Samsung is facing criticism for allegedly covering up the fatal poisoning of its workers. And the company's excuse is amazing.

Find a fisherman to drop you off at a secluded beach, writes Mauricio Olmedo-Perez.

Dragon by name and dragon by nature, this new attraction in Hunan province is sure to attract thrillseekers from around the world.

There's an uneasy alliance between humans and long-tailed macaques, discovers Jonathan Killick.

A Chinese museum has turned its beady eye on the world's great works of art, writes Rod Pascoe.

Inside the world of a Thailand elephant sanctuary on the banks of the River Kwai.

New Zealand firms need to collaborate when it comes to shipping cargo offshore.

India's Tadoba Andhari National Park is one of the few bright spots in the fight to save tigers from extinction, writes Sarah Marshall.

A knifeman has killed at least 19 people and injured 45 in Sagamihara, west of Tokyo, according to reports.

Export opportunities exist well beyond the most obvious places.

Shandelle Battersby enjoys the people watching and the setting sun in Canggu.

"We are excited to welcome Pepper to the Pizza Hut family".

Packing Mumbai, Delhi, Agra and Bhutan into a week is verging on the impossible, but that's what the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge did earlier this year.

It's never 'just one drink' in Vietnam - mostly due to the insane drink specials, writes Eli Orzessek.

The vibrant capital of the Philippines has a rich history, and an exciting future.

Known for fresh powder snow and amazing scenery, Hokkaido, Japan has been named the best destination in Asia.

The golden statue at Hainan Island, China, was built to represent peace and wisdom, but the selfie-takers showed the opposite.

The world's biggest planemakers are wooing the Indian budget carrier for a potential blockbuster order worth about $12 billion.

Tourists visiting Thailand are urged not to take selfies with slow loris animals after one was found with his teeth ripped out.

An exhibition in the Japanese capital is reinventing traditional aquariums of the Edo period

Visitors who dress immodestly will not be allowed to enter Cambodia's famed Angkor temple complex

Rod Pascoe basks in tropical temperatures on a fabulous - and surprising - resort island off China's southern coastline.

A man has been filmed after reportedly climbing out of his lover's apartment window to hide from her husband.

Many people will tell you that you haven't really experienced Hiroshima if you haven't tried a okonomiyaki.

When I'm asked to complete a well-being questionnaire a day before setting off on holiday, I put a big cross over an angry-looking face, indicating five out of five for my stress level.

Marking World Refugee Day, the Herald spoke to a refugee family who escaped from Laos to New Zealand 33 years ago, risking their lives to do so.

In a tiny pancake shop, Regan Schoultz meets a survivor of the atomic raid.

The mysterious ruins of this place, founded about 2000 years ago, lie on top of a small plateau rising 30m out of the desert basin around the Chinese city of Turpan.

Most people heading to Thailand usually arrive in Bangkok and promptly board a plane south in search of sandy shores and blue seas.