This posh Seoul suburb is a hub of luxury and excess, discovers Sharon Stephenson.

Graham Reid offers tips in a fascinating and noisy city.

Got Tokyo fatigue? The beautifully preserved Edo town of Takayama is the perfect salve, and just a short train ride away. Sit on the right and hope for clear skies to get a good view of Fuji.

Kieran Nash enjoys an authentic experience at Japan's oldest ski resort.

Racism is no part of the issue, writes Hussein Rawlings. Nor should we fear the accusation of "protectionism". Are Indonesia, China, or Thailand challenged on their land ownership laws?

Sixty-four Dunedin manufacturing workers will have their working week reduced by a day, following KiwiRail's decision to award a manufacturing tender offshore.

Fonterra's dairy product recall made headlines worldwide, as New Zealand's export markets react to reports of the botulism scare.

My first tea ceremony took place in the world's oldest hotel, Japan's Honshi Ryokan.

The rice terraces set amid the swirling clouds around the Vietnamese hill station of Sapa are truly eye watering.

Changi is an oasis of greenery, writes Dionne Christian.

Rescuers with shovels and sniffer dogs combed through collapsed hillsides as the death toll rose to 89 from a strong earthquake in a farming region of northwest China.

"We have made efforts not to cause any leak to the outside, but we might have failed to do so," TEPCO admits a problem with Fukushima's Dai-ichi plant.

A strong earthquake in a dry, hilly farming area in western China knocked down power lines and damaged scores of homes, killing at least 75 and injuring nearly 300, the local government said.