The Japanese love their beautiful yen bills,with their elegant,understated designs printed on tough,off-white plant fibre.
Some universities,including at least one prestigious Group of Eight institution,have taken the drastic step of banning or limiting applications from countries deemed at high risk of visa refusal.
Lawyer Olga Murray had an epiphany while hiking in the Himalayas and dedicated the rest of her life to helping impoverished young Nepalese women.
Kanchha Sherpa,91,was among those who put Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the 8849-metre peak in 1953. He says it is getting out of control.
A new level of luxury has arrived in the wilds of Nepal,but it’s the unmatched cultural immersion that is the real game changer.
There are large parts of this planet where Christmas passes almost unnoticed. No sleigh bells,no mistletoe,no silly hats,no turkey and no jollity to make you feel like you’re missing out.
The country became the first in South Asia to legalise same-sex marriage,and only the second in the whole of Asia,after Taiwan.
Authorities said the death toll that hit just before midnight on Friday,Nepal time,was expected to rise,noting that communications were cut off in many places.
The Nepal batsman smashed an astonishing 50 runs off just nine-balls in what is now the fastest half-century scored in international cricket.
A new report warns that glaciers melting across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges at unprecedented rates could threaten the fresh water supply for nearly 2 billion people.
West Papua’s whale sharks,high-flying in Vietnam,rewilding in India... South-East Asia’s travel hits from Good Weekend’s 2023 Dream Destinations issue.