https://www.scmp.com/rss/318041/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com On the eve of lockdown in Covid-19-ravaged Philippine capital Manila, a young man seeks comfort in the arms of a male escort he met online. Meanwhile, a heartbroken gay writer left alone with his thoughts during quarantine starts seeing things. And, as three men in a polyamorous relationship enter lockdown together, allegiances shift and lies emerge, leading to violence. STYLE LGBTQ+ Series: Queer voices View this post on Instagram ⭐Film title: Unlocked 1:... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3103673/asias-gay-netflix-gagaoolala-scored-unlikely-hit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3103673/asias-gay-netflix-gagaoolala-scored-unlikely-hit?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:19 +0000 Half of the commission members investigating alleged atrocities committed during a brutal crackdown against Rohingya Muslims have a questionable track record on human rights, adding to doubts that the inquiry is nothing more than a fig leaf as Myanmar tries to buy diplomatic goodwill. The four-person team was formed this week, nearly a year after a military operation forced 700,000 Rohingya to flee the country. The military has been accused of killings, rape, torture, and arson during sweeps... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2158161/myanmars-independent-probe-atrocities-stacked-against-rohingya?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2158161/myanmars-independent-probe-atrocities-stacked-against-rohingya?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Aug 2018 02:39:31 +0000 As Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi this week sought to make progress on ending decades of civil war by bringing the country’s military and myriad ethnic armed groups to the negotiating table, the influence of Myanmar’s looming neighbour, China, weighed large on proceedings. Although bringing peace was a campaign promise when Suu Kyi won landmark elections in 2015 and ended decades of absolute military rule, the country has witnessed some of the worst fighting in years since she took... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2155221/chinas-myanmar-policy-peace-conflict-whatever-works?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2155221/chinas-myanmar-policy-peace-conflict-whatever-works?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Jul 2018 02:32:36 +0000 Nearly 30 years ago when Win Myint sat in a jail cell after he was elected in Myanmar’s 1990 election, which was nullified by the junta, the military offered him the chance to be free to see his critically ill son. All he had to do, the regime said, was sign a declaration promising to renounce politics. Win Myint refused, missing his son’s funeral as well. “I couldn’t accept it as my constituents believed in me and voted for me,” he said in 2016 after being elected speaker of the lower house of... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2140640/will-myanmars-new-president-win-myint-tip-scales-aung-san-suu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2140640/will-myanmars-new-president-win-myint-tip-scales-aung-san-suu?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Apr 2018 00:03:57 +0000 Yacht security consultant Ed Hill has just finished installing a citadel deep within a client's superyacht. A citadel is the nautical equivalent of a panic room to retreat to if personal safety is under threat. A bit extreme? In this day and age, not necessarily. As managing director of Intrepid Risk Management, Hill counts Russian oligarchs, British businessmen and A-list celebrities among his clients. These high-net-worth yacht owners come to him looking for safety and privacy on board their... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/tech-design/article/1995566/citadel-room-installed-superyacht-will-protect-wealthy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/tech-design/article/1995566/citadel-room-installed-superyacht-will-protect-wealthy?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Aug 2016 14:15:45 +0000 Artists such as Petr Pavlensky can be hard to stomach. The Russian protest artist highlights criticism of Russia's regime with shocking acts, including sewing his mouth shut and wrapping himself in barbed wire. For Pavlensky, "an artist has no right not to take a stand". Pavlensky joins the ranks of global artists including Stelarc, Zhu Yu and Mao Sugiyama. Their ever more graphic and grotesque projects transform artists into activists - destined to use their art as provocation to rattle... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/article/1811263/line-between-traditional-and-controversial-art-blurred-radical?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/article/1811263/line-between-traditional-and-controversial-art-blurred-radical?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2015 14:00:15 +0000 Patricia Urquiola is a designer spectacularly coming of age. The Spanish designer, whose creations have won her several awards and gained a place in the permanent collection of New York's MoMA, defines her work in deceptively simple terms. "What I create," she says, "is tools for living". Now at the helm of a studio of more than 35 creatives, she is skilfully affirming her place as a leader of modern design. Urquiola is a master of holistic objects that are equal parts innovation and emotion.... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/article/1723871/designer-patricia-urquiola-mixes-innovation-emotion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/article/1723871/designer-patricia-urquiola-mixes-innovation-emotion?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Mar 2015 15:15:00 +0000