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The show looks into the dating scene in South Korea’s capital, painting the menfolk as soppy fops and the women as confident cads.
The show looks into the dating scene in South Korea’s capital, painting the menfolk as soppy fops and the women as confident cads.
While viewers might see the love story between Shin Se-kyung’s translator and Im Si-wan’s athlete coming, there are still elements of surprise to the show.
While viewers might see the love story between Shin Se-kyung’s translator and Im Si-wan’s athlete coming, there are still elements of surprise to the show.
High, wide and certainly not handsome, they’re as responsive as a boulder and corner like a battleship.
High, wide and certainly not handsome, they’re as responsive as a boulder and corner like a battleship.
On Netflix, Japanese thriller Alice in Borderland goes big on existential angst, while HBO Asia’s romcom Adventure of the Ring offers a more comforting outlook.
On Netflix, Japanese thriller Alice in Borderland goes big on existential angst, while HBO Asia’s romcom Adventure of the Ring offers a more comforting outlook.
There is no shortage of seasonal showings, including Love Actually, A New York Christmas Wedding and Holidate. If you’re already low on Christmas spirit, try K-drama The Uncanny Counter on Netflix.
There is no shortage of seasonal showings, including Love Actually, A New York Christmas Wedding and Holidate. If you’re already low on Christmas spirit, try K-drama The Uncanny Counter on Netflix.
Netflix provides seasonal musicals aplenty, from Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square to Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey.
Netflix provides seasonal musicals aplenty, from Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square to Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey.
Korean celebrities go back to school in this wacky variety talk show that involves a series of improvised challenges, embarrassing revelations and plenty of banter.
Korean celebrities go back to school in this wacky variety talk show that involves a series of improvised challenges, embarrassing revelations and plenty of banter.
Now streaming on Netflix, the violent police procedural offers a fresh perspective on crime fighting, starring Lee Ha-na.
Now streaming on Netflix, the violent police procedural offers a fresh perspective on crime fighting, starring Lee Ha-na.
In the Netflix show, Go A-ra plays a reluctant piano prodigy who loses everything only to find love, perhaps.
In the Netflix show, Go A-ra plays a reluctant piano prodigy who loses everything only to find love, perhaps.
Mike He, Amanda Chou and Ivy Shao star in the lighthearted romp on Netflix that flits between the human and supernatural worlds, sucking up evil spirits with smartphones.
Mike He, Amanda Chou and Ivy Shao star in the lighthearted romp on Netflix that flits between the human and supernatural worlds, sucking up evil spirits with smartphones.
After the television adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s novel was aired in Britain, it was decried as a ‘kick in the teeth’ for its Asian characters, which rather misses the point.
After the television adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s novel was aired in Britain, it was decried as a ‘kick in the teeth’ for its Asian characters, which rather misses the point.
The former member of K-pop band Miss A is joined by Kang Han-na and Nam Joo-hyuk as young people hoping to make it bit in the world of start-ups.
The former member of K-pop band Miss A is joined by Kang Han-na and Nam Joo-hyuk as young people hoping to make it bit in the world of start-ups.
For Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz the Hong Kong International Literary Festival was one of the most memorable he’s participated in; for a first-time author, it marked a turning point. Will this year’s partly virtual event have the same resonance?
For Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz the Hong Kong International Literary Festival was one of the most memorable he’s participated in; for a first-time author, it marked a turning point. Will this year’s partly virtual event have the same resonance?
The overarching theme of this slick, ironically titled crime thriller is the theme of modern life’s war on privacy.
The overarching theme of this slick, ironically titled crime thriller is the theme of modern life’s war on privacy.
Set against an attractive backdrop of actors, models and make-up artists, the show examines societal pressures placed on private relationships.
Set against an attractive backdrop of actors, models and make-up artists, the show examines societal pressures placed on private relationships.
The HBO Asia series stars Ma Yili as a private detective and Vengo Gao Weiguang as an upright police inspector in old Shanghai.
The HBO Asia series stars Ma Yili as a private detective and Vengo Gao Weiguang as an upright police inspector in old Shanghai.
Helping to produce Warrior, the HBO and Cinemax series based on Lee’s idea, has allowed daughter Shannon to emerge from her father’s long shadow.
Helping to produce Warrior, the HBO and Cinemax series based on Lee’s idea, has allowed daughter Shannon to emerge from her father’s long shadow.
Jung Yu-mi stars as a lightsaber-wielding superhero nurse in this whimsical fantasy-comedy now streaming on Netflix.
Jung Yu-mi stars as a lightsaber-wielding superhero nurse in this whimsical fantasy-comedy now streaming on Netflix.
Set in 1870s San Francisco and based on an idea by Bruce Lee, the second season starts as it means to go on – with extreme violence.
Set in 1870s San Francisco and based on an idea by Bruce Lee, the second season starts as it means to go on – with extreme violence.
In The 99% Invisible City, radio producer Roman Mars invites readers to look at the built world through fresh, inquisitive eyes.
In The 99% Invisible City, radio producer Roman Mars invites readers to look at the built world through fresh, inquisitive eyes.
There is no shortage of style on the small screen, from runway wannabes to designer profiles and investigations into the darker side of the darker side of the fashion industry.
There is no shortage of style on the small screen, from runway wannabes to designer profiles and investigations into the darker side of the darker side of the fashion industry.
Created by Tokyo’s Wit Studio, the 14-part series follows the misadventures of a merry band of charlatans.
Created by Tokyo’s Wit Studio, the 14-part series follows the misadventures of a merry band of charlatans.
The show’s second season moves at a glacial pace towards justice for corrupt cops and the powerful chaebol of Seoul.
The show’s second season moves at a glacial pace towards justice for corrupt cops and the powerful chaebol of Seoul.
HBO Asia’s sci-fi series follows an unlikely group of scientists, police officers and criminals trying to save the dream-lives of innocent victims.
HBO Asia’s sci-fi series follows an unlikely group of scientists, police officers and criminals trying to save the dream-lives of innocent victims.
Kidnapping, mind games and murder feature in this grimly fascinating Indian crime thriller on Amazon Prime starring Abhishek Bachchan as a tormented father.
Kidnapping, mind games and murder feature in this grimly fascinating Indian crime thriller on Amazon Prime starring Abhishek Bachchan as a tormented father.
The Netflix K-drama features Song Ji-hyo in the lead role as a single mother who has never given up on her dream of becoming a movie producer.
The Netflix K-drama features Song Ji-hyo in the lead role as a single mother who has never given up on her dream of becoming a movie producer.
Young professionals, and their sometimes forceful families, turn to Mumbai-based matchmaker Sima Taparia in the eight-part first season of the much discussed Netflix show.
Young professionals, and their sometimes forceful families, turn to Mumbai-based matchmaker Sima Taparia in the eight-part first season of the much discussed Netflix show.
In the Netflix reality show, the Taiwanese and South Korean actor-singer-musicians visit various destinations, from Bangkok to Bali, meeting fans and, more hilariously, managing their money as they go.
In the Netflix reality show, the Taiwanese and South Korean actor-singer-musicians visit various destinations, from Bangkok to Bali, meeting fans and, more hilariously, managing their money as they go.
The kitchen cupboard-lurking cafetière doesn’t make good coffee. It just makes us fumé.
The kitchen cupboard-lurking cafetière doesn’t make good coffee. It just makes us fumé.
Animator and director Masaaki Yuasa and his Science Saru studio presents another thought-provoking winner in the show that follows a Tokyo family’s struggle for survival after a natural disaster.
Animator and director Masaaki Yuasa and his Science Saru studio presents another thought-provoking winner in the show that follows a Tokyo family’s struggle for survival after a natural disaster.