Heritage

Nepal temple celebrates return of stolen Buddha statue

Devotees carrying a centuries-old Buddha statue stolen in the 1980s, back to its pagoda-style temple in Kathmandu on May 1.

Second-generation kids of Asian diaspora embrace mahjong

Mahjong is an old game born in the mid-1800s near Shanghai and spread throughout China and other Asian countries.

Construction starts to restore former imperial rest house at Tokyo park

The Japanese Environment Ministry aims to recreate the exterior and interior of the Nihonkan Goten in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden.

Forum: Penalties must deter irreversible loss of heritage value in conserved buildings

Can heritage food be hip? Young bosses in Singapore show how

Some young people are making it their mission to keep heritage food relevant – and delicious – to new generations of eaters.

‘Dancing in their hands’: Japan wig masters set stage alive

Wig master Tadashi Kamoji creating a wig for kabuki actors at his atelier in Tokyo, on March 11.

Why South Korea’s local governments are trying to sustain bathhouses

A replica of a Korean bathhouse equipped with pools and saunas.

Commentary

Paradise lost: Iran’s heritage sites should have been protected

Visitors walking through the damaged interiors of the historic Golestan Palace in Tehran, on April 4.

At least 30 dead in stampede at Haiti’s historic Laferriere Citadel

FILE PHOTO: People visit the Citadelle Laferriere, a fortress from the early 1800s commonly known as La Citadel in Milot, Haiti April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo/File Photo

More competition, changing tastes put heritage in Kampong Gelam at a crossroads

Various stores and shops at Haji Lane on April 10, 2026.

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