RM, J-Hope of BTS face criticism after attending Chris Brown concert
Appearance at Toronto show ignites debate over celebrity accountability as anti-violence organization suspends RM from role model list
· Lee Jung-joo
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· Sharne Wakefield
I-dle's Soyeon to return with new solo album
Soyeon, the leader and one of the producers of girl group I-dle, is set to release a new solo album in early September, marking a solo comeback after five years and two months.
· Hwang Sun-jun
Choo Sung-hoon to pause TV activities ahead of MMA retirement fight
Mixed martial arts fighter and television personality Choo Sung-hoon, 51, will temporarily halt broadcasting activities in preparation for the final fight of his professional fighting career.
· Hwang Sun-jun
Manila pays tribute to 'Da King' Fernando Poe Jr. on birth anniversary
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Tourism, Culture and Arts of Manila (Dtcam) paid tribute to the late Fernando Poe Jr. on his 87th birthday.
· Reina C. Tolentino
Isaac Heeney dumped as face of own company amid Sydney Swans commercial fallout
Heeney’s name and image removed from 5th Quarter Camp promotions
· Jack Snape, Jack Larkin
Melancholy made in Hungary is fuelling bestsellers across the globe – and widely misunderstood
A ‘capacity for despair’ forged by political oppression has long been consider a Magyar national trait. But after Orbán, writers in the country remind us that melancholy must not always be bleak
· Logan Scherer
Kim Hye-soo: ‘I know myself well — and what I still need to work on’
After 40 years in the spotlight, the veteran actress is still pushing herself — this time as a digital influencer
· Lee Yoon-seo
Former Sugarpop member Vanessa Rangadhol dies at 30
MANILA, Philippines — Vanessa Blanca Quillo Rangadhol, a former member of the child singing group Sugarpop and the female voice behind the 2010s hit “Dota O Ako,” has died at 30.
· Iza Iglesias
NCT Dream renews contract as full group with SM Entertainment
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- All six members of NCT Dream, a subunit of K-pop supergroup NCT, have renewed their contracts with SM Entertainment, the company said Thursday.
· Lee Minji
‘We shall overcome someday’
For Ukrainian pianist, musicologist and cultural historian Taras Filenko, music carries a message of resistance, identity and, ultimately, hope.
· Sanjay Kumar
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for spaghetti with semi-dried tomatoes, garlic, herbs and breadcrumbs | A kitchen in Rome
Sun-drying tomatoes until they’re leathery on the outside and soft within is something of an art, but it’s more than worth it for this moreish pasta dish
· Rachel Roddy
The Big Little Lies sequel is finally here. Good luck putting it down
It is 12 years since best-selling novelist Liane Moriarty thrilled readers with Big Little Lies, set in the fictional Sydney location of the seaside “paradise” of Periwee Peninsula.
· Carmel Bird
The Australian Children's Choir is celebrating its 50th anniversary
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Publisher pauses publication of Isaac Heeney’s next children’s book
Allen & Unwin has paused publication of the third book in Isaac Heeney’s Little Isaac Footy Fever children’s book series, Super Swan, which was due to hit shelves in November ahead of the Christmas sales period.
· Melanie Kembrey
Publication of Isaac Heeney’s next children’s book paused as Nike stands down Swans
Allen & Unwin has paused publication of the third book in Isaac Heeney’s Little Isaac Footy Fever children’s book series, Super Swan, which was due to hit shelves in November ahead of the Christmas sales period.
· Melanie Kembrey, Kishor Napier-Raman
League of Legends champion DRX sets sights beyond gaming
Two TV shows, mobile games, Southeast Asian expansion anchor broader entertainment push
· Kan Hyeong-woo
Larry David says former friend Alan Dershowitz ‘made a deal with the devil’ as Trump’s lawyer
The Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm creator says Dershowitz, who also defended Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein, ‘only has himself to blame’ for being ostracised
· Sian Cain
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DANCENow or Never Festival | Time Remaining ★★Chunky Move, Melbourne Town Hall, until August 20
· Andrew Fuhrmann, Tony Way
Augustus takes fresh angle on gold hotspot near Leonora in WA
Augustus Minerals is set to fire up a reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at its Music Well gold project in Western Australia’s fabled Leonora gold district. The campaign is designed to test a new geological interpretation at its Clifton East prospect, which will include breaking ground for the first time at i…
· Doug Bright
Salama Al Mazrouei is reimagining Emirati heritage through portraiture | The National
Emirati artist Salama Al Mazrouei has spent much of her career painting people. But after years devoted to realistic portraiture, she began looking for ways to push the form in new directions.
· Faisal Al Zaabi
NCT127 to open pop-up store for 7th album
NCT127 will run a pop-up store in Seoul to celebrate the release of its seventh album, “Blingy,” label SM Entertainment announced Thursday.
· Hwang You-mee
Big Bang takes over charts right after single drop
Big Bang dropped the single “Biiig” on Wednesday, and within an hour, it had ascended to the top of all major music charts in Korea, YG Entertainment said Thursday.
· Hwang You-mee
S. Korea seeks to allow lawful hacking by investigators to delete illegal sexual material
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to review allowing investigators to lawfully hack into websites distributing illegally filmed sexual material in a push to clamp down on digital sex crimes, officials said Thursday.
· Chae Yun-hwan
Meme magic: how a crude Chinese animation reshapes country’s viewing habits
Expert cautions against replicating Niu Lai as a business formula, viewing it instead as a unique social phenomenon
· Zoey Zhang
Meme magic: how a crude Chinese animation reshapes country’s viewing habits
Expert cautions against replicating Niu Lai as a business formula, viewing it instead as a unique social phenomenon
· Zoey Zhang
Hayden Panettiere was with the man who abused her before she died. Who is Brian Hickerson?
Hayden Panettiere’s on-again, off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach were both in the apartment complex where the actor went into cardiac arrest and died earlier this week, according to police reports.
· Nell Geraets
New book reveals links between 17th-century witch hunts and today
Lucianne Tonti is a journalist, author and consultant who specialises in regenerative fashion systems. (Supplied: Kitty Callaghan)
· Nicola Heath
All 6 NCT Dream members renew contract with SM Entertainment
NCT Dream’s remaining six members all extended contracts with SM Entertainment, the label said in a statement issued Thursday.
· Hwang You-mee
Pop stars Yoshinori Masakado and Noel Kawashima go vertical in ‘Chat Boy’
The lights dim in the theater at Imagica Media Studio in Tokyo’s Takeshiba neighborhood, and the press settles in for a movie exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and humanity.
· Patrick St. Michel
Alarm in South Korea as Iran dispute with Trump shakes a 72-year alliance
Seoul, South Korea – The order arrived not through diplomatic channels but via a post on social media, just hours before the annual joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States were set to begin.
· David D. Lee, Zaheena Rasheed
No therapy could give me anything like it, says top journalist of fiction
Writing novels is an antidote to the intense investigative reporting of Louise Milligan’s day job. “It’s such an amazing, electrifying feeling; it’s one of the best things that has ever happened to me, writing fiction. There’s no therapy I could ever have that would give me anything like what I get from [it].”
· Kerrie O'Brien
Zerobaseone lands atop Oricon chart with 2nd EP in Japan
Zerobaseone’s second mini album in Japan debuted atop Oricon’s Daily Album Ranking, agency WakeOne Entertainment said Thursday.
· Hwang You-mee
Why Chinese film-goers are flocking to a movie they hate
Niu Lai’s runaway success is not an endorsement of its quality. Audiences are paying for the perverse enjoyment of seeing how bad it gets
· Phoebe Zhang
Why Chinese film-goers are flocking to a movie they hate
Niu Lai’s runaway success is not an endorsement of its quality. Audiences are paying for the perverse enjoyment of seeing how bad it gets
· Phoebe Zhang
DEA joins Hayden Panettiere’s ongoing death investigation
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· Vanessa Serna, Antoinette Bueno, Joe Marino
Mark Zuckerberg encouraged growth over child safety, ex-Meta exec testifies
ZUCKERBERG. Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, US, October 23, 2019
· Herbie G
Mark Zuckerberg encouraged growth over child safety, ex-Meta exec testifies
ZUCKERBERG. Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, US, October 23, 2019
· Herbie G
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Qixi: The legend, rituals and traditions of Chinese Valentine’s Day
A woman gets her nail dyed with garden balsam, a natural pigment traditionally associated with beauty and blessings, during a festival to celebrate Qixi at the Beijing Folk Custom Museum in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
· Maria Teresa Hernandez
The dangers of politicians being "too online" - or not online enough
In early 2015, flower crowns started appearing on Ed Miliband's head. Petals and hearts were photoshopped on to the then-Labour leader by the "Milifandom", a movement of young, mostly female, voters sharing romanticised images on Twitter to protest against Miliband's "distorted media portrayal".
· Bbcnews
After Ateneo de Zamboanga shooting, debate shifts to social media, gun safety
DEATHS IN A CAMPUS. The Ateneo de Zamboanga University junior high school campus in Zamboanga where deadly shootings claimed the lives of two young students on Tuesday morning, August 18, 2026.
· Herbie G
Invited media briefly detained at California Space Force base
A United Launch Alliance AtlasV rocket lifts off carrying the Landsat9 earth imaging satellite from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Sept. 27, 2021. (Matt Hartman via AP, File)
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