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A Buddhist monk in meditation. Psychiatrist Jeon Hyun-soo believes that focusing on the present is key to overcoming life’s struggles. Photo: Shutterstock

Health & Wellness

Buddhism as therapy? Korean psychiatrist’s treatment is built around it

Doctor calls Buddhism ‘a perfect system for eliminating suffering’ – the goal of psychiatry. So he prescribes patients Buddhist meditation.

23 Mar 2025 - 6:15PM

Foodie K-pop stars spill the beans on favourite Seoul places to eat

23 Mar 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

What other films did A Chinese Ghost Story’s Tony Ching Siu-tung direct?

23 Mar 2025 - 11:15AMvideocam

Health & Wellness

Surfing psychologist shares sport’s benefits, questions Hong Kong ban

‘Surfing saved my life,’ a surfer told Hong Kong researcher Judith Blaine. She asks why the city bans a sport that benefits health.

23 Mar 2025 - 9:18AMvideocam

Psychologist and surfer Dr Judith Blaine at Big Wave Bay in Hong Kong. Photo: Antony Dickson

Travel & Leisure

5 New York skyscraper trips taking tourists to the next level

Some of New York’s tallest buildings are offering tourist experiences including exhibitions, simulations and adventures.

23 Mar 2025 - 4:15PM

Fashion & Beauty

Young Afghan women ditch burka for ‘more comfortable’ alternatives

Tired of burkas that cover the face, urban women under the Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’ have adopted the abaya robe favoured in Gulf nations.

23 Mar 2025 - 2:45PM

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Arts

Is this our dystopian future? Hong Kong artist’s fantasy 2084

Not 1984, but 2084: Michelle Fung imagines a dystopian future in art that’s in part a response to consumerism and environmental woes.

23 Mar 2025 - 1:41PM

Hong Kong Arctic 1 by Michelle Kuen Suet Fung, on show at Sin Sin Fine Art. Photo: Sin Sin Fine Art

K-drama

Who is the elusive writer of K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines?

K-drama writer Lim Sang-choon likes to stay out of the limelight, but her dramas, telling deeply humane stories, deserve recognition.

22 Mar 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Health & Wellness

Now in pill form, hair loss treatment easier to use, may be more effective

Hair loss solution minoxidil in the 1990s was a sticky topical solution applied to the scalp. Now you can take it orally. It may work better.

23 Mar 2025 - 4:15AM

K-drama

Hyper Knife: Park Eun-bin, Sul Kyung-gu in medical serial killer thriller

Extraordinary Attorney Woo’s Park Eun-bin is barely recognisable as a talented young surgeon who falls out with her mentor (Sul Kyung-gu).

21 Mar 2025 - 7:26PMvideocam

Park Eun-bin as surgeon/serial killer Jung Se-ok in a still from Disney+ K-drama Hyper Knife.

Health & Wellness

Want to live longer in good health? Longevity wellness gyms may help

‘Brain-body’ workouts mix physical and cognitive training to extend health spans. Other gyms use long-established therapies to slow ageing.

22 Mar 2025 - 7:49AM

Chi Longevity with Sparkd fuses physical and cognitive training. Photo: Chi Longevity with Sparkd

K-drama

K-drama casting news about Wi Ha-joon, Ahn Hyo-seop and more

Squid Game’s Wi ha-joon is joining murder mystery Siren, while Ji Sung could lead time-travel drama series Judge Lee Han-young.

22 Mar 2025 - 7:15PM

Arts

Hong Kong ASMR show brings internet trend out from behind the screen

Since ASMR took the internet by storm during the pandemic it has been a private, virtual experience. Weird Sensation Feels Good changes that.

22 Mar 2025 - 1:15PM

Arts

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, March 21-23

See street art at HKwalls, try a mash-up of wonton noodles and modern Chinese cuisine, learn how to celebrate your unique essence and more.

21 Mar 2025 - 5:55PMvideocam

Hong Kong street art festival HKwalls is back for its 10th edition from March 22 to 30, 2025, centred on PMQ in Central district. It’s one of our top five things to see and do in Hong Kong this weekend. Photo: HKwalls

Health & Wellness

Hong Kong gong master rings up 10 years of changing lives

After 28 years in the corporate world Martha Collard was moved to play gongs and opened Red Doors Studio to share their stress-busting power.

21 Mar 2025 - 7:15PM

Martha Collard strikes a gong at Red Doors Studio in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong, which she opened in 2015 after nearly three decades in corporate work. Photo: Nora Tam

Arts

Review | Hong Kong Picasso exhibition dares to be critical, but is it enough?

Picasso was a genius with a dark side, one the M+ museum’s show of his art with modern and contemporary Asian art only partly addresses.

17 Mar 2025 - 5:15PM

K-drama

When Life Gives You Tangerines midseason recap: moving period K-drama

This touching story of Jeju islanders plays out over decades as urbanisation and modernisation change their worlds.

19 Mar 2025 - 9:18AMvideocam

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Health & Wellness

How to beat insomnia and get a good night’s sleep

A sleep expert and recovering insomniac offers advice on World Sleep Day for people who lie awake at night worrying about not resting.

14 Mar 2025 - 4:15AMvideocam

Sleep restriction requires going to bed late, or later than usual, and getting up early. You might begin with just five-and-a-half-hours in bed and work up to six until you’ve found the optimum sleep amount for you.
Photo: Shutterstock — Sleep restriction requires going to bed late, or later than usual, and getting up early. You might begin with just five-and-a-half-hours in bed and work up to six until you’ve found the optimum sleep amount for you. Photo: Shutterstock

K-drama

8 of the best new K-drama series to watch in March 2025

From IU’s turn as a rebellious Jeju island youth to a drama directed by Parasite co-writer Han Jin-won, here are the shows not to miss.

4 Mar 2025 - 8:11PMvideocam

Health & Wellness

Aiming to live long? Dos and don’ts from 5 longevity experts

Professors, a surgeon and a scientist on how to feel young and healthy for as long as possible, mentally as well as physically.

6 Mar 2025 - 1:09PMvideocam

Health & Wellness

10 things about dementia to ask a doctor to keep your brain healthy

Dementia risk factors range from mental health to diet. Ask your doctor about them to help you slow down or prevent the onset of disease.

17 Mar 2025 - 10:58AMvideocam

Doctors should be able to answer your questions about dementia. Photo: Shutterstock

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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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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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Angela Wu, associate professor at HKUST’s division of life science, and department of chemical and biological engineering. Photo: TMT

She tried several careers but found her niche in genetic sequencing

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