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Zurich’s Swiss Re, the world’s second-largest reinsurer, has published its global ranking of cities under threat from natural disasters — and a US city is in the top 10. For the …

When it comes to stories about North Korea and its wacky yet deadly regime, it’s often hard to tell what’s true, what’s an urban legend, and what is South Korean …

North Korean boy dictator Kim Jong-un is forcing his male citizens to cut their hair the way he wears it, according to Radio Free Asia. But recent visitors to the …

Bloomberg News editor-at-large in Asia Ben Richardson has quit Michael Bloomberg’s business-oriented news agency, in protest of his editors burying an investigative piece on Chinese elites. According to the New York Times, …

“Xia” is a 38-year-old food cart vendor, who works the streets of the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, near the North Korean border. There’s nothing about the man that might catch …

It’s interesting to track trends in technology by analyzing the latest in industry buzz-phrases. After the World Wide Web was firmly established as a business tool, industry consultants started spinning …

Gold and silver prices reached a three month high Friday, amid widespread concern for the state of the economic recovery. Gold for April delivery hit $1,317.60 an ounce on the …

Asian markets are getting clobbered today, and the Japanese markets have officially reached “correction” territory. The contagion spread to US markets after manufacturing numbers missed projections; the numbers didn’t miss …

See more Living in… posts by Bruce Haring. You know you’re in for a bit of a struggle when you live in a country whose most glorious moment was in …

Sometimes, the best investments are found beneath your feet. The rug has been considered an item of value since the end of the 13th century, when Marco Polo brought the …