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Sang Heon Lee and Jocelyn Shelfo in a still from XO, Kitty, which used locations in South Korea for filming. Photo: courtesy of Netflix

K-drama

From XO, Kitty to The Recruit, Korea popular for location filming

South Korea draws many foreign TV and film productions, but risks losing out as Japan and Thailand offer bigger incentives, insiders say.

Review | Mickey 17, wild sci-fi satire from Parasite’s Bong Joon-ho

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Playing at Coachella, EDM duo Indo Warehouse spotlight South Asian culture

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Gadgets

Why Gen Z are using 10-year-old iPhones, old digital cameras

Gen Z and millennials carry two iPhones: the latest, and models a decade old for photos as part of the ‘young-tro’ – young and retro – trend.

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The Apple iPhone SE is back in vogue among Gen Z and younger millennials, who use them to take photos as part of their flirtation with “retro” tech. Photo: Shutterstock
The Apple iPhone SE is back in vogue among Gen Z and younger millennials, who use them to take photos as part of their flirtation with “retro” tech. Photo: Shutterstock

Conclave wins best picture at Baftas as The Brutalist takes directing, acting prizes

Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes, beat The Brutalist, Emilia Perez and Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown for the top prize at awards in London.

Arts

Stephen King’s Hansel and Gretel a fairy-tale collaboration

‘King of Horror’ American author’s retelling of the Brothers Grimm tale with illustrations by the late Maurice Sendak due out in September.

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Health & Wellness

Breathing problems? How salt therapy could help your lungs and skin

Salt therapy, or halotherapy, is a wellness trend claimed to have many breathing benefits. Doctors weigh in on the scientific evidence.

Salt therapy, or halotherapy, is often offered in salt rooms and caves at saunas, day spas, fitness and wellness centres, yoga studios, and medical facilities around the world. Photo: Shutterstock
Salt therapy, or halotherapy, is often offered in salt rooms and caves at saunas, day spas, fitness and wellness centres, yoga studios, and medical facilities around the world. Photo: Shutterstock

Fashion & Beauty

‘Nose-tip blush’ trend finds fans in K-pop idols from Aespa, Twice

The ‘nose-tip blush’ trend, as seen on Aespa’s Karina and Winter, Twice’s Tzuyu and NJZ’s Haerin, is taking over the K-pop scene.

Health & Wellness

6 prescriptions for lifelong love from Hong Kong doctors married 57 years

For Judith and John Mackay it was love at first sight. They reflect on how they have made love last since marrying in a hurry in 1967.

Food & Drink

South Korea’s snow crab festival draws the winter crowds

The Uljin Snow Crab Festival draws thousands of food lovers to the port town every winter. A new railway line makes getting there easier.

Cooked snow crabs in South Korea. Photo: Getty Images

Entertainment

Profile | Faye Wong, actress, Cantopop diva and twice divorced mum

A ‘natural-born actress’, Wong Kar-wai said. The bestselling female Cantopop artist. Yet Faye Wong left it all behind to be a wife and mum.

Hong Kong singer-actress Faye Wong, wearing a high heel hat, performs in Hong Kong in 2003. Twice married and twice divorced, Wong walked away from her career in 2005, and has appeared only sporadically on stage since then. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong singer-actress Faye Wong, wearing a high heel hat, performs in Hong Kong in 2003. Twice married and twice divorced, Wong walked away from her career in 2005, and has appeared only sporadically on stage since then. Photo: Reuters

K-drama

Profile | Meet Park Bo-young, star of K-dramas Melo Movie and Light Shop

Park is captivating global audiences on Netflix and Disney+, but she made her name in South Korea long ago.

Entertainment

Don’t like microtransactions? This game developer loathes them even more

Swedish game maker Josef Fares of Hazelight Studios talks about creativity over profits as he prepares to release Split Fiction this year.

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Food & Drink

Plunging price of tequila ingredient agave gives farmers a headache

Celebrities from Elon Musk to LeBron James profited from tequila’s rising popularity. Farmers of key ingredient agave in Mexico face losses.

An agave producer checks a plantation in Jalisco state, Mexico. Photo: AFP

Entertainment

Review | Dreams, chilling film with Jessica Chastain about US-Mexico ties

Jessica Chastain plays the rich lover of an illegal immigrant in Michel Franco’s exploration of America’s relationship with poorer neighbour.

Jessica Chastain in a still from Dreams, directed by Michel Franco and co-starring Isaac Hernández. Photo: Teorema
Jessica Chastain in a still from Dreams, directed by Michel Franco and co-starring Isaac Hernández. Photo: Teorema

Bands

‘Extremely risky’ for NJZ, formerly NewJeans, to pursue new direction

Lawyers raise concerns as the K-pop girl group – due to perform in Hong Kong in March – remain mired in lawsuits with Hybe Labels’ Ador.

Entertainment

How 3 Hong Kong directors in turn-of-the-century Hollywood survived

John Woo teamed with Tom Cruise for a ‘boring’ hit. Peter Chan turned to romance. Ringo Lam and Jean Claude van Damme made stomachs churn.

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K-drama

9 of the best new Korean drama series to watch in February 2025

From Newtopia starring Blackpink’s Jisoo to Park Hyung-sik in Buried Hearts, nine new K-dramas to watch in February 2025.

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Kim Ji-soo (Jisoo) of K-pop group Blackpink in a still from new K-drama Newtopia.
Kim Ji-soo (Jisoo) of K-pop group Blackpink in a still from new K-drama Newtopia.

Chinese culture

Feng shui master’s advice for Dragons in the Year of the Snake

Feng shui master Andrew Kwan shares where Dragons can place auspicious elements, colours and symbols for luck in the Year of the Snake.

Health & Wellness

What is fatty liver disease? How lifestyle changes can prevent it

Simple changes, including drinking more water and less alcohol, and eating better, can help ward off a potentially fatal health risk.

Arts

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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Feng shui master Tong Pik-ha predicts the varying fortunes of people born under the 12 Chinese zodiac signs in the coming Year of the Snake. Illustrations: Victor Sanjinez
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ComplexCon Hong Kong 2025 unveils a star-studded music lineup featuring headliners Metro Boomin and Zico. Photo: ComplexCon

ComplexCon Hong Kong announces Metro Boomin and Zico as 2025 headliners

A meeting of American and Asian hip-hop, the concerts also feature Quavo, Hong Kong favs MC Jin and Jace, and South Korea’s Changmo and B.I.

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Tilda Swinton hits Hong Kong to make the case for film preservation and praise the magic of old cinema. Photo: Courtesy of Chanel

Tilda Swinton brings star power to a conversation on classic Hong Kong films

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The interior of a typical farmer’s residence in Kuk Po, Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

An abandoned village is brought to life in this debut Hong Kong festival

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NewJeans perform during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024 in Seoul, South Korea, in December 2023. Photo: Getty Images

NJZ, formerly NewJeans, are coming to ComplexCon Hong Kong

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