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

23 Jan 2025 - 10:42AM

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

22 Jan 2025 - 6:15PM

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.

22 Jan 2025 - 8:32AMvideocam

Chow Yun-fat in a still from A Better Tomorrow (1986). Photo: Cinema City & Films

K-pop star Minnie of G-(I)DLE on launch of first solo album, Her

‘It’s like my personal diary,’ Thai singer says of album out January 21, for which she wrote the seven tracks over a period of years.

21 Jan 2025 - 5:00PMvideocam

Entertainment

Review | Happyend: dystopian surveillance in chilling Japanese high school drama

The debut feature from Japanese-American director Neo Sora, Happyend is a deft cocktail of teen angst and invasive technology.

21 Jan 2025 - 4:45PMvideocam

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China

What to expect in the Year of the Snake: a visual guide

A complete visual guide as Lunar New Year is celebrated in the Year of the Snake.

22 Jan 2025 - 9:37AM

Artists & celebrities

Anorexia, extreme dieting, body shaming: singers on K-pop’s dark side

Soyou of Sistar and other K-pop stars open up about extreme dieting and depression in a documentary, sparking discussion about body shaming.

21 Jan 2025 - 7:42AM

Chinese culture

Why red packets are given at Lunar New Year and the rise of e-versions

Called lai see in Cantonese and hong bao in Mandarin, red packets wish good luck and prosperity, but are electronic versions taking over?

20 Jan 2025 - 5:23PM

Entertainment

How Swordsman, Tsui Hark’s wuxia film, started a new fantasy era

Tsui Hark’s 1990 Hong Kong film Swordsman was a long and rambling affair that was difficult to follow, yet it was a resounding success.

19 Jan 2025 - 11:15AMvideocam

Sam Hui Koon-kit as Ling-wu Chung in a still from Tsui Hark’s Swordsman (1990), the film adaptation of a Louis Cha wuxia novel that launched and era of fantasy martial arts cinema in Hong Kong. Photo: Fortune Star Media

The Penthouse K-drama actor Um Ki-joon marries ‘at 49, finally’

Actor posts announcement with photo of himself in white tuxedo, having revealed he had not expected to find ‘someone to spend my life with’.

19 Jan 2025 - 10:34AM

Um Ki-joon in a still from The Penthouse season two. The actor has announced on social media that he got married in December 2024, without identifying his bride. Photo: Viu.

K-drama

Profile | Meet Ju Ji-hoon, star of K-dramas Light Shop and The Trauma Code

Ju Ji-hoon was a successful model, then actor, before a scandal brought him down. He fought his way back, and today his talent is in demand.

18 Jan 2025 - 1:15PM

Hong Kong economy

Showcase of 52 French masterpieces in Hong Kong sign of ‘strong friendship’

Hong Kong Museum of Art launches exhibition featuring works by painters Renoir and Cézanne.

18 Jan 2025 - 8:09PM

K-drama

In K-drama Unmasked, Kim Hye-soo plays investigative news for laughs

Given recent events in South Korea, a K-drama about investigative-news journalism may appear timely. Unmasked mixes the heavy with the light.

17 Jan 2025 - 8:41PMvideocam

Kim Hye-soo as investigative-news reporter Oh So-ryong in a still from Disney+ Korean drama series Unmasked. Jung Ji-sung and Joo Jong-hyuk co-star.

Why so many webtoons and web novels are being made into K-dramas

More K-dramas based on web fiction are launching, as streamers seek to reverse falling viewership. Webtoon platforms are getting involved.

17 Jan 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

Na In-woo (left) and Park Min-young in a still from Korean drama series Marry My Husband, based on a web novel and webtoon of the same name. Webtoon adaptations are increasingly common.

Arts

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, January 17-19

From tasting tea to doing tai chi to an electronic music beat, five things to draw you out of your flat this weekend in Hong Kong.

17 Jan 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Entertainment

Why American Primeval actress Betty Gilpin is a ‘true American legend’

The Glow star, who filmed parts of Netflix’s new Western series six months pregnant, will make her Broadway debut this month in Oh, Mary!

17 Jan 2025 - 4:15PM

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Being Chinese | The beauty of being a filial Chinese daughter

Amy Wu

18 Jan 2025 - 11:23AM

Reflections | The earliest Chinese lotteries, and a cheating operator’s gruesome death

Wee Kek Koon

11 Jan 2025 - 9:23AM

Reflections | Is God there? Yes, said China’s Confucius, but so what?

Wee Kek Koon

10 Jan 2025 - 12:02PM

Language Matters | Word of the Year 2024 choices around the world focus on the negative

Lisa Lim

29 Dec 2024 - 8:15AM

Reflections | Witch doctor arrests in Zambia and a witchcraft lie that ended a dynasty

Wee Kek Koon

10 Jan 2025 - 11:48AM

Opinion | To connect Hong Kong with the world, we must go beyond the superficial

Damien Green

26 Dec 2024 - 10:16AM

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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

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

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

Instantly familiar, strangely foreign: photos of 1970s Hong Kong

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A herbalist at his shop, Hong Kong.

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