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Hwang Min-hyun as student and fighter Yoon Ga-min in a still from K-drama Study Group. Han Ji-eun, Cha Woo-min and Lee Jong-hyun co-star.

K-drama

Study Group: Hwang Min-hyun leads breezy school fight drama

Korean drama series follows the classic school fight formula, with Hwang Min-hyun playing a reluctant newcomer who stands up to the bullies.

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Review | My Best Bet: Charlene Choi, Louis Cheung battle gambling addiction

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Review | Passion and schmaltz in Hong Kong chamber music festival finale

Arts

Onyx Storm author Rebecca Yarros meets superfans as new book tops charts

Yarros was interviewed by Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez, answered fan questions and took photos with them in Manhattan.

Rebecca Yarros (right) takes photos with audience members who attended a fan event at The Town Hall in Manhattan, New York, about Yarros’ new book Onyx Storm, on January 24, 2025. Photo: CJ Rivera/Invision/AP
Rebecca Yarros (right) takes photos with audience members who attended a fan event at The Town Hall in Manhattan, New York, about Yarros’ new book Onyx Storm, on January 24, 2025. Photo: CJ Rivera/Invision/AP

K-drama

Review | Who Is She: K-drama remake of Miss Granny fails to capture its spirit

The story of a grumpy grandmother who magically turns into her 20-year-old self becomes bloated here, and the show’s ending is a cop-out.

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Arts

100 years after The Great Gatsby’s release, novel makes ‘new connections’

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel has inspired social movements and a Leonardo DiCaprio film. The author’s hometown is marking its centenary.

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K-drama

Squid Game 2’s Kang Ae-sim on how she became the show’s defining ‘K-mom’

The Korean actress, who drew on her real experience to play Yang Dong-geun’s mother in the Netflix show, talks about her ‘incredible journey’.

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Kang Ae-sim and Yang Dong-geun in a still from Squid Game season 2. The actress says her role in the Netflix Korean drama series show pushed her to new limits. Photo: Netflix
Kang Ae-sim and Yang Dong-geun in a still from Squid Game season 2. The actress says her role in the Netflix Korean drama series show pushed her to new limits. Photo: Netflix

Entertainment

Martial arts maestro’s 36th Chamber of Shaolin sequels a mixed bag

Shaw Brothers backed Lau Kar-leung to make two sequels to The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, one so bad it was the studio’s last martial arts film.

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K-drama

K-drama casting news about Go Min-si, Rain and more

K-pop star Rain will play a promoter of illegal fights in Bloodhounds 2, while Cha Eun-woo has been tapped for a new K-drama with Go Min-si.

K-drama

How Squid Game’s doll became the ultimate Netflix ‘killing machine’

Red Light, Green Light doll Young-hee is a key ingredient of Squid Game’s success. Her look? Inspired by the daughter of show’s designer.

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Squid Game fans with a blow-up Young-hee killer doll in Seoul. Photo: Reuters

Entertainment

Why Hong Kong-set Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing is plain offensive

It won three Oscars but the clunky 1955 movie casts Caucasians as Eurasians, features yellowface and had two leads who hated each other.

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Jennifer Jones and William Holden in a still from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955). The film, which is set in Hong Kong, won three Oscars and made an impressive US$4 million at the box office, but over the years its sheen has faded.
Jennifer Jones and William Holden in a still from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955). The film, which is set in Hong Kong, won three Oscars and made an impressive US$4 million at the box office, but over the years its sheen has faded.

K-drama

Review | The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, starring Ju Ji-hoon, is thrilling

Ju Ji-hoon stars as an impossibly good surgeon who is handsome, fearless and an all-round hero in this Netflix drama.

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Entertainment

Michelle Yeoh on her ‘liberating’ role in Star Trek: Section 31

Star Trek: Discovery spin-off film sees Oscar winner reprise her dual role as the virtuous Captain Georgiou and ruthless Empress Georgiou.

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K-movies

Why The Glory actress Song Hye-kyo is taking on darker roles

Back on screen in Dark Nuns, movie about nuns saving a boy who is possessed, Korean actress says The Glory reignited her passion for acting.

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Korean actress Song Hye-kyo at the launch of her new film, Dark Nuns, co-starring Jeon Yeo-been and Lee Jin-wook. Photo: Instagram/enykajol

K-drama

Squid Game 2 is already the third most watched Netflix series ever

The sequel to Netflix’s most successful series of all time clocked 165.7 million views in under four weeks, overtaking Stranger Things.

Kang Ha-neul as Kang Dae-ho in a still from Squid Game season 2. Photo: No Ju-han/Netflix
Kang Ha-neul as Kang Dae-ho in a still from Squid Game season 2. Photo: No Ju-han/Netflix

Food & Drink

British-Chinese author’s hopes for her A to Z of Chinese food

In An A to Z of Chinese Food (Recipes Not Included), London writer Jenny Lau picks apart food clichés to explore what it means to be Chinese.

Entertainment

10 best Golden Princess films, including John Woo and Tsui Hark classics

A library of Hong Kong films, including the likes of A Chinese Ghost Story and Hard Boiled, has been bought – good news for fans overseas.

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Photo trove offers window on life in China’s wartime capital Chongqing

A man descends one of Chungking’s many stone staircases on a mule. Photo: A Danger Shared/Melville Jacoby
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Behind the scenes of classic 1987 movie The Last Emperor in photos

Wu Tao, a Beijing born student who had never acted before, played Pu Yi at age 14. Peter O’Toole took the role as his tutor quite literally, and started teaching Wu some basic acting techniques beginning with their first scene together. Photo: Basil Pao
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Wonders old and new in China’s Greater Bay Area, land of opportunity

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) links Hong Kong to the western part of the Greater Bay Area. Photo: Huang Kunzhen
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Instantly familiar, strangely foreign: photos of 1970s Hong Kong

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A herbalist at his shop, Hong Kong.

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