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A maestro inspires fashion

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:02:50 GMT

Homecomings are often bittersweet. They are about how you cannot really go "home" again and what happens when you try. After having lived in Europe for over two decades, Raden Saleh returned to his .....

Bringing Rizal back to Europe

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:02:49 GMT

The Jose P. Rizal Travelling Museum opened in Brussels over the weekend, ahead of the commemoration on Tuesday of the 151st birth anniversary of the country's national hero, also the most renown overs .....

All fired up

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 05:28:15 GMT

China's most popular employment reality TV show, Only You, has seen 305 applicants find jobs since it started in late 2010, with 51 of them being students who studied overseas. It doesn't sound like a .....

Art you can laugh at

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:01:23 GMT

Millions of museum-goers thrill each year just to be within 10 metres of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre, even if the tiny masterpiece is encased in a steel-and-glass frame and mobbed by admirers. At the .....

Vietnamese cartoons decline due to low funds

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 03:18:56 GMT

Most cartoons shown on television are foreign-made, with few of them produced by local companies because of a lack of funds. Dang Vu Thao, director of the Viet Nam Animated Cartoon Studio, said his s .....

Documentary reveals what's unique about rock in China

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 19:46:21 GMT

Near the start of the documentary, Down: Inside Rock in the PRC, co-director Andrew David Field asks Kang Mao, the outspoken female lead singer of the Subs: "So, what do you think of Cui Jian?" "Cui .....

2NE1 to kick off first world tour

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 03:17:05 GMT

Popular girl group 2NE1 is kicking off the first world tour for a Korean girl group, according to their agency YG Entertainment. The four-member group is starting the tour with Seoul concerts on July .....

Private drama faces hardship

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:16:52 GMT

Faced with financial challenges and uninspiring scripts, private drama troupes have been too passive in developing their business, according to industry insiders. Although they have many skilled acto .....

A pig's tale

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:02:44 GMT

The short animation Pig Sale won the open entries grand prize at the Tokyo Anime Award in March. The international award for unreleased animations was a first for China and producer Chen Xifeng. The 1 .....

As writers migrate to the Internet, reviewers follow suit

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:02:43 GMT

Earning 1 million yuan (US$157,000) a year is a faraway dream for most Chinese book critics, as low pay tends to come with the career.But a new platform may make it possible. Cloudary Corp, which run .....

How to find comic relief

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:06:22 GMT

Germany isn't the first country that springs to mind when you think of great sources of humour - or comic strips - but the world is full of surprises, so get ready to laugh - or at least a giggle - at .....

Arirang gets festival treatment

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 06:26:30 GMT

Though considered the unofficial national anthem of Korea, itâs hard to see âArirangâ being performed by todayâs popular contemporary musicians. Koreaâs Culture Ministry, however, is throw .....

Art in stones

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:03:19 GMT

Entering an art gallery only to walk into a cluster of large rocks and photographs of engraved stones instead of elaborate paintings, visitors might find themselves puzzled. That is probably what pho .....

The biggest little Buddha

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:41:06 GMT

An enormous emerald, unearthed in Africa after perhaps two million years and reincarnated in Thailand as an image of the Lord Buddha, has been given the mission of promoting global peace and begun wha .....

Fresh look at old town

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 04:45:53 GMT

It's interesting to talk to foreigners about George Town in Malaysia's Penang state. Everyone has a different opinion and many go on and on about the little things locals donât even look twice at. .....

Rail love story from Bollywood

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 05:48:13 GMT

A classic love story is getting a musical twist. Chugging into the Esplanade Theatre in Singapore tomorrow is the Taj Express, an all- Indian musical extravaganza straight out of Mumbai. It comes ami .....

Young Chinese spearheads efforts to save dialects

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:16:13 GMT

Li Da, 25, is a technical consultant with Hewlett-Packard by day and a "Shanghainese crusader" by night. "It's sad to see so many local children and young people losing the language of their forefath .....

Simple furniture, humble life

Fri, 25 May 2012 05:06:16 GMT

Renowned Korean artist Kim Hwan-ki was known for his attachment to Koreaâs traditional wooden furniture. An avid collector of the wooden pieces, he often used them as the subjects of his famous pai .....

The mind's eye

Fri, 25 May 2012 04:34:10 GMT

The vividness of 56-year-old Jiao Xiaojian's eyes match that of the works displayed in his first solo exhibition, Eyes of Things, at the Chinese Academy of Oil Painting in Beijing. The oil painting i .....

Jang Dong-gun gets first âproperâ kiss scene

Fri, 25 May 2012 04:12:55 GMT

It would come as a major shock if SBSâ latest weekend installment, A Gentlemanâs Dignity, failed to make a strong showing this Saturday. When one of South Koreaâs most beloved actors returns t .....

Korean actress returns in another racy period thriller

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:18:44 GMT

Despite the media frenzy and concern for her âgoing nude too oftenâ, actress Jo Yeo-jung appears to have a fine taste in selecting her roles. After breaking into Koreaâs film scene by going nud .....

Saving old Yangon

Thu, 24 May 2012 01:59:17 GMT

Thant Myint U's mother would take breakfast to his grandfather in the big red brick building where he used to work. Now the historian and author, and grandson of the late U Thant, the United Nations' .....

Korean author talks about her literary obsession

Wed, 23 May 2012 05:46:10 GMT

Korean author Krys Lee found out what her âobsessionsâ are after writing her first collection of stories. They are âsurvivors of different forms,â or âpeople who donât quite belongâ. A .....

Memories of nine months abroad in China

Wed, 23 May 2012 04:18:00 GMT

Molly Bodurtha, an American high school student, should have gone back home to New Haven, Connecticut, six months ago. But she tried hard to persuade her parents and her home school to allow her to st .....

Catch the ârealâ Phantom of the Opera in Kuala Lumpur

Wed, 23 May 2012 03:56:46 GMT

Romance, drama and fine dining will meet at the gala dinner concert, An Evening With the Phantom. The Grand Ballroom of JW Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, the venue for the performances, will be lavi .....