The treasures housed in Taipei are at the centre of a culture war that reflects island's fractious relations with the Chinese ...

PRAGUE — Ivan Klíma, a Czech author and anti-communist dissident whose work and life were shaped by Europe’s 20th-century totalitarian regimes, has died. His son Michal told the Czech ČTK news agency ...

A year later, his writings were banned after a Soviet-led military invasion in 1968 crushed the liberal reforms of Alexander Dubček’s government and ended a more liberal era known as the “Prague ...

Alexander Dubček introduced sweeping political and cultural reforms in Czechoslovakia, loosening censorship and seeking greater freedoms under Communist rule. Soviet leaders saw those changes as ...

Van Buren is the American Songwriter Spring Breakup Song Contest Promotion winner with his song “Got Away.” American Songwriter caught up with him to get the story behind the song. How long have you ...

Park Jiwon, Chairman of Doosan Enerbility, met with Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic, in Prague, taking the opportunity of officially sponsoring a local music festival. As Doosan Enerbility ...

A striking bird that trills a beautiful song, the western meadowlark seems the ideal feathered friend to spotlight on Mother’s Day. Not only does the bird flash a daffodil-yellow breast emblazoned ...

Luster, Maria Somerville’s 4AD debut, arrives this Friday. After teasing the album with singles like “Projections” and “Garden” — the latter of which we named one of the Best Songs Of The Week — the ...

Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide” has quietly become the soundtrack to my days. It’s one of those songs that feels like it understands you before you understand yourself: gentle, reflective and honest in a ...

It’s getting to be that pleasant time of year when the birds are out, the leaves are growing back and it’s not so hot where you’re sweating the second you step outside. It’s perfect weather, but the ...