of the Broadway stage phenomenon, about the US founding fathers told through the lens of modern, multi-ethnic America, lands on Disney’s […]
Jangat Pico, a member of the Orang Rimba indigenous people who live on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, was reluctant to say the name of the new coronavirus when he heard it for the first time.“In Orang Rimba custom, the name of a disease cannot be said aloud,” Pico, 24, said in a video call. “If we say (it), then that disease will come to us.”Superstitions aroun […]
Few Korean pop stars are lucky to have a career that lasts 10 years, and rarely are they as varied and fruitful as Jung Yong-hwa’s. The multifaceted singer-songwriter-producer-actor has been able to grow in different creative fields, with fans supporting his endeavours all the way. Here’s a look at Jung’s decade in K-pop. His early life Jung Yong-hwa was bor […]
Scientists have discovered a “one-step strategy” offering hope for treating Parkinson’s disease and other degenerative illnesses after converting mice brain cells into functioning neurons, they reported this week.The motor defects associated with Parkinson’s are largely caused by the loss of dopamine-emitting neurons – electrically active cells that communic […]
When my journalist friend Anita Rao Kashi described her orange rind gojju – a thick spicy-sour-sweet stew – I was intrigued. Not only had I never heard of this stew before, but the idea of using citrus rind as a main ingredient in a dish was also novel to me. A casual query on Facebook got many other friends responding with their own recipes, including one f […]
Hong Kong-based physical education teacher Julien Schneider was unhappy about gaining weight – more than 15kg (33lb) – in less than a year after arriving in the city in 2015 from his native France, despite doing two hours of physical activity daily.Like many of us, the now 39-year-old had experienced the yo-yo effect since his early 20s: putting on a few ext […]
It is one of Hong Kong’s favourite ways to dine, but is there a future for buffets in the city? In the age of Covid-19, do you still want to bring your family to a crowded restaurant? Or help yourself to food that others have hovered over and touched with the same serving utensils? Has our eye-bulging gluttony been replaced by a smorgasbord of germaphobia an […]
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