Drama
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‘Like a giant Squid Game’: soul searching in South Korea after latest celebrity suicide
Death of actor Kim Sae-ron sparks renewed calls for changes to ease pressure on celebrities who face intense s…
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Disney’s Shōgun breaks mould with careful respect for Japanese culture
High-budget series with largely Japanese cast avoids well-worn western orientalist fantasies and wins plaudits…
- Asia Pacific, Coronavirus, Culture, Digital media, Drama, Internet, LGBT rights, Media, Online TV, Television, Television & radio, Thailand, World news
Thailand’s gay-romance TV dramas help revive flagging tourism industry
The popularity of ‘boy-love’ series sends fans from home and abroad flocking to filming locations across the c…
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Speaking with the Serpent: my encounters with serial killer Charles Sobhraj
The notorious murderer who preyed on 70s backpackers is the subject of a new BBC drama. Our writer recalls his…
- Books, Culture, Drama, Fiction, Film, India, Media, South and Central Asia, Television, Television & radio, Television industry, Vikram Seth, World news
‘This show is just the start’: inside the BBC’s all-person-of-colour A Suitable Boy
It has 110 actors, is based on one of the longest books in English - and it’s the BBC’s first historical drama…
- Asia Pacific, China, Culture, Digital media, Drama, Internet, Media, Online TV, Television, Television & radio, Television industry, World news
‘Cute but cruel’: the crime drama hailed a Chinese TV milestone
Hidden Corner has rapidly become one of the country’s most discussed and watched showsIn the hit Chinese web s…