After 17-year hiatus, Bangkok International Film Festival relaunches with ASEAN ambitions
The festival's primary goal is to re-establish Bangkok as a cinematic hub for the ASEAN region and strengthen the Asian film community.
K-pop’s struggle with ‘tampering’
Tampering, in K-pop, refers to unauthorised contact by an outside party — typically a rival agency or producer — with an artist still bound by an exclusive contract.
Asian Art Museum’s Lee So-young charts new vision for Asian diaspora
Ms Lee took office in April as the new director of the country's leading Asian art museum, having previously served as the chief curator at Harvard Art Museum.
Pakistani actor Ahsan Mohsin Ikram throws a star-studded ‘AI birthday party’ to highlight the weirdness of it all
Taking to Instagram stories, the actor shared a set of AI-generated photos that showed him hanging out with a controversial mix of world leaders and Hollywood icons.
BTS’ agency eyes India’s 1.4 billion market with new local branch
Hybe aims to nurture local artists with K-pop’s signature training system.
‘Not just muses:’ Women helped shape Philippine film history
The recent “Pelikula at Pilipina” Gala Night recognitions echoed a larger truth: women have long been the backbone of Philippine cinema.
30 years on, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan finally becomes National Award winner with Jawaan
Honoured for his powerful performance in the 2023 blockbuster Jawaan, the actor shared the honour with Vikrant Massey, who received it for his role in 12th Fail.
Singapore artist Priscilla Tey wins top prize in World Illustration Awards 2025
Ms Tey is the first Singaporean to win in this category, but fellow Singaporean artist Esther Goh previously won in the Editorial Category in 2018 for Emojiworld, which was…
Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao joins star-studded Korean show ‘Physical: Asia’ lineup
The series will feature 48 contestants from eight countries — Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, the Philippines, Thailand and Turkey — competing in a high-stakes…
AI-powered subtitle glasses to help non-Korean speakers enjoy theatre shows
"Smart Theater," a system that translates performance scripts and displays real-time foreign language subtitles through AI-powered subtitle glasses, will be introduced throughout…