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Hong Kong pianist Rachel Cheung on her debut classical album Reflections, featuring works by Beethoven, Chopin and Ravel that have inspired her career

Hong Kong pianist Rachel Cheung on her debut classical ...

The former child prodigy says her album featuring works by three composers – Bee...

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A Light Never Goes Out movie review: Hong Kong’s last neon signs are the stars of this gentle story of loss, anchored by Sylvia Chang as a grieving widow

A Light Never Goes Out movie review: Hong Kong’s last n...

Sylvia Chang’s Golden Horse-winning performance as a grieving widow anchors this...

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On Fantasy

On Fantasy

Photograph by Iflwlou (拍攝), via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0...

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Netflix K-drama review: Divorce Attorney Shin – Cho Seung-woo legal drama ends on a heart-warming note, taking the easy way out

Netflix K-drama review: Divorce Attorney Shin – Cho Seu...

Divorce Attorney Shin, starring Cho Seung-woo, ends on a heart-warming note afte...

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The story of Tetris, ‘the perfect game’, as told on Apple TV+: the ‘Cold War thriller’ behind its Nintendo Game Boy debut – and why we still love to play

The story of Tetris, ‘the perfect game’, as told on App...

Tetris, the 1989 launch title of the Nintendo Game Boy handheld console, is call...

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The Hong Kong lawyer from city’s Portuguese community whose bravery as a prisoner of war is the stuff of local legend

The Hong Kong lawyer from city’s Portuguese community w...

Christopher D’Almada e Castro of Hong Kong’s Portuguese community was a distingu...

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All of Us Are Dead’s Yoon Chan-young to star in body-swap K-drama; Jeon Jong-seo eyed for historical drama Queen Woo – K-drama casting latest

All of Us Are Dead’s Yoon Chan-young to star in body-sw...

Yoon Chan-young will switch spirits with a gangster in I, a Gangster, Became a H...

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On Anzia Yezierska’s Bread Givers

On Anzia Yezierska’s Bread Givers

Still from Hungry Hearts, an adaptation of a novel by Anzia Yezierska. Courtesy ...

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It’s Nineteen Seventy-Nine, Okay

It’s Nineteen Seventy-Nine, Okay

Artistic rendering of a double black hole, 2015. ESA/Hubble. Wikimedia Commons, ...

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The Mother of the Mother of the Virgin Mary

The Mother of the Mother of the Virgin Mary

Sixteenth-century icon depicting Emerentia, Saint Anne, the Virgin Mary, and the...

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The ‘miracle’ K-pop girl groups like Fifty Fifty and H1-Key who beat the odds to make it big – despite being from small labels

The ‘miracle’ K-pop girl groups like Fifty Fifty and H1...

K-pop is dominated by big music labels, so it’s rare to see ‘miracle’ acts from ...

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Netflix Korea unveils raft of reality series on the back of Single’s Inferno and Physical: 100 success – from dating shows to a zombie survival game

Netflix Korea unveils raft of reality series on the bac...

Following the success of Physical: 100 and Single’s Inferno, Netflix Korea has a...

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K-drama Joseon Attorney: A Morality – Woo Do-hwan, Bona lead romance-infused legal period drama

K-drama Joseon Attorney: A Morality – Woo Do-hwan, Bona...

Woo Do-hwan of The King: Eternal Monarch and Bona of WJSN star in K-drama Joseon...

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Ride On movie review: Jackie Chan as ageing stuntman confirms he’s too old for this gig in this love letter to the profession

Ride On movie review: Jackie Chan as ageing stuntman co...

A love letter to kung fu stuntmen, Ride On pays homage to Chan’s most memorable ...