Southeast Asia

Films and Lectures

2013-05-05 00:00:00

HAWAII Movie Filmmaker Catherine Bauknight will present "Hawaii: A Voice for Sovereignty," a documentary that raises awareness of issues that threaten the ancient and environmentally sustainable culture of native Hawaiians. When, where: 7:30 p.m....

Your Scene: A touch of color along the Mekong River

2013-05-11 06:30:00

Linda Beuret and her husband, Peter, traveled to Vietnam and Cambodia in January to sail on the Mekong River, which had been a dream of theirs. "We were amazed at the Mekong River and all the people who live on the river without stepping on land," she...

Stakes are huge in Malaysian election

2013-05-03 17:29:00

NEW DELHI — Malaysia faces its most significant election in decades Sunday, as voters choose between the longtime ruling coalition touting its steady hand and an untested opposition alliance promising economic and political reforms. The stakes are...

In the Inland Empire, an industrial real estate boom

2013-04-12 23:30:00

Nestled on the windy plains at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains, once austere stretches of agricultural land have morphed into the country's most desirable industrial real estate market, and it is growing faster than any other industrial region in...

Survey: Many Muslims want sharia, but differ on what that means

2013-04-30 09:00:00

In�Afghanistan, Iraq and many other countries across the globe, most Muslims support making sharia, or Islamic law, the official law of the land, according to a sweeping survey released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center. But sharia means different...

Carpet: It's in the bag

2013-03-21 12:30:00

Rugs have been appearing on shoulders and wrists and backs, carried as colorful, one-of-a-kind purses and handbags. These modern carpetbags use kilim (flat weave), dhurries (hand-woven, vegetable-dyed cotton), suzani (embroidered cotton or silk) and...

Homegrown lemon grass: two varieties of a singular taste

2013-03-12 10:10:00

One of the stands of lemon grass in the middle of the Vermont Square Community Garden is in full flower now, a somewhat unusual occurrence. It’s not a particularly attractive phase for the plants, which look like overgrown weeds on their last legs....

The Right Side of Asia

2013-02-15 17:12:00

There’s no other destination on the planet quite like the islands off the coast of eastern Asia — where a vast natural landscape and pristine marine life offer ideal year-round outdoor activities like hiking, biking and diving.�Taiwan and...

Stanley Karnow dies at 87; author of epic Vietnam history

2013-01-27 19:43:00

Stanley Karnow, an award-winning author and journalist who combined insightful reporting with personal accounts and historical sweep in books on the Vietnam War and the Philippines and the critically acclaimed public television series that accompanied the...

Vietnam releases American activist accused of subversion

2013-01-30 12:25:00

An American democracy activist accused of trying to overthrow the Vietnamese government was freed Wednesday and sent home to Southern California to rejoin his family, more than nine months after he was first detained in Saigon. The unexpected decision...

Bring my son, and everyone else's, home from Afghanistan

2012-12-23 00:00:00

My soldier son called last month to wish his mother and me a happy Thanksgiving. My iPhone buzzed and there he was, sitting in a gun tower, his smiling face bathed in gauzy infrared light, an M249 machine gun propped at the ready behind him. For...

The Week in Pictures | September 10 – 16, 2012

2012-09-14 22:14:01

Linda Beuret and her husband, Peter, traveled to Vietnam and Cambodia in January to sail on the Mekong River, which had been a dream of theirs. "We were amazed at the Mekong River and all the people who live on the river without stepping on land," she said.

2013-05-10 18:11:48

A $24,000 haircut -- perhaps the most expensive ever -- was given to the Sultan of Brunei in August. The main cost was the airfare of London barber Ken Modestou to Southeast Asia. Modestou's usual fee, when the customer comes to him, is about $45.

2013-05-07 00:00:00

There's no shortage of upscale hotels and delicious restaurants in Vietnam's cities, but if you really want to see the best of Southeast Asia, grab a motorcycle and retrace the 1,000 miles of the famed Ho Chi Minh trail, posting up at small homestays along the way.

2013-02-13 14:55:45