Heritage

Outcry in Italy over plans to expand Rome's famed Borghese Gallery

FILE PHOTO: A visitor looks at a statue inside Galleria Borghese, in Rome, Italy, May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo

Australian miner Fortescue to pay $108 million for damage to Indigenous group's land

From street to search: New platform Tekka.sg seeks to put Indian businesses in S’pore on the map

Mr Kumaravelu P, founder and CEO of Tekka.sg said he quit a well-paying MNC job three years ago to focus on building the platform.

Fearing return to war, Iran conservationists shore up damaged heritage sites

At least five UNESCO-listed sites and 140 culturally and historically significant locations across Iran were damaged during the conflict.

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.

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