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Mount Fuji poised to get World Heritage status

2 May 2013

Japan's Mount Fuji is likely to be added to the list of Unesco World Heritage sites next month after an influential advisory panel to the UN cultural body made a recommendation, officials said...

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Haeco earnings jump 6.7pc

13 Mar 2013

Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co saw a 6.7 per cent jump in net profit to HK$876 million last year as rising demand for engine overhauls offset lower sales of the airframe repair division caused...

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UN says North Korea cannot end war armistice

12 Mar 2013

The United Nations said on Monday that an armistice which halted the 1950-53 Korean War remains valid despite claims by North Korea to have scrapped the accord as Washington slapped sanctions on...

6:00AM

Up Close and Personal

3 Feb 2013

During my childhood in the 1950s and '60s, Lunar New Year was the most important festival. My father ran a grocery shop on Queen's Road East in Wan Chai, and the new year was the only time when...

4:01PM

A legacy in progress

13 Jan 2013

Nicole Schoeni is building on her father's love for Chinese contemporary art, writes Fionnuala McHugh.

5:13PM

Myanmar refugees fearful after fighting escalates

5 Jan 2013

Ethnic Kachins living in makeshift camps in Myanmar described their terror at the army’s use of air power during fighting with Kachin rebels seeking more autonomy, as the government said on Friday...

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