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Jung So-min, (pictured in a still from Love Next Door) has been offered a role in Would You Marry Me alongside Choi Woo-shik. Photo: tvN

K-drama

K-drama casting news about Jung So-min, Ahn Jae-hong and more

Jung So-min and Choi Woo-shik are considering roles in Would You Marry Me, while Ahn Jae-hong was approached for Signal season 2.

5 million people. 1 psychiatric hospital. Many patients are chained to beds

Breaking Bad house is up for sale if you have US$4 million to spare

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Health & Wellness

A pole dancer’s journey from meat-eating athlete to vegan pastry chef

This month is Veganuary, a good time to try a plant-based diet. A convert, and experts, describe its many health benefits.

Linda Vongdara was a competitive pole dancer and teacher before she gave it up upon the birth of her daughter. Photo: Linda Vongdara
Linda Vongdara was a competitive pole dancer and teacher before she gave it up upon the birth of her daughter. Photo: Linda Vongdara

Health & Wellness

Pancreatic cancer needs catching early. The signs and symptoms to look for

The disease is rarely found in time for lifesaving treatment, and kills about half a million people annually; here is what to look for.

Food & Drink

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, January 3-5

Catch some bargains at a Hong Kong products expo, see a Korean artist’s pop-up show of paintings, learn how to map your body, and more.

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Travel & Leisure

Will Japan’s hot spring culture be added to Unesco list in 2028?

A group of governors is lobbying to get the centuries-old Japanese onsen practice included on Unesco’s intangible cultural heritage list.

A woman enjoys a hot bath at an onsen resort in Japan. Photo: Shutterstock
A woman enjoys a hot bath at an onsen resort in Japan. Photo: Shutterstock

Arts & Culture

Year of the Snake 2025 predictions for all 12 zodiac signs. Is your luck in?

Feng shui master Tong Pik-ha gives her predictions, from the lucky colours to wear to which sign will have a bad year when it comes to love.

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Entertainment

Profile | Meet Dayo Wong, stand-up comedy icon and Hong Kong box office king

The star of The Last Dance has had a tumultuous rise to the top, with a string of failed films but a stellar stand-up career under his belt.

Arts & Culture

Year of the Snake 2025 predictions for Snakes, including their lucky colour

What lies in store for Snakes in the new lunar year according to Chinese geomancy, including why they should focus on work – and avoid water.

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Snakes will have mixed fortunes in the Year of the Snake. Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

Lifestyle

A Hong Kong snake catcher on the passion behind his public service

Sun Tak-hei, one of 11 licensed snake catchers in Hong Kong, talks about his enthusiasm for reptiles and how to deal with a wild snake.

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Hong Kong snake catcher Sun Tak-hei encountered a reticulated python in Bali in July 2023. Photo: courtesy of Sun Tak-hei
Hong Kong snake catcher Sun Tak-hei encountered a reticulated python in Bali in July 2023. Photo: courtesy of Sun Tak-hei

Arts & Culture

Year of the Snake 2025 predictions for Horses, who’ll find love easily

Horses will be lucky in love, women above all, in the lunar new year according to Chinese geomancy. Men in certain jobs will make good money.

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Food & Drink

How 1,000-year-old lost art of Chinese tea ceremony is being revived

Latte art has got nothing on the ancient Chinese art of drawing on tea foam whipped up with a bamboo whisk, these days using matcha.

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Arts & Culture

Why Year of the Snake 2025 won’t follow Lunar New Year’s Eve, technically

The Chinese calendar has no 30th day of the 12th lunar month this year, and it’s to do with the moon’s orbit. So when will people celebrate?

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A family eat at home, as many do on Lunar New Year’s Eve. Photo: Shutterstock

Entertainment

Why Meghan Markle’s new Netflix show could be ‘clean slate’ for duchess

With Love, Meghan, and her return to social media, could be the Duchess of Sussex’s way of ‘signalling a new era’, say PR experts.

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in Colombia in 2024. Photo: TNS
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in Colombia in 2024. Photo: TNS

K-drama

The Tale of Lady Ok midseason recap: Lim Ji-yeon matures

While the drama set in Korea’s Joseon dynasty continues to impress with its fresh story, it’s the protagonist’s evolution that is compelling.

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Arts & Culture

Who is a ‘snake king’? What is a ‘snake nest’? Twisty Cantonese slang explained

Why do police ‘release snakes’? How do students ‘bend snakes’? We untangle six Cantonese slang expressions that use the word ‘snake’.

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Health & Wellness

5 new OCD research findings that could drive better treatment

The holidays can exacerbate symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder but new research into its causes is leading to greater understanding.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) stimulates and resets specific areas of the brain to provide relief from OCD symptoms. Photo: Shutterstock
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) stimulates and resets specific areas of the brain to provide relief from OCD symptoms. Photo: Shutterstock

Arts & Culture

Why the coming Year of the Wood Snake could be lucky

With 12 animals and 5 elements, the Year of the Wood Snake comes around every 60 years, and 2025’s may be more favourable than 1965’s.

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Health & Wellness

The celebrities driving traditional Chinese medicine’s boom in the West

Stars from Ariana Grande to Tom Brady are helping traditional Chinese medicine treatments like cupping and acupuncture soar in popularity.

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Family & Relationships

‘So exhausting I feel like crying’: shock for Filipino carers in Korea

Filipino carers in Seoul are grappling with high living costs that mean they can’t save money, and with having to perform unexpected tasks.

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A group of 100 Filipino women at Incheon International Airport in Seoul. They are among a batch hired under a foreign domestic worker pilot programme. Many say the high cost of living prevents them saving money. Photo: EPA
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Chunling Fong, director of Farmhouse Production in Hong Kong. Photo: Alexander Mak

Can this new wave of Hong Kong farmers bring agriculture back to the city?

Netflix docu Kiss The Ground argues that sustainable regenerative farming practices are a potential solution to our climate crisis – meet the Hong Kong food producers getting down to earth.

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Review | We tried HBOT, infrared sauna and red light therapy at Hong Kong’s 10x Longevity

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8 Asian surfing spots to ride the waves, from Phuket to Sri Lanka

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Melanie Cheng on leaving Australia for Hong Kong, and becoming a doctor and author

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Our top 5 home interiors of 2024, from Japan’s Karuizawa to Hong Kong’s Lantau

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