Netflix's Korean brain-survival game returns November 10 with 16 players, a rule change that loosens the prison, and a trailer where "Survivor King" Jang Dongmin is everyone's target. Five […]
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Lee Chang-dong Makes His Short Film Debut, and It’s a Boy Running Home
Heartbeat, the director's first short, reaches Netflix worldwide on November 2. It arrives four days before Possible Love, and it shares that film's universe. Lee Chang-dong has made features […]
Margiela and Gentle Monster Crush, Stitch and Stretch Their Fourth Eyewear Line
Sixty-eight deconstructed frames, a short film by Alex Prager and pop-ups from Seoul to Melbourne: the Paris house and the Korean eyewear brand are four collections in. A fourth […]
Dead-End Job Is the Halloween K-Drama Where Rent Is the Real Monster
Netflix's Dead-End Job sends Lee Jae-wook into haunted workplaces for big money. Here's the cast, the scares, the shaky CGI and a 7/10 verdict before you press play. A […]
Lee Chang-dong Is Back, and Korea Is Betting Its Oscar Hopes on Him
Eight years after Burning, the director returns with Possible Love, a Venice winner and South Korea's pick for the Academy Awards. It reaches Netflix on Nov. 6. It took […]
K-pop Keeps Making Spooky Sound Sweet, and Nobody’s Complaining
From Jennie's chart-topping "Dracula" to ENHYPEN's flirty fangs, K-pop's Halloween canon runs on one trick: a pretty face on something that bites. A K-pop remix of a psychedelic Tame […]
Yohji Yamamoto Joins Armani, Prada and Lagerfeld on the BFC’s Honour Roll
The British Fashion Council will give the Japanese designer its Outstanding Achievement Award at The Fashion Awards 2026, on November 30 at London's Royal Albert Hall. Tom Ford, Valentino, […]
Skip the Usual Slashers: Five Asian Horror Films Worth Your Halloween Night
JoySauce TV is streaming a Halloween marathon of Japanese and Korean horror. We pulled five titles, including an overlooked Korean fairy-tale chiller with serious set design. One man’s obsession […]
Hilda Koronel, Kore-eda and a Cannes Cartoon Walk Into San Diego
The 27th San Diego Asian Film Festival opens Nov. 5 with Stephanie Hsu in an animated love story, and the lineup runs from Sundance winners to a Lifetime Achievement […]
Good Partner Season 2: Cha Eun-kyung Goes Solo, and Kim Hye-yoon Moves In
SBS sets November 20, 2026 for the divorce-law drama's return, with a new firm, a new colleague who feels everything, and a Netflix release limited to South Korea. Walking […]
From Macau to Squid Game: Why Asian Games of Chance Took Over Pop Culture
By Catalin Constantin A pair of cards lands on a green table. The dealer turns one over, and everyone leans forward. It’s a simple scene, but it has all […]
Cheong-san Is Alive: Netflix Korea’s 10th Birthday Delivers a Zombie Surprise
At a Seoul fan festival, Netflix Korea put Song Hye-kyo, Gong Yoo and Byeon Woo-seok on one stage. The big news came from a character fans thought was long […]
Grace Zhang Paints the Market Like a Mountain Range
By day she watches the Bloomberg Terminal. By night she turns Chanel jackets, quantum physics and Elliott waves into canvases now on view in San Francisco. Most artists keep […]
Twelve artists, one opera house, and a Sotheby’s gavel waiting in December
Aline Asmar d'Amman staged PROJECT 12 beneath the Palais Garnier's painted ceiling. Twelve new works go on view in October, then to auction on 3 December. Most anniversary projects […]
JoshLia Are Back, and This Time the Love Story Spans 30 Years
Joshua Garcia and Julia Barretto reunite in 'Always Yours, Never Mine,' a Star Cinema romance from Cathy Garcia-Sampana. They explain why trust made the hard scenes easier. Two people […]
