Korea, Japan, Indonesia top K-pop markets in 2025: data
While the top three markets remained unchanged from the previous year, notable movement occurred outside the Top 3. The US climbed one spot to fourth place, accounting for 6.25…
Mongolian athletes from Netflix’s Physical Asia awarded Golden Star
The Golden Star is awarded to individuals and teams who have made outstanding contributions to sport development, won Olympic medals, or otherwise promoted Mongolia…
South Korea’s ‘chaebol,’ the quiet fashion influencers
The phenomenon known as “ditto consumption” — buying items favoured by well-known figures — has intensified amid economic uncertainty, with both affordable and luxury…
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ lands two Oscar nods; Park Chan-wook’s ‘No Other Choice’ shut out
The Netflix animation earns nominations for best animated feature and best original song.
South Korean actress Han So-hee is done playing pretty
One of Korea's hottest stars is ready to disappear into her roles, even taking on a psychopath.
Kpop star Rain apologises to fan with hearing loss after calling her out for not dancing at his concert
The female fan, known only as Chichi on social media platform Threads, recounted on Jan 19 what happened at the gig.
Art exhibition explores identity, pain and resilience amid Cambodia’s cultural scars
The "Ekarieach All Stars” art exhibition, now open at Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra, is where Cambodian and international artists confront questions of belonging, loss, and…
P-pop group SB19 exceeds 1 billion streams on Spotify: ‘Just getting started’
The five songs listed on the group’s Popular list on Spotify are “DAM,” “DUNGKA!”, “Time,” “8TonBall” and “Quit,” with “DAM” having 59,780,606 streams as…
South Korea’s reputation abroad reaches new peak, powered by cultural content: survey
The "2025 Korea National Image Survey" revealed that 82.3 percent of respondents held a favourable view of Korea. The poll was conducted throughout October 2025, surveying 13,000…
Philippine celebrities dig up their archives in ‘2026 is the new 2016’ social media trend
The social media trend started as a nostalgic trip on TikTok, where many netizens posted photos of themselves during that particular year, reminisced about how “simpler” life…