Go on a cable car ride with Hello Kitty
Hello Kitty and Singapore Cable Car jointly celebrate their 50th birthdays in 2024, and have come up with cable cars decked out in Hello Kitty designs to mark the occasion.
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Controversies emerge over offensive South Korean digital platform content amid lax regulations
Some experts argue that while the freedom given to digital platforms helps enrich Korea's content landscape, there is also a need for new regulations to guard against the…
Singapore surgeon and other female changemakers win big at 2024 Cartier Women’s Initiative
Last week, the gleaming metropolis of Shenzhen played host to hundreds of entrepreneurs from around the world. They were gathered to celebrate the 2024 Cartier Women’s…
SM founder Lee Soo-man urges K-pop industry’s quick adoption of AI, blockchain technology
The move is to strengthen the competitiveness of the cultural content business and maximize economic efficiency in the global music industry.
Shohei Otani to serve as judge for newly established “Jump Sports Manga Sho” Award
The company asked Ohtani to be a judge because it wanted a top athlete on the panel. The other three judges include manga artists and authors. Ohtani gladly accepted the request,…
South Korean shows most-viewed of Netflix’s non-English titles: report
Titles in Korean (9%), Spanish (7%) and Japanese (5%) captured the largest shares of viewership outside of English, respectively.
Blackpink hits record 2.2b views with ‘Ddu-du Ddu-du’ music video
“Ddu-du Ddu-du” is the lead single from the group’s first EP “Square Up” which was released in June 2018. This cements the record Blackpink holds as the most-viewed…
The best music festivals in Asia in 2024
Why book a flight for a three-hour concert when you can go to a three-day music festival in Asia?
Philippine girl group BINI included in Teen Vogue’s ‘Girl Groups to Watch in 2024’ list
The P-pop octet is the only Filipina group to be included in the list, which looks at the girl groups “poised to have a killer 2024” and will “completely take over your…
Filipino-American Miss USA says she’s been bullied, harassed since being crowned
Savannah Gankiewicz, who revealed she has been receiving death threats and hateful messages, was crowned Miss USA more than a week after the 2023 winner, Miss Utah Noelia Voigt,…