While bathing tourism in Japan has been slow to pick up after Covid-19, Australia’s wellness industry has taken to the concept with a new 900km tourist route of hot springs, mineral springs and sea baths.
Documentary maker S. Leo Chiang discusses his Oscar-nominated short film Island In Between, which looks at the trepidation, but also resigned indifference, with which Taiwanese view mainland China.
Lee Do-hyun returns in Netflix K-drama Sweet Home season 3, Kim So-hyun and Chae Jong-hyeop share the screen in romance Serendipity’s Embrace, and Jang Na-ra plays a feared lawyer in Good Partner.
The story of a group of assassins who disguise their hits as accidents, and their increasingly paranoid leader, is needlessly complicated in this remake. If there is some social commentary, it is obscured by chaos.
After a heart attack, a Hong Kong resident took charge of his health – changing his diet, exercising more, taking up yoga and meditating. Now he coaches executives in how to safeguard their health.
Chef Masaaki Miyakawa raised the bar for Hong Kong sushi a decade ago. Now he is back in the region after time spent in Japan, with his own place at Macau’s Raffles hotel.
We look beyond the dangerous stunts and innovative action sequences, and martial arts stars like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, to discover why Hong Kong films have often travelled so well.
Sul Kyung-gu, Kim hee-ae and Im Se-mi star in Netflix’s new political Korean drama The Whirlwind, but bland scripting that sorely lacks fun and charisma overwhelms its better elements.
Interior designers find ever more innovative ways to make the most of the space in Hong Kong micro-apartments, giving them the appearance they are bigger than they really are.
Martial arts benefit the mind and body. Training in many types is offered in Hong Kong, for children and adults alike. Classes in mixed martial arts, judo, kung fu, taekwondo and BJJ are among the options.
Outgoing music director likens the flexibility playing Wagner has given the orchestra to driving a Ferrari, talks about improving, not firing, players, and says his one regret is not putting on a Mozart opera.
Wu Tingfang went from court translator to English barrister, helped negotiate an end to the Sino-Japanese war, then went to Washington, where his diplomatic skills earned him kudos. Until he overreached.
It’s tagged the ‘run philosophy’ on social media – single women in their thirties with nothing to hope for in China leaving to study in the West, with no intention of returning. Post Magazine talks to some.
Hong Kong’s largest mosque, the Kowloon Masjid, is a Tsim Sha Tsui landmark. Inside, Chinese Muslims pray shoulder to shoulder with others from across Asia and Africa, while children study the Koran.
Health-centric technologies are being used to make self-care ‘a cornerstone of modern living spaces’ – think smart mattresses, and interactive art that can ‘transform you based on your movement, heartbeat or mood’.
Unemployed or fed up with long working hours, young people in China are drawn to live-streaming for the autonomy and earnings potential it gives them. Some engage in deadly stunts, writes Xinrou Shu.
Lee Min-ki stars as a police traffic crime investigator whose role in a fatal road accident was not all it seems. We are drip-fed information about it until the truth emerges, at which point the plot takes a turn.
With the Bruce Lee movie Enter the Dragon, Chinese martial arts, or wushu, became a global cultural phenomenon. We examine some of the main types, from tai chi to Wing Chun, and their differences.
He’s 58 but looks 28 – what is Chuando Tan’s secret? Lots of water, lots of protein, exercise, a positive attitude and a little sunshine, says Singaporean photographer and influencer.