A new book explains how Andre Malraux became a human rights activist in French Indochina after failing as a thief.

The meaning of this statement is crystal clear. It applies without ambiguity to French Indo-China, which both technically and in practice was, and is, considered a French possession. But the people of ...

On a recent trip to France, my mission was to eat like a French woman - or at least to find out just how they stay so slim. This is a country where on one corner, you find a boulangerie with mouth ...

Even though millions of French troops were manning the defensive Maginot Line in early 1940, Hitler's brilliant blitzkrieg strategy caught the Allies by surprise, and Germany occupied France ...

Holland and several investors formed the Nautilus Submarine Boat Company, hoping to sell a submarine to the French, then at war in Indochina. The company launched its prototype, dubbed the ...

Why take a high-speed train to northern Laos when you can take three days to do pretty much the same trip by boat—never knowing if you’ll actually get there? The post On a Trek to Northern Laos, Just ...

Hanoi is also firmly on the travel map –with interesting historic attractions to ... Long Bien Bridge was first named after the Governor-General of French in Indochina, Paul Doumer, but when the ...

In the summer of 1876, rebel French poet Arthur Rimbaud arrived on the Indonesian island of Java, enlisting in the colonial ...

Chestnuts are popular in autumn in France. (Photo by PHILIPPE DESMAZES / AFP) From maps that explain French habits like smoking and kissing to tips for avoiding offending the food gods in France ...

The French 75 uses a standard Gin Sour as its base. It's similar in build to the Tom Collins, with the key distinction being that the Collins category uses plain seltzer to lengthen the drink ...