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This year armies from India and China clashed along the disputed border between Indian-administered Kashmir and China. A recent funeral with full military honours on the Indian side revealed an intriguing story. Nayima Tanzin was a Tibetan refugee, who his family say was serving with a covert Indian regiment, the Special Frontier Force, a force never acknowledged by Indian authorities. The 麻豆社鈥檚 Aamir Peerzada travelled to Ladakh to find out more.

Flights to nowhere
Here鈥檚 an odd phenomenon. Airlines in South East Asia are offering 鈥渇lights to nowhere鈥� 鈥� you fly, you don鈥檛 land, you come back. So what鈥檚 going on? Hong Kong-based 麻豆社 Chinese journalist Martin Yip fills us in.

Hotels of Pyongyang
Why would South Koreans be interested in a new book showing photographs of hotel restaurants and reception areas? Because these hotels are in the North Korean capital Pyongyang. The 麻豆社鈥檚 Julie Yoonnyung Lee tells us more about the fascination of the photographs for Koreans.

Image: Funeral with full military honours of Tibetan refugee Nayima Tenzin in Ladakh
Credit: Nisar Hussain