The lunar new year marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar, which this year rises on 29 January, kicking off ...

The global demand for South Korean rice cakes has surged, leading to a record-breaking export value last year. According to ...

Known as Chinese New Year to some, Lunar New Year or Tết, marks the start of the Year of the Snake for many Asian communities ...

Food is also symbolic for the Vietnamese Lunar New Year. In the North, Banh Chung, a sticky rice cake with banana leaves, is ...

Tangy rice infused with lemon juice, curry leaves, and aromatic spices. Rice flavored with tangy tamarind paste, peanuts, and fragrant seasoning. Mildly sweet rice with grated coconut, green chilies, ...

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A ceremony to distribute traditional round rice cakes was held on Monday at Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. The castle is designated as a national treasure. Eleven members of the ...

MANILA/HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): The year 2025 is set to be a challenging year for South-East Asian countries that are looking to boost their economic growth while the world faces economic ...

(Tsz925 via AP) Twenty years after he was a young, struggling actor in Toronto, Thomas Lo is now the one giving young Asian actors their big breaks. He just had to go to Hong Kong to do it. The ...

Remove the skillet from the heat and spray it with cooking spray. Add the rice and cook until it's browned, stirring often. Stir the broth, soy, garlic, ginger and carrot in the skillet and heat ...

Nguyen Ninh, a facility producing banh com (green rice cake) - a specialty well-liked by Hanoi locals and visitors, has been suspended due to food safety violations. An inspection on Thursday ...

Few of those immigrants would disagree with him. It would be easy to shrug this off as South Asian chauvinism. The idea of a “model minority,” which puts Asian Americans on a pedestal ...