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A screenshot of an Amazon product listing for traditional Chinese clothing being sold under a description that mentions hanbok (Provided by Seo Kyung-duk) Online sales of the traditional Chinese ...

Online sales of the traditional Chinese attire hanfu, inaccurately described as the Korean traditional clothing garment hanbok, has sparked a furor in Korea as some internet users have been making ...

Women wear traditional huipil dresses and pozahuanco wraps. Photograph by Diego Huerta Huerta answered a few of our questions about this unique Mexican state and its traditions. Where in Mexico did ...

UN body to study possibility of integrating centuries-old practices into mainstream healthcare From herbalists in Africa gathering plants to use as poultices to acupuncturists in China using needles ...

It remains unclear what the two men did there last month. By Jason Gutierrez and Sui-Lee Wee Jason Gutierrez reported from Manila and Sui-Lee Wee from Bangkok. Dec. 16, 2025 It has been eight years ...

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