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‘Dear You,’ a migration tale shot in a southern Chinese dialect, gets buzz abroad
BANGKOK | The buzziest film in China this year was shot almost entirely in a southern Chinese dialect that most Chinese viewers need subtitles to understand. Yet “Dear You” has become China’s second-highest-grossing film of the year. Now it is heading overseas, part of a broader wave of Chinese cultural exports. “Dear You” was shot […]
Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rare meeting with International Red Cross
BANGKOK | Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the International Committee of the Red Cross’ representative in the capital on Monday, the military-backed government said, a rare moment of contact with the outside world for the Nobel laureate who has been held out of public view since the military seized power […]
Gold rings around 2,000 years old found during dig at Thailand archaeological site
BANGKOK | Two gold rings aged around 2,000 years old were discovered during an excavation at a new archaeological site in western Thailand, officials said. The rings were found with human bones during an ongoing dig at the Don Yai Thong archaeological site in Phetchaburi province last week, the Thai government’s Fine Arts Department said […]