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1. 5 rising Korean women filmmakers and the movies that shaped them
The Busan International Film Festival in South Korea celebrates its 30th anniversary in September with an expanded and revamped programme.
2. How to age well? Singaporean firms gamify health in ‘Blue Zone 3.0’ bid
Singaporeans are embracing insurance companies’ health programmes that combine incentives, challenges and support for healthier lives.
3. How a Hong Kong chilli sauce became a sandwich favourite 8,000km away
While going over his business ledgers, Daniel Chan, the fourth-generation owner of Hong Kong’s Koon Chun sauce factory, made an interesting discovery. One of his biggest groups of clients came from Réunion Island, a French department in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, with a population just shy of 900,000.