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Fighting over food

Call for UNESCO recognition of Singapore's Yusheng sparks debate

Published on 30 January 2012

Fighting over food

Published on 21 October 2011

It's time to study the Vulnerabilities posed to Taj Mahal's foundation

Visual stress in the Taj Mahal

Published on 16 October 2011

Scholars gather to map out future of Taiwan's arts, culture

Taiwan's foothold in Chinese culture

Politburo meets to discuss cultural reforms

Directive document on cultural reforms drawn up for CPC Central Committee

Published on 13 September 2011

Towards Creating a Vibrant Contemporary Dance Platform in India

International contemporary dance festival

Published on 25 August 2011

Clearing the air

Mistakes were made

Published on 24 August 2011

Chinas Forbidden City accused over thieves, tax and termites

Museum management in China

Published on 22 August 2011

Locals fight Heritage push for Phra Pathom Chedi

World Heritage status would negatively affect their way of life as well as their livelihoods

Published on 20 August 2011

At Buddha's birthplace

A bizarre project in Nepal

Published on 18 August 2011

Descendants reject 'Rumah Besar Sedomon' as heritage

That is why stakeholder analysis

Published on 12 August 2011

Operation clean-up to retain heritage tag

Hampi Development Authority to "cleanse the temple town

Published on 11 August 2011

Insiders Tell Of Multiple Scandals And Attempted Cover-up In Chinas

Continueing scandals at Beijing's Palace Museum

Published on 25 July 2011

Long road to World Heritage status

Ancient Tea Horse Road candidate for Unesco World Heritage status

Published on 20 July 2011

What happened to the dream of a Buddhist Mecca?

Unclear what stage the proposals are

Published on 19 July 2011

Royal protocols open to the public

Manuscripts returned and exhibited

Published on 17 July 2011

History gets a facelift in Tamil Nadu's city of ruins

Danish National Museum preserves historic Danish Governor's Bungalow

Published on 14 July 2011

Chaos threatens Philippines' cultural treasures

Artefacts prone to deterioration, robbery, vandalism

Published on 20 June 2011

Alpine villagers bewildered as China clones their home

Copying heritage?

Published on 19 June 2011

UNESCO cultural center opens in Daejeon

Center will build and strengthen networks of bearers, experts and relevant institutes

Published on 16 June 2011

Karnataka minister puts foot in the mouth

UNESCO compared to East Indian Company

Published on 9 June 2011

'Fate of Old Beijing' Chronicles Destruction of Ancient Hutongs

Few efforts to protrect Hutongs

Published on 5 June 2011

Followup on the destruction and protection of Mahasthangarh, Bangladesh

Committee to submit a report soon

Cultural property law has art world up in arms

New National Cultural Heritage Act sets limits on ownership of works of art

Published on 28 May 2011

Kashmir in Search of Lost Culture

Conflict and culture

Published on 19 May 2011

Cultural relics in danger of commercialization

Preservation under fire after recent theft at a museum in Beijing's Forbidden City

Published on 18 May 2011

Thief threw away treasures when told they were fakes

Theft at Palace Museum

Threatened rock carvings of Pakistan

Victim of the construction of the Diamer-Basha Dam

Published on 17 May 2011

A Call for Revolution? Probably a Typo

Forbidden City to overthrow Communist Party?

Published on 13 May 2011

Root culture

National heritage in the Philippines often being overlooked

Published on 10 May 2011

Senior Chinese official highlights role of culture in China's development

Chinese offical earlier pleded for reform

Published on 9 May 2011

Chandigarh wakes up to save lost heritage

Architect items as "precious" junk lying in their backyard

Published on 4 May 2011

SJM ex-director under scanner over artefacts' 'theft'

Antiques disappear by the thousands in Salar Jung Museum in the 1990-ies

Published on 30 April 2011

European Parliament Calls on China to Halt Destruction of Ancient Kashgar

Rigorous urban planning in Kashgar

Published on 13 April 2011

Plea for UNESCO to save Indonesian temples

Ancient Hindu temples need help

Published on 8 April 2011

Ethnology Museum helps to preserve cultural heritage

New museum aims to understand the link between Viet Nam and the Southeast Asia

Published on 27 February 2011

Another shot at heritage site tag for Majuli

India goes for another World Heritage site

Published on 26 February 2011

Safeguard the cultural heritage of Mahasthan, Bangladesh

Online petition

Published on 23 February 2011

LCCHP and Other Organizations Call for the Preservation of Preah Vihear Temple

Cultural heritage should be a unifying force and not a dividing one

Unesco team arrives at Bodh Gaya

Unesco World Heritage Centre for Buddha's main site

Published on 21 February 2011

Experts Suggest Entrusting Artifacts to Museums

Artifact Assessment Committee registers highly valued artefacts

Published on 15 February 2011

Mahasthangarh artifacts stolen to destroy heritage

To destroy the culture and heritage of Bangladesh

The fading remnants of South Korea's traditional buildings

Burning problem

Published on 14 February 2011

Finding One's Identity in Hypercultural Space

A German-Indonesian Exchange Project

Published on 11 February 2011

Solo Museum Says 9 Puppets Stolen, Replaced With Fakes

We have yet to confirm the total number of inauthentic leather puppets

Published on 7 February 2011

France to Return Stolen Royal Documents to South Korea

Finally closure

Published on 3 February 2011

People power saves historic Banganga tank from poor restoration work

Local protest sloppy restoration

Published on 22 January 2011

UNESCO has been asked to urgently help save ancient Hindu temples

Acid ashes from the Merapi threaten Prambanan

Published on 11 January 2011

The Xavier Center for Culture and the Arts

University is producing "men and women for others"

Published on 7 January 2011

Archaeological sites preservation urged

Conclusion from a conference in Pakistan

Published on 23 December 2010

Sarkozy criticised for loaning French manuscripts to Korea

Culture professionals fear that the items may never return to France

Published on 5 December 2010

Recovering South Korea's lost treasures

Thanks in part to activists Seoul is taking a new aggressive policy