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The World of the Married, based on BBC series, becomes highest-rated drama ever on South Korean cable TV thanks to intense storyline of adulteryUntil just five years ago South Koreans faced up to two years in prison for cheating on their spouse. Today …
Bollywood star and popular member of India’s celebrated movie dynastyRishi Kapoor, who has died aged 67 of bone marrow cancer, starred as a leading man in almost 100 Bollywood films and was a member of the remarkable Kapoor family of actors and film-ma…
Two years ago the photographer Palani Mohan received life-saving heart surgery. After his recovery he started to see the world and his work differently. He was drawn to images, old and new, that evoked silence and peace, and inspired reflection. ‘As we…
Khan, who had a string of Anglo-American successes under his belt, including Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi and Jurassic World, has died in Mumbai • A life in picturesIrrfan Khan, the Indian-born actor who achieved considerable success in both Bollywo…
Internet users accuse Fang Fang of handing foreigners ‘a giant sword’ to attack ChinaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA Chinese writer who published a diary during her time under lockdown in Wuhan has been subjected to widesp…
DCMS-based unit aims to identify disinformation about virus and establish its scopeA special cross-Whitehall unit has been set up to counter coronavirus-related disinformation, including from Russia and China, working closely with social media companie…
Discovery of secret memos led to two-year search for 19th-century cultural treasureForty-five years after the Netherlands promised its return, a gold-inlaid dagger surrendered by a “rebel prince” after his failed 1830 uprising against Dutch rule in Ind…
Shock in New Zealand as writer, heavily favoured to win the fiction prize, is absent from list of nomineesNew Zealand’s most prestigious literary prize, The Ockhams, has caused controversy after one of the country’s most popular writers was left off it…
The 76-year-old music virtuoso released his first record last year. He’s the last surviving practitioner of a 13th century tradition at risk of dying with himUstad Saami is a slightly built man with long graceful hands that sweep skywards and then down…
The devotional singer is known to move audiences to a higher plane. Meeting her in Melbourne, Ben Eltham writes, time went ‘all bendy and loose’Sufi superstar Abida Parveen – a giant of world music – is an arresting presence. Dressed in flowing robes a…
Kurdish Iranian writer says the film will bring more attention to Australia’s brutal immigration detention regimeBehrouz Boochani’s award-winning debut book, No Friend But The Mountains, will be made into a feature film with production to begin in Aust…
Ashmolean receives request for restitution of 15th-century idol of Saint Tirumankai Alvar The Indian government has asked the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to return a 15th-century bronze idol that was apparently stolen from a temple in the 1960s.The Indi…
Raised to hide her low caste, Yashica Dutt’s new book traces her realisation that her history is one of oppression, not shamePretending not to be a Dalit took a heavy toll on the young Yashica Dutt.Her mother, Shashi, was so determined to protect her t…
The independent Ilkhom theatre in Tashkent opened under Soviet rule in 1976A cherished independent theatre in Uzbekistan is fighting eviction after realestate developers in the booming capital selected its historic location for a new business centre.Th…
Plans to cut Radio New Zealand Concert and replace it with a youth station meet resistance from die-hard fansRadio New Zealand Concert, the staid classical music arm of Radio New Zealand, does not usually create headlines. But the hackles of classical …