Isobel Yeung
When I Dined in Aleppo
A brief visit with Assad's regime just before rebels abandoned the city was alternately surreal and terrifying.
Inside an illegal speakeasy in Baghdad
In October Iraqi parliament banned all production, importation and sales of alcohol. Fines for violating the law can be as much as $21,00 dollars but that is not the only repercussion to be feared. Many illegal liquor stores have encountered...
Why China's government wants its people to eat more potatoes
China has a problem: it has to feed 20 percent of the world's population with just 10 percent of the world's arable land.
A Thai Juice Cleanse Is Even Worse Than a Hollywood Juice Cleanse
I went to a tranquil resort in Koh Samui, Thailand, to give my body a vacation from unhealthy foods. What I found instead was juices that resembled swamp water and guests who looked like roaming skeletons clinging fast to their colonic irrigation...
Japan is sitting on a massive geothermal reserve that heats thousands of spas
"Somewhere in Japan, a Japanese person is always in an onsen," one spa owner told VICE News.
I Finally Lost My Durian Virginity
I ventured to Malaysia, where people come from all over to indulge in dozens of varieties of this strange, spiky, stinky fruit, from the pale, bitter "Jackie Chan's Wife" to the elusive "Red Prawn."
On the Ground at Hong Kong’s Occupy Central Protests
Following a full week of student strikes, an estimated 200,000 protestors poured into the city’s financial district surrounding government buildings to demand democracy.
Kids in Hong Kong Took to the Streets to Demand More Democracy
All week, students have been boycotting classes to campaign for democracy.
Activists Couldn't Stop 10,000 Dogs from Being Eaten in China
Pet-lovers across China and the rest of the world have been quick to lament Yulin's apparently boundless appetite for puppy flesh.