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A visitor tries his hand at a challenge at “Design Ah! Experience the Wonder of Everyday Design”, a new exhibition based on a popular Japanese TV series at Hong Kong’s M+ museum. Photo: M+

Arts

Discover the genius behind everyday objects’ design at fun Hong Kong experience

A new exhibition at M+ based on the popular Japanese TV series Design Ah! dissects items including umbrellas, flip-flops and cup noodles.

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Salarymen ramen, dangerously good rice wraps - where to eat them in Hong Kong

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Review | Unidentified Murder: twisty Hong Kong comedy shows admirable ambition

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Food & Drink

How this chef built one of Vancouver’s most authentic Taiwanese restaurants

Despite the authentic Taiwanese flavours at A.Bento, chef and owner Aaron Jian Zhou actually hails from Wenzhou in mainland China.

1 Jul 2026 - 12:45PM

Aaron Jian Zhou, 32, chef and owner of A.Bento, stands outside the Taiwanese restaurant in Vancouver, Canada. Photo: A.Bento

Health & Wellness

Strength training helped a mum save her kids. Now she’s urging others to start

Jennifer Wannenmacher rescued her children from a risky sea incident. The 47-year-old shares how to build strength in middle age.

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Food & Drink

5 new cafes to try in Hong Kong in July 2026

Enjoy a matcha drink in a Sai Ying Pun cafe, relax in a space steeped in Hong Kong nostalgia, grab a coffee on the go in Central and more.

1 Jul 2026 - 11:08AM

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Food & Drink

This sauce is deeply rich, packed with umami – and created in Hong Kong

A Hong Kong restaurateur transformed his burger shop with Exotica Umami – Ex M for short. Now, he is elevating luxury dining with it.

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Exotica Umami – Ex M for short – is the brainchild of Dan Gan, who invented it at his burger shop Exotica Gelatea in Causeway Bay. Photo: Chloe Loung

Travel & Leisure

Hiking Da Nang’s ‘Monkey Mountain’ in search of the most beautiful primate

Outside the urban bustle of Da Nang, Son Tra Peninsula’s trails afford coastal views and glimpses of endangered red-shanked doucs.

30 Jun 2026 - 5:15PM

Health & Wellness

‘Darling, we made it’: 67-year-old completes 2,200km run to honour late wife

Lim Shyang Guey’s 86-day run around Peninsular Malaysia to raise money for cancer treatment in honour of his late wife finished on June 21.

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Arts

Why is Hong Kong’s Ma Wan 1868 playing host to 5 Czech artists? We take a visit

During an open studio weekend, the artists are absorbed in making new works that draw inspiration from the surrounding natural landscape.

30 Jun 2026 - 12:15PM

Czech artist and “coral gardener” Marketa Kolarova is pictured at her Ma Wan 1868 residency holding plaster moulds of her hands that will be added to works that will be unveiled at an exhibition on site on July 12, 2026. Photo: Enid Tsui

Chinese culture

‘Cleverest woman that ever lived’: the rise of China’s Empress Dowager Cixi

Beginning royal life as a low-ranking concubine, Cixi controlled Qing-dynasty China for nearly half a century from behind the scenes.

30 Jun 2026 - 7:15AM

A portrait of Empress Dowager Cixi, one of the most powerful and influential women in Chinese history. Photo: Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Entertainment

‘I benefited’: Renny Harlin on working in China during its ‘Wild East’ film era

The Finnish filmmaker talks about the ‘great’ years he spent in China during its pre-pandemic film boom and how using AI can benefit movies.

30 Jun 2026 - 2:11PMvideocam

K-drama

10 of the best new K-dramas to watch in July 2026

July’s K-drama drop includes Kim Myung-soo and Kang Min-ah starring in Love in Sync, and Nam Joo-hyuk leading Netflix’s The East Palace.

29 Jun 2026 - 5:15PMvideocam

Travel & Leisure

It’s finally opening up but is the ‘world’s weirdest country’ worth the trip?

After decades of isolation, Turkmenistan is easing visa barriers and courting visitors to Ashgabat, the ruins of Nisa and the Darvaza crater.

30 Jun 2026 - 10:52AM

People visiting the “Gateway to Hell”, a crater of burning gas in the heart of Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert. Photo: AFP

Arts

Ecology, meet art: the history of Tai Mo Shan unearthed in new exhibition

Tai Mo Shan’s hidden tea terraces are examined in ‘Bones of Our Land’, an exhibition blending ecology and art to explore history and restoration.

29 Jun 2026 - 12:45PM

Taking inspiration from the handpainted backdrops of dioramas
traditionally used in natural history museums and theatrical
forced perspective, the Tai Mo Shan backdrop depicts the
northern slopes of Tai Mo Shan, featuring vignettes drawn from
the interviewees’ stories and archival materials. The backdrop
was painted by a scenic painter commissioned by the artists. — Taking inspiration from the handpainted backdrops of dioramas traditionally used in natural history museums and theatrical forced perspective, the Tai Mo Shan backdrop depicts the northern slopes of Tai Mo Shan, featuring vignettes drawn from the interviewees’ stories and archival materials. The backdrop was painted by a scenic painter commissioned by the artists.

Health & Wellness

‘Midlife is the time’: why dementia prevention should start in your 40s

From high blood pressure to hearing loss, cognitive-decline risk factors surface earlier than you think. Here’s how to reduce your risk.

29 Jun 2026 - 8:15AM

Entertainment

Review | Human Vapor: Shun Oguri, Yu Aoi anchor Netflix’s bold sci-fi thriller reboot

This exciting tale of a mysterious serial killer who can turn into a murderous cloud of gas is a reimagining of a classic Japanese thriller.

29 Jun 2026 - 7:00AMvideocam

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K-drama

Review | Notes from the Last Row: Choi Min-sik lifts soapy academic thriller K-drama

Choi Min-sik and Choi Hyun-wook star in this exploration of the seductive power of fiction that occasionally overindulges in melodrama.

26 Jun 2026 - 4:00PMvideocam

Choi Min-sik (left) as literature professor Heo Mun-oh and Choi Hyun-wook as engineering student Lee Kang in a still from Notes from the Last Row. The new Korean drama is now streaming on Netflix. Photo: Yu Ara/Netflix

Health & Wellness

Can too much running cause colon cancer? New study raises questions

Study finds unusually high rates of precancerous colon polyps in endurance runners, raising concerns over marathoning’s impact on gut health.

27 Jun 2026 - 7:15AM

Health & Wellness

Don’t have life sorted by 25? Not to worry – why TCM says your peak comes later

Traditional Chinese medicine observes peak physical and reproductive age as 28 for women and 32 for men, much older than in Western medicine.

28 Jun 2026 - 7:15AM

Food & Drink

Hong Kong’s dai pai dong go upscale indoors. Can they recreate the same magic?

Meet the chefs behind restaurants honouring Hong Kong’s traditional open-air food stalls by serving wok-fried dishes in nostalgic indoor settings.

25 Jun 2026 - 12:45PMvideocam

Typhoon Shelter Wok‑Fried Lobster (centre) and other dishes on the Hong Kong Sizzle menu at The Lounge. Photo: Four Seasons Hong Kong

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Visitors feel the weight of the Forbidden City as they step through its gates. Photo: Getty Images

Power behind the throne: why the Forbidden City was built to intimidate

How the stone, timber, symmetry and sheer size of a 600-year-old complex made Beijing’s imperial kingdom feel almost divine.

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Floating seafood restaurants at the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter.

Reflections | The uncertain origins of Hong Kong’s Tanka people

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Blue Box Cafe in Tiffany & Co’s Causeway Bay store. Photo: Blue Box Cafe

Hong Kong’s hottest new openings, from steakhouse Don Pedro to modern Chinese haute cuisine at Joyn

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The ancient temples of Angkor Wat provide a stunning backdrop for the Angkor Empire Marathon. Photo: Cambodia Tourism Board

Why Cambodia’s Angkor marathons are a big winner with runners from around the world

In partnership with:Cambodia Tourism Board

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The Chengdu Science Fiction Museum offers
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Chinese and global science-fiction. Photo: Getty Images

Tomorrow’s world: museums, art spaces and tech-hubs from Shenzhen to Spain that help broaden the mind

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Sophia the singing robot and Johnny Poon, conductor and dean of creative arts at the Hong Kong Baptist University. Photo: Alexander Mak

Sophia the robot learns to sing as Hong Kong teaches androids the joys of music

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