Park Hyung-sik (left) and Park Shin-hye as Yeo Jeong-woo and Nam Ha-neul in a still from Doctor Slump. Save for a few scenes, the K-drama failed to address mental health as it was supposed to.
Korean drama reviews

Review | Doctor Slump: Park Shin-hye, Park Hyung-sik in muddled romcom K-drama

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Save for a few scenes, Doctor Slump failed to discuss mental health and stigmas surrounding it in Korean society as it was supposed to – but the series was never less than a breezy watch.

Park Hyung-sik (left) and Park Shin-hye as Yeo Jeong-woo and Nam Ha-neul in a still from Doctor Slump. Save for a few scenes, the K-drama failed to address mental health as it was supposed to.

Review | Doctor Slump: Park Shin-hye, Park Hyung-sik in muddled romcom K-drama

Save for a few scenes, Doctor Slump failed to discuss mental health and stigmas surrounding it in Korean society as it was supposed to – but the series was never less than a breezy watch.

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No gemstones here: artist makes jewellery from rope, brass, and salt crystals

Her jewellery is made from materials not usually associated with luxury. It is meant to reflect the talismanic role of jewellery in Kenyan culture, says Ami Doshi Shah, a Kenyan of South Asian origin.

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How to be a plane spotter in Hong Kong – the best airport vantage points

Plane spotters reveal where they go to get the best shots of airliners landing and taking off at Hong Kong’s airport, the joys of plane spotting in Japan, and the aircraft that excite them most.

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A staff member displays neck piece jewellery from a display of Kenyan designer Ami Doshi Shah’s handcrafted designs. Photo: AFP

No gemstones here: artist makes jewellery from rope, brass, and salt crystals

Her jewellery is made from materials not usually associated with luxury. It is meant to reflect the talismanic role of jewellery in Kenyan culture, says Ami Doshi Shah, a Kenyan of South Asian origin.

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Asia travel

How to be a plane spotter in Hong Kong – the best airport vantage points

Plane spotters reveal where they go to get the best shots of airliners landing and taking off at Hong Kong’s airport, the joys of plane spotting in Japan, and the aircraft that excite them most.

Plane spotters reveal where they go to get the best shots of airliners landing and taking off at Hong Kong’s airport, the joys of plane spotting in Japan, and the aircraft that excite them most.

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Heavy metal meets orchestral sound in Bright & Black, with mixed results

Hong Kong Arts Festival show with a rock concert vibe features pieces orchestral in scope composed by Nordic metalheads and performed by multinational Baltic Sea Philharmonic.

Hong Kong Arts Festival show with a rock concert vibe features pieces orchestral in scope composed by Nordic metalheads and performed by multinational Baltic Sea Philharmonic.

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Qatar museum director hails International Cultural Summit in Hong Kong

With a design district flourishing in the Qatari capital, Doha, and a cultural district being built, Shaika Nasser Al-Nassr, director of the Museum of Islamic Art, looks forward to meeting peers in Hong Kong.

19 Mar 2024 - 2:26PM
Qatar museum director hails International Cultural Summit in Hong Kong

Travel influencer couple on horror India gang rape and Taliban interrogation

Travel influencers Fernanda and Vicente open up about Fernanda being gang-raped in India earlier in March and their Taliban interrogation while on an epic six-year motorbike trip.

19 Mar 2024 - 3:26PM
Travel influencer couple on horror India gang rape and Taliban interrogation

Review | Heavy metal meets orchestral sound in Bright & Black, with mixed results

Hong Kong Arts Festival show with a rock concert vibe features pieces orchestral in scope composed by Nordic metalheads and performed by multinational Baltic Sea Philharmonic.

5 hours ago

Qatar museum director hails International Cultural Summit in Hong Kong

With a design district flourishing in the Qatari capital, Doha, and a cultural district being built, Shaika Nasser Al-Nassr, director of the Museum of Islamic Art, looks forward to meeting peers in Hong Kong.

19 Mar 2024 - 2:26PM

Travel influencer couple on horror India gang rape and Taliban interrogation

Travel influencers Fernanda and Vicente open up about Fernanda being gang-raped in India earlier in March and their Taliban interrogation while on an epic six-year motorbike trip.

19 Mar 2024 - 3:26PM

Explainer | The Morning Banana Diet is the latest weight-loss craze, but what is it?

Japanese social media craze the Morning Banana Diet is now back in vogue, but there’s more to it than the name suggests. An expert describes how to incorporate it for healthy weight loss.

Japanese social media craze the Morning Banana Diet is now back in vogue, but there’s more to it than the name suggests. An expert describes how to incorporate it for healthy weight loss.

28 Feb 2024 - 5:04PM

Which diet has Kim Kardashian done on and off for years to lose weight?

From a diet that Kim Kardashian claims helped her lose 27kg post-pregnancy to the fitness trainers she has worked out with, what the reality television star says she does to lose weight and stay fit.

From a diet that Kim Kardashian claims helped her lose 27kg post-pregnancy to the fitness trainers she has worked out with, what the reality television star says she does to lose weight and stay fit.

19 Mar 2024 - 8:16AM

‘Power foods’ vs Ozempic and Wegovy drugs for weight loss

On World Obesity Day, a doctor explains the benefits of eating foods that cause weight loss similar to medication like Ozempic but without side effects, such as berries, broccoli, spinach, beans and tofu.

On World Obesity Day, a doctor explains the benefits of eating foods that cause weight loss similar to medication like Ozempic but without side effects, such as berries, broccoli, spinach, beans and tofu.

8 Mar 2024 - 8:06AM

Explainer | The Morning Banana Diet is the latest weight-loss craze, but what is it?

Japanese social media craze the Morning Banana Diet is now back in vogue, but there’s more to it than the name suggests. An expert describes how to incorporate it for healthy weight loss.

Japanese social media craze the Morning Banana Diet is now back in vogue, but there’s more to it than the name suggests. An expert describes how to incorporate it for healthy weight loss.

28 Feb 2024 - 5:04PM

Which diet has Kim Kardashian done on and off for years to lose weight?

From a diet that Kim Kardashian claims helped her lose 27kg post-pregnancy to the fitness trainers she has worked out with, what the reality television star says she does to lose weight and stay fit.

From a diet that Kim Kardashian claims helped her lose 27kg post-pregnancy to the fitness trainers she has worked out with, what the reality television star says she does to lose weight and stay fit.

19 Mar 2024 - 8:16AM

‘Power foods’ vs Ozempic and Wegovy drugs for weight loss

On World Obesity Day, a doctor explains the benefits of eating foods that cause weight loss similar to medication like Ozempic but without side effects, such as berries, broccoli, spinach, beans and tofu.

On World Obesity Day, a doctor explains the benefits of eating foods that cause weight loss similar to medication like Ozempic but without side effects, such as berries, broccoli, spinach, beans and tofu.

8 Mar 2024 - 8:06AM

Lifestyle Spotlight

Lifestyle | OPINION
Depending on the fashions of the period, some of the brows that ancient and medieval Chinese women drew on their own faces would be considered bizarre and even comical today. Photo: Getty Images

Reflections | Laminated brow trend has got nothing on eyebrow styles of ancient China

Eyebrow cosmetics were widely used in ancient China, where women drew eyebrows shaped like feathers, tadpoles, daggers, even fat silkworm cocoons according to the fashions of their time.

17 Mar 2024 - 8:15AM

Then & Now | Avoid the Pooh: when funny T-shirts and slogans are no longer amusing

Hong Kong residents have been chuckling away at amusing T-shirt slogans since the 1980s, but only the foolish or careless are laughing now.

Hong Kong residents have been chuckling away at amusing T-shirt slogans since the 1980s, but only the foolish or careless are laughing now.

16 Mar 2024 - 3:16PM
Avoid the Pooh: when funny T-shirts and slogans are no longer amusing

Mouthing Off | Wendy’s boss made to eat crow over ‘dynamic pricing’ idea, and rightly so

We pay more for flights, Uber rides and hotel rooms at peak times, but when US fast food giant Wendy’s talked about ‘dynamic pricing’, a huge social media backlash forced it to reconsider.

We pay more for flights, Uber rides and hotel rooms at peak times, but when US fast food giant Wendy’s talked about ‘dynamic pricing’, a huge social media backlash forced it to reconsider.

16 Mar 2024 - 8:47AM
Wendy’s boss made to eat crow over ‘dynamic pricing’ idea, and rightly so

Language Matters | Are we reading too much into Taylor Swift’s graphic tees? Maybe, maybe not

Graphic T-shirts – shirts with slogans or phrases – can often pack a political or social punch even when they do not mean to. The tees Taylor Swift wears on stage on tour are just the latest example of that.

Graphic T-shirts – shirts with slogans or phrases – can often pack a political or social punch even when they do not mean to. The tees Taylor Swift wears on stage on tour are just the latest example of that.

14 Mar 2024 - 7:07PM
Are we reading too much into Taylor Swift’s graphic tees? Maybe, maybe not

Home from Home | Hong Kong’s skyline is best in the world; London, Shanghai just don’t compare

Visits to see London’s skyline, while impressive, don’t compare to Hong Kong’s stunning array of buildings and lights. It’s one of things I miss most about the city, and one of its biggest assets.

Visits to see London’s skyline, while impressive, don’t compare to Hong Kong’s stunning array of buildings and lights. It’s one of things I miss most about the city, and one of its biggest assets.

10 Mar 2024 - 7:17PM
Hong Kong’s skyline is best in the world; London, Shanghai just don’t compare
Liaquat Ali of Shaffi’s Curry at Borneo Lines in Shek Kong, a food stall that served generations of British Army soldiers and Hong Kong residents.  4 Jan 96. Photo: SCMP

Then & Now | How ‘army camp food’ became a staple of Hong Kong cafe menus

Humble roadside food stalls introduced hungry Hongkongers to spicy but affordable South Asian delicacies that originated in the British Army garrisons stationed across the New Territories.

11 Mar 2024 - 7:45AM
Viana do Castelo in Portugal, one of the world’s 10 most welcoming cities, according to Booking.com. Photo: Shutterstock

Destinations known | World’s 10 most welcoming cities? How does Booking.com know?

The 10 most welcoming cities on Earth, according to Booking.com, include places from India to France, most of which you, like Destinations Known, have probably never been to.

8 Mar 2024 - 3:17PM
Depending on the fashions of the period, some of the brows that ancient and medieval Chinese women drew on their own faces would be considered bizarre and even comical today. Photo: Getty Images

Reflections | Laminated brow trend has got nothing on eyebrow styles of ancient China

17 Mar 2024 - 8:15AM

Hong Kong residents have been chuckling away at amusing T-shirt slogans since the 1980s, but only the foolish or careless are laughing now.

16 Mar 2024 - 3:16PM
16 Mar 2024 - 8:47AM
14 Mar 2024 - 7:07PM

Visits to see London’s skyline, while impressive, don’t compare to Hong Kong’s stunning array of buildings and lights. It’s one of things I miss most about the city, and one of its biggest assets.

10 Mar 2024 - 7:17PM