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How Chinese film fans embraced Cloud Atlas, movie spurned elsewhere
The Wachowkis and Tom Tykwer’s adaptation of David Mitchell’s novel was a box-office flop everywhere except China, despite a starry cast.
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‘I’m second,’ says South Korean star Hyun Bin on life now he’s a dad
25 Dec 2024 - 2:45PM
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Squid Game season 2 offers electrifying and pulse-pounding new games
26 Dec 2024 - 4:00PM
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Song Joong-ki opens up on Bogota struggles and why he supports Hyun Bin
Song, whose new film Bogota: City of the Lost was heavily delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic, says he is driven by a sense of challenge.
26 Dec 2024 - 7:15PM
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Korean actor Song Joong-ki, 39, says that his new movie, Bogota: City of the Lost, is fundamentally about responsibility. Photo: Instagram/hi_songjoongki
Food & Drink
Who is Maria Lee, Hong Kong’s Queen of Cakes? New biography tells all
Maria Lee built a bakery empire, saw it go into liquidation, and moved on and up. Summing up her life was a challenge, her biographer says.
26 Dec 2024 - 5:15PM
Entertainment
The Hong Kong films released in 2024, ranked from worst to best
From We 12 to Papa, Fly Me to the Moon and The Last Dance, our ranking of the Hong Kong films that hit cinemas in the course of the year.
26 Dec 2024 - 12:40PM
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Suspended jail term for actress Han So-hee’s mother over illegal gambling
Identified only as A, Han’s mother was given a suspended prison sentence for running illegal gambling dens. Prosecutors lodged an appeal.
26 Dec 2024 - 11:06AM
Korean actress Han So-hee attends the Christian Dior Haute Couture spring/summer 2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in January 2024. Her mother received a suspended prison sentence for running illegal gambling dens. Photo: Getty Images
Health & Wellness
Escape Lunar New Year bad luck with a snake-themed run through Hong Kong
The third day of the Lunar New Year is considered an unlucky day. Shake off that bad luck with a run that snakes through country parks.
26 Dec 2024 - 5:49PM
Food & Drink
11 new restaurants in Hong Kong to try in January 2025
Chinese cuisines including Cantonese, Sichuan, Fujianese and Hunanese are represented, as well as Korean barbecue, Japanese and Basque fare.
26 Dec 2024 - 12:45PM
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Hidden Face, a Korean erotic thriller, serves up scandalous fun
This sexy K-movie follows a conductor who sleeps with the replacement player for his cellist fiancée, who seems to have disappeared.
23 Dec 2024 - 1:15PM
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Arts & Culture
Arts stories you read most in 2024, including one about a Cantopop classic
We look back at some of the top arts stories in 2024, from a deep dive into Cantopop song The Bund to the criticised Chubby Hearts project.
26 Dec 2024 - 4:45PM
On of the most read Post arts stories of 2024 was a deep dive into song The Bund by composer Joseph Koo (left) and lyricist James Wong Jim (right), the most popular version of which was sung by Frances Yip (centre). Photo: courtesy of Frances Yip
Family & Relationships
‘Baby hatch’ boy, now grown up, teaches kids to love life
Koichi Miyatsu, whose mother died when he was a baby, runs an education programme in Japan based on his being raised by foster parents.
25 Dec 2024 - 8:18AM
Arts & Culture
When Boxing Day tsunami took her daughter, she began helping Thai children
Elisabeth Zana thought her life was over after her daughter died in the 2004 tsunami. Instead she began helping a Thai school. She still is.
26 Dec 2024 - 12:09PM
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Health & Wellness
Personal health forecasts based on DNA are getting close to reality
Personal well-being guides based on our genetic make-up that have the potential to predict disease risks are becoming increasingly possible.
26 Dec 2024 - 7:45AM
Fashion & Beauty
Serpent-inspired shoes, dresses and accessories for Year of the Snake
From shoes to dresses and watches, some of the best fashion and jewellery items to wear for the coming Year of the Snake.
25 Dec 2024 - 5:15PM
René Caovilla’s Cleo shoes feature a snake strap design that coils around the ankle. Photo: Instagram/@renecaovilla
K-drama
The 15 best K-dramas of 2024 ranked, from Queen of Tears to Squid Game 2
From a vigilante thriller to a period political drama, and Korea’s most awaited sequel, here is our pick of the top 15 K-dramas of 2024.
26 Dec 2024 - 5:06PM
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Squid Game 2 star on its ‘genius’ writer and ‘living with Gi-hun’
As the Netflix K-drama hit returns for a second season, cast and crew including Lee Jung-jae reflect on show’s impact globally – and on them.
26 Dec 2024 - 5:05PM
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Health & Wellness
Surge in colon cancer in young people reflects global lifestyle changes
Colon cancer rates are falling among older people, but rising among young people because of sedentary lifestyles and processed-food diets.
17 Dec 2024 - 10:30AM
Snack foods tend to be in high in salt, sugar, and fat. Photo: Shutterstock
Arts & Culture
Why the coming Year of the Wood Snake could be lucky
With 12 animals and 5 elements, the Year of the Wood Snake comes around every 60 years, and 2025’s may be more favourable than 1965’s.
7 Dec 2024 - 8:37AM
Entertainment
The Ip Man movies without Donnie Yen, including a Wong Kar-wai version
The Ip Man story has been explored in multiple films, from Wong Kar-wai’s The Grandmaster starring Tony Leung to one featuring Anthony Wong.
8 Dec 2024 - 4:17PM
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Entertainment
The 12 best Asian films of 2024, including The Last Dance
From a Thai tear-jerker to a Korean cross-dressing romcom and a hand-drawn Japanese anime, our pick of the best Asian films of the past year.
19 Dec 2024 - 7:15AM
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Can this new wave of Hong Kong farmers bring agriculture back to the city?
Netflix docu Kiss The Ground argues that sustainable regenerative farming practices are a potential solution to our climate crisis – meet the Hong Kong food producers getting down to earth.
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