Somewhere in Mexico, an entire clan with the last name Maganda (the Tagalog word for "beautiful") has lived for more than 200 years, according to the country's National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). In that same coastal region, NCCA said locals like to drink the sap of coconut, which they also call tuba (the same term used in the Philippines).

News.Az interviews Irina Ghaplanyan, a graduate student of politics and international studies at the University of Cambridge. How would you comment on the recent cultural mission of Azerbaijani and Armenian diplomats, Polad Bulbuloglu and Armen Smbatyan, to Baku and Yerevan?...

President Ma Ying-jeou says Taiwan's youth exchange program should be extended to countries that do not have formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan. The president was speaking on Wednesday at an event where participants of the Taiwan International Youth Ambassadors Exchange Program shared their experiences with the public.

Baimurat Allaberiyev, a diminutive 37-year-old popularly known as Tajik Jimmy for his rendition of “Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, aaja, aaja, aaja” from Mithun’s 1983 hit Disco Dancer, is poised to become an icon for the Indian foreign ministry’s programme to showcase the country’s “soft power”.

Twenty young Saudis are marking the 20 years of diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and Saudi Arabia by participating in a forum hosted by the All-China Youth Federation.

Myanmar has been cooperating with South Korea in art and culture exchange and Gwanju is striving itself to turn into an art city by launching culture exchange, sponsoring paper reading sessions and opening of art galleries, inviting Myanmar and other Asian countries to join in exhibition.

The South Asian University (SAU), which is a first of its kind joint venture for the eight member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), began its first academic session on August 26 this year, with an initial batch of 50 students.

As it now stands, this law remains harmful to the intellectual and cultural exchange between nations that is crucial to fostering growth, tolerance, and progress. It is particularly vital for those countries with significant cultural and political differences to learn about one another...