CULTURE

Delhi’s Shopping Assistants Spark Debate

A start-up offering personal shopping aides in one of India’s busiest markets has become a symbol of urban innovation …

Songkran Festival: Deaths and Disorder Rise

By Staff Correspondent BANGKOK/PATTAYA, Thailand — What should be a week of renewal, reverence and national celebration has, in its …

Thailand Braces for Fuel Strain Before Songkran

BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand is confronting a difficult convergence of economic pressure and holiday-season urgency as a sudden rise in …

South Korea: BTS Returns to the Global Stage

SEOUL, South Korea— BTS, the South Korean pop group whose hiatus reshaped the economics of K-pop, returned to the stage …

Thailand Marks National Elephant Day

BANGKOK, Thailand — Across Thailand on Friday, ceremonies, educational programs and conservation campaigns mark National Elephant Day, a distinctive holiday …