https://www.scmp.com/rss/310094/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Pop culture exports from South Korea have been the all rage throughout Asia since the late 1990s, long before Psy dominated music charts worldwide with his Gangnam Style. And the Korean wave shows no sign of abating, with local devotees eagerly tuning into the latest K-drama and flocking to K-pop concerts. Hongkongers may be pleased to learn that the love is requited. Under the government's working holiday scheme, young people from nine countries are allowed to visit Hong Kong for a year for... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel/article/1558289/work-scheme-gives-overseas-youngsters-chance-experience-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel/article/1558289/work-scheme-gives-overseas-youngsters-chance-experience-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:49:49 +0000 The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Hwang Sun-mi (translated by Kim Chi-young) Penguin 4 stars John Kang A bestseller in South Korea with more than two million copies sold, this is also a nominee for next month's Indie Next List's Great Reads from Booksellers You Trust. And it is about an egg-laying hen. You may be curious to know how a book about a chicken can become so popular in one of the most competitive and stressful societies in the world, a place where people are so obsessed with... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/books/article/1362790/book-review-hen-who-dreamed-she-could-fly-hwang-sun-mi?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/books/article/1362790/book-review-hen-who-dreamed-she-could-fly-hwang-sun-mi?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Nov 2013 09:00:45 +0000 Aspiring singer Shimali De Silva was surprised when she got through to the finals of an international Korean pop talent competition last year. Her surprise quickly turned to shock, however, when organisers of the K-Pop Star Hunt took her to see a plastic surgeon, who told her, "You're 14, but you look 30", and proposed major changes to her appearance. "They told her she was too dark and her nose was not proper," the Hong Kong teenager's mother Ruanthi recounted to the Sunday Morning Post last... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1325416/k-pop-contests-plastic-surgery-offer-leaves-hong-kong-teenager-tears?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1325416/k-pop-contests-plastic-surgery-offer-leaves-hong-kong-teenager-tears?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Oct 2013 16:00:00 +0000