The 10 Habits of Asian Media Consumers: a slide presentation compiled by The Tomorrow Company, which explores the complex sphere of media consumption in Asia. It's an entirely new generation of media consumers. Korean commuters watching mobile television in subways in Seoul, teenagers addicted to gaming in China, Japanese commuters reading books composed entirely on mobile phones and entire parallel economies of virtual acorns, coins and swords. (Best viewed ... Read full entry

China is set to return as a global power, and its domination of the Beijing Olympics is just another sign of its resurgence, according to New York Times writer, Nicholas D. Kristof. The world we are familiar with, dominated by America and Europe, is a historical anomaly. Until the 1400s, the largest economies in the world were China and India, and forecasters then might have assumed that they would ... Read full entry

There and Back Again British web designer Andy Budd writes about his recent visit to New Zealand and Australia, where he spoke at Webstock and Web Directions events. I love this paragraph about Hong Kong, "a city where east and west collide", though: The trip started with a two day lay-over in Hong Kong to break the journey. I've been to this amazingly vibrant city before and it's one of ... Read full entry

Tourist photos from North Korea (video presentation). Once more unto the iron curtain... incredible photos (if only by virtue of the fact we see so few images from North Korea) taken by Paul Koontz during a visit to the country last year. While in Asia in 2007, TEDster Paul Koontz got the priceless chance to spend a few days in North Korea. He brought his two kids - and his ... Read full entry

Suharto's Indonesia A photo essay exploring the life and times of the late Suharto, who was president of Indonesia for over 30 years before being forced out of office in 1998.