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The British Chinese architect and artist bridges first-generation social clubs and underground UK clubs in an ambitious moving-image installation.
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The veteran actor joins a stacked cast for the upcoming underworld thriller from the writer of Netflix's Beef.
Dr Shoo Lee, a renowned neonatologist whose career helped shape contemporary neonatal care, unexpectedly became a central voice in the
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The creative teams behind the new hardback annual, GOLDEN, have issued a second call for contributors.
Namoo Chae Lee’s 'Cancelling Tiger' explores sisterhood, trauma, and identity through Korean myth—reclaiming voice, ritual, and resistance.
The UK East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) creative community is banding together for an ambitious new project.
ESEA creatives face near-total UK TV exclusion, says Rising Waves. Diamond Report shows sharp decline, urging urgent, targeted industry action
113 years ago, six Chinese Titanic survivors faced racism and erasure, their story buried—now resurfacing to reveal a long-silenced truth
Chi Thai's 'The Endless Sea' offers a child's perspective on displacement, highlighting the crucial role of young people's literature in
Voice ESEA’s CFO Choon speaks with Xindi about an upcoming exhibition that resurfaces forgotten currents of British East and Southeast
Southbank Centre’s ESEA Encounters (17–20 July) celebrates East & South East Asian culture with music, art, theatre, poetry, and more
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Logan Kim will play Steven Yeun’s son again in Netflix’s supernatural drama Pagans, following his role as Glenn’s son Hershel
Resurfaced podcast footage shows Texas GOP congressional candidate Brandon Herrera joking about sending unadopted kittens to Chinese restaurants, invoking a
Hur Jin-ho says South Korea’s opposition party wanted The Assassin(s) withdrawn, but the film opened SGIFF 2026. The director on
The veteran vocalist ends a twenty-one-year tenure at her longtime home label to launch EMITHAUS while confirming she will remain
Jeremy Lin took to Reddit for a wide-ranging session with supporters, answering questions on Linsanity, the mechanics of scoring, and
Takayuki Yamada leads Disney+’s six-part Japanese horror anthology Night Tales Club, featuring episodes from Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takashi Shimizu and more.
Park Min-young and Yook Sung-jae lead new Prime Video Korean office romance Nine to Six, premiering Nov. 25.
The sunscreen was voted on by 3,000 fans before a single guest got one. INGU Skin’s Ing on building skincare
The versatile Japanese performer brought memorable roles to life across gaming franchises and global anime series for more than three