Agarwood, also known as gaharu in Malaysia, is a fragrant dark resinous wood formed in the heart of the tree trunk that is used in the production of incense, perfume and other consumer products.

One of the most distinctive rituals at Ong Pagoda is the spiral incense offering, where worshippers write their names and birth years on red plaques before attaching them to large coils of incense.

Geneticist Zhang Huarong walks through the forest near his Hong Kong research lab, gesturing towards a rotting incense tree stump that is one of over a dozen illegally felled for the valuable wood ...

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) intercepted an outbound cargo containing rare agarwood worth P750,000 at a warehouse in Pasay City on January 31. According to the BOC, the shipment was declared as dried ...