The Year of the Snake has brought celebrations in Hawaiʻi and across Asia. It's also brought a lot of travel. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

Lunar New Year, celebrated by millions across the world, marks the transition into a new year with a variety of rich traditions and customs. In 2025, the festival will begin on January 29, heralding ...

A person’s zodiac is determined by the year and the animal they are born under, and it’s believed to influence their personality, career, relationships, and fortunes. According to this cycle, 2025 is ...

Students don’t have to travel to China or Korea to sample delicious food when Los Angeles contains such great restaurants like Genghis Cohen and Sun Nong Dan. (Alpha) Lunar New Year began on Wednesday ...

Millions worldwide celebrate Lunar New Year with firecrackers, incense, dances, and wishes for good luck and prosperity.

Food is also symbolic for the Vietnamese Lunar New Year. In the North, Banh Chung, a sticky rice cake with banana leaves, is ...

More than a billion people across the world, from China to the Philippines to diaspora communities in the United States, ...

Firecrackers, parades and prayers marked the Lunar New Year as millions around Asia and farther afield celebrated ...

Train stations and airports across the country have been jam-packed for weeks as millions returned home to spend the holidays ...

The brief story glances over the mythology of Nian, a fierce beast from ancient China. It's said that the beast hated loud ...

Communities across the world begin celebrating Lunar New Year on Jan. 29 — and 2025 marks the Year of the Snake.

The image shows a snake with a mandarin orange on its head, a fruit commonly eaten during Lunar New Year festivities ...