Culture

Park Bo-gum (left) and IU in a still from When Life Gives You Tangerines, one of the best K-dramas of 2025. Photo: Yoo Eun-mi/Netflix

K-drama

The 15 best K-dramas of 2025 ranked, from Melo Movie to Squid Game 3

Here are our 15 favourite Korean dramas from the past year, which also include Dear X, Typhoon Family, Way Back Love, Aema and Nine Puzzles.

28 Dec 2025 - 7:15AMvideocam

How mega-hit Kokuho could make Japanese live-action films global contenders

27 Dec 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Idol I: Choi Soo-young, Kim Jae-young lead K-pop-infused legal K-drama

27 Dec 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Entertainment

The Hong Kong films released in 2025 ranked from worst to best

It was a rough year for Hong Kong cinema – only Another World made more than HK$14 million locally – but there were still some gems released.

26 Dec 2025 - 6:11PM

A still from Another World, ranked by the Post’s film editor Edmund Lee as the second-best Hong Kong film of 2025.

K-drama

Review | Cashero: Lee Jun-ho can’t save this messy superhero K-drama

While it has a compelling concept and potentially great characters, Cashero’s poor writing means the K-drama fails to deliver.

26 Dec 2025 - 4:00PMvideocam

Entertainment

How The Joy Luck Club opened the door for majority-Asian casts in Hollywood

The Joy Luck Club (1993) is a complex tale of intergenerational trauma focusing on four Chinese mothers and their daughters in San Francisco.

26 Dec 2025 - 7:15AMvideocam

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Entertainment

7 film stories from 2025 that readers loved, including a Chow Yun-fat profile

Profiles of Chow Yun-fat, Faye Wong and Deanie Ip and a look at Donnie Yen’s early films were among stories popular with readers this year.

25 Dec 2025 - 4:15PM

Chow Yun-fat at an interview with the Post in 2003. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Chinese culture

How China fell in love with My Little Pony collectible cards

When My Little Pony first aired on TV in China, it didn’t take off. Instead, it was collectible cards that saw it become a galloping success.

24 Dec 2025 - 5:36PM

K-drama

Love Me: Seo Hyun-jin leads slow-burn family K-drama with heavy emotions

Loneliness and redemption are explored through family drama and romance in Love Me, starring Seo Hyun-jin, Yoo Jae-myung and Chang Ryul.

23 Dec 2025 - 8:15PMvideocam

Travel & Leisure

Tours to visit Christmas movie locations in US state prove huge hit

Fans of Hallmark’s feel-good and family-friendly TV films are taking tours around locations in Connecticut, home to at least 22 productions.

23 Dec 2025 - 7:15PM

Norwich City Hall is decorated for the annual “Light Up City Hall” event in Norwich, Connecticut, on December 5, 2025. Scenes from the 2021 Hallmark movie Sugar Plum Twist were filmed at the hall. Photo: AP

K-drama

Villains: Yoo Ji-tae leads unconvincing counterfeiting thriller K-drama

Starring Yoo Ji-tae, Lee Min-jung, Lee Beom-soo and Kwak Do-won, new Korean drama Villains is already in danger of being quickly forgotten.

22 Dec 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Lee Min-jung (left) as counterfeiter Han Su-hyun and Yoo Ji-tae as criminal mastermind J in a still from Villains.

Entertainment

7 of the best TV shows from 2025, from Adolescence to The Pitt

Need a show or two to binge this Christmas season? Check out some of the best shows from 2025, such as the stand-out Adolescence on Netflix.

21 Dec 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Entertainment

3 forgotten Hong Kong wuxia gems from director Chor Yuen

Chor Yuen’s Duel for Gold, Clans of Intrigue and Jade Tiger may be less famous than some of his other films, but are just as groundbreaking.

21 Dec 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Politics

From Labubu to blockbuster films, was 2025 the year of China’s soft power?

Chinese lifestyle brands and other cultural exports proved to be a hit around the world this year, here are some of our most notable stories.

21 Dec 2025 - 11:00AM

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

K-drama

Latest K-drama casting news about Lee Min-ho, Han Hyo-joo and more

Lee Min-ho may be joining Moon Ga-young in period drama Scent of the Night, while Han Hyo-joo has been confirmed to appear in Your Ground.

20 Dec 2025 - 3:15PM

Korean actor Lee Min-ho may take a leading role in the coming romantic period drama series Scent of the Night. Photo: Instagram/actorleeminho

Entertainment

Review | Pass and Goal: Gigi Leung leads football-themed Hong Kong family comedy

Pass and Goal, starring Gigi Leung and newcomer Chau Tsz-yuet, defies expectations with its feel-good story, good acting and funny dialogue.

19 Dec 2025 - 6:16PMvideocam

Entertainment

Profile | The bold reinvention of 1990s Hong Kong sex symbol Veronica Yip

Veronica Yip posed topless for a Hong Kong magazine and acted in erotic films before becoming a pop singer, TV fixture and a tycoon’s wife.

19 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM

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Language Matters | Word of the Year 2025 choices reflect how virtual our reality has become

Lisa Lim

20 Dec 2025 - 5:15PM

Language Matters | The enduring legacy of bamboo, a symbol of resilience and strength in Asia

Lisa Lim

6 Dec 2025 - 8:15AM

Being Chinese | Life and finance lessons from my Hong Kong mahjong parties

Foong Woei Wan

20 Sep 2025 - 12:19PM

Being Chinese | What’s in a Singaporean Chinese name? It’s a long story

Chang Zi Qian

14 Jul 2025 - 12:30PM

Being Chinese | Dating in the UK, Chinese auntie-style

Shzr Ee Tan

28 Jun 2025 - 10:38AM

Opinion | Hotpot over hot dogs? Hong Kong cinemas need new ideas to survive

Alice Wu

16 Jun 2025 - 9:30AM

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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.

CREDIT: Frank Fischbeck

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