Infernal Affairs, the 2002 psychological Hong Kong cop drama starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau, was a box-office hit, but proved a hard act to follow when the studio asked for two more films.
Our correspondent got a small taste of the frustrations and cost blowouts caused by the Israel-Gaza war after finally finding a ‘cheap’ flight to Israel’s Ben Gurion airport this month.
As more trekkers and climbers are drawn to Mount Everest and Nepal’s other Himalayan peaks, trails and slopes are becoming overcrowded and debris-strewn.
Olive Young is the biggest and most popular drugstore chain in Korea, and it sells high-quality K-beauty products. We recommend the best toners, essences, serums and sheet masks to buy.
Busy Korean actress Jeon Jong-seo has roles in the pipeline in Queen Woo and heist series Project Y, and is being courted for social drama Genie House; Park Eun-bin is eyeing superhero series The B Team.
When a rumour swept Hong Kong that bakery chain Maria’s was going out of business, holders of vouchers for its cakes began panic buying. Some 400 bakers worked to meet demand until the ‘cake run’ ended.
A Sham Tseng flat, in the New Territories, was renovated with the owners’ cats in mind – think bespoke feline furniture, scratch-proof flooring paired with hidden storage and Japanese-style decor.
An unusual family with special powers lose their gifts for one reason or another, until the appearance of a woman offers them hope of regaining them – but she is not all she seems.
Seventy local buildings and urban spaces designed by Hong Kong architects are celebrated in Raymond Fung’s Untold Stories: Hong Kong Architecture, with a focus on public amenities.
When 13-year-old Alana (played by Anantya Kirana) and her friend are abducted and taken to a remote house, she escapes her abductor, and uncovers the extent of the atrocities he has committed.
In 2009, Dragonball Evolution adapted Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball for the big screen, but the result was a low-budget, laughably bad movie that sidelined Asians and debased the iconic manga series.
With Lydia Sum ‘everything came from the heart’, said the TV producer who turbocharged the career of the comedian and actress. Known as Fei Fei, she is remembered for the joy she brought audiences.
Malaysian comedian Jason Leong, back in Hong Kong for a live show, talks to the Post about being ‘unhappy as a doctor’, quitting medicine for the mic, and where he gets his material from.
Freya Allan plays a human who joins a group of simians to track down a tyrannical ape ruler in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, a film that looks splendid but doesn’t quite deliver emotionally.
David Yip, who came up with the idea for Ming Pavilion, a restaurant serving Hokkien food in Hong Kong’s Island Shangri-La hotel, reveals why he wanted to spotlight a “neglected” regional Chinese cuisine.
Teresa Teng’s untimely death in 1995 sparked many a conspiracy theory. A former employee of the Chiang Mai hotel where the singer lived and died recalls what happened on that fateful day 29 years ago.
Hong Kong diners are spoiled for choice for new restaurants to try in May. Here are 10 must-visit places that serve Japanese favourites, Korean chicken, banh mi, Singaporean pizza and more.
Exciting K-drama releases in May include Disney+’s Uncle Samsik, in which Song Kang-ho plays a 1960s fixer, Netflix’s The 8 Show, and Frankly Speaking, about a TV host with no filter.
In 1975’s The Man from Hong Kong, Jimmy Wang Yu thought he had found the vehicle that would propel him to Bruce Lee-level international fame – but the James Bond-like film did not click with viewers.