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South Korea Football Association faces scrutiny after a government audit alleged it provided sexual entertainment to foreign referees during international matches
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This isn't the first time a company has tried to "rebrand" Mahjong for white audiences.
World Cup
The long-awaited martial arts sequel dominates theatrical ticket sales in China, marking a triumphant return for the legendary comedy director.
The first footballer of East Asian heritage to play for England receives official recognition at his childhood home in Buxton.
Japan’s post-match bow after a 2-1 World Cup loss to Brazil drew praise online, as Hajime Moriyasu and his players
Steven Gerrard fronted China’s Laizhou Whiskey campaign ahead of the World Cup, with the Liverpool legend praising the drink in
Hong Myung-Bo resigns after South Korea’s World Cup exit as President Lee orders a government investigation into the team’s performance
Japan advance to the World Cup knockout stage after a 1–1 draw with Sweden, setting up a high-stakes round-of-32 clash
Wenzhou entrepreneur Lin Jie stepped in with flights and clothes to ensure Ana Cândida Évora could watch her goalkeeper son
The football governing body has intervened to offer a front-row seat to the content creator after an engineering guild president
Australian Nishan Velupillay becomes the first player of Malaysian descent to play in the FIFA World Cup, marking a historic
Ulises Fernando Bernal Miramontes has apologized after a viral World Cup clip showed him making a racist gesture toward South
LISA becomes the first female K-pop artist to perform at a World Cup opening ceremony, delivering an electrifying rendition of
South Korean creator inocat_t shared a racist gesture she received at a World Cup match when a Mexico fan mocked
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Peter Chan reflects on Hong Kong cinema’s director-driven golden age, Comrades: Almost a Love Story, Hollywood, and the lessons shaping
Thirty years after Quentin Lee and Justin Lin launched Shopping for Fangs, the indie film returns to open the 2026
Aamir Khan explores shared values between India and China, his films’ appeal to Chinese audiences and piracy’s role in introducing
The Oscar-nominated actor voices and executive produces the Cannes-lauded animated memoir opposite Will Sharpe ahead of a winter cinema run.
Amanda Jiang stars as Countess Isolde Dragomir in Dracula: The Crimson Code, a female-led gothic vampire thriller now filming in
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