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Film & TV

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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Trailer Drops: Your New Favorite Idols Are Secretly Slaying Demons

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Lily Gladstone and Bowen Yang to Star in ‘The Wedding Banquet’ Remake

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Indonesia

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KFC Indonesia launches fried chicken skin on its own for just USD 95 cents

May 16, 2019

HBO releases ‘Folklore’ – a new Asian horror anthology series

February 22, 2019

British tourist slaps Indonesian immigration officer, gets 6 months in jail

February 9, 2019

Indonesian wife gambles away £3.5 million, leaves husband bankrupt

April 2, 2018

Over 70 injured after Indonesia Stock Exchange walkway collapses

January 17, 2018

Jet Li to star in film about the Boxing Day tsunami in Aceh

December 19, 2017

AirAsia passengers panic as cabin crew scream when flight plummets 20,000 feet

October 16, 2017

Indonesian woman claims racist Korean bouncer beat her up due to nationality

September 4, 2017

FilmDoo releases multinational range of Asian cinema

February 6, 2017

China and Indonesia have fake versions of famous Singapore nightclub Zouk

January 6, 2017

WATCH: touching video of Indonesian son surprising parents after 3 years away and losing 20kg

July 30, 2016

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Myth Without Borders: How Eight Immortals Took Ancient China Global

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