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Bishops in India’s Kerala state call for ban of play for...

The play portrays what are supposed to be the challenges faced by a woman who entered the convent despite her communist father’s opposition

‘Larger than life’: Indian film-maker Rajamouli shoots for Oscar fame

Rajamouli's films have been compared to Marvel superhero movies and he said it would "be an honor" to be asked to do one

‘Wholesome’ South Korean reality TV proves a global hit

After films such as Oscar-winning "Parasite" and TV series including Golden Globe-bedecked "Squid Game" helped popularize K-content overseas

Photos: The ‘giants’ of the Philippines

The "Higantes" Festival is held annually in Angono town in the Philippines, where hundreds of giant papier-mâché puppets are paraded

Photos: Filipinos prepare tombs of loved ones ahead of All Souls’...

The annual tradition that combines Catholic religious rites with the country’s penchant for festivity is popularly called ‘Undas’

‘Vegetarian’ temple crocodile mourned in India

The revered reptile was found floating lifeless in the lake early on Monday after reportedly being off its food for several days

Thailand’s deadly mix of guns, drugs and domestic violence

"Patriarchal culture and toxic masculinity is so ingrained in certain institutions and ... allows certain kinds of violent behavior"

Theater project aims to ease isolation of Japan’s social recluses

Through an experimental theater project, artists are hoping to offer hikikomori a chance to express themselves and regain self-confidence

Dressing the dead: Indonesian villagers clean corpses in afterlife ritual

In two small towns on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, residents are celebrating a days-long ceremony called the Manene

Ancient Afghan Buddhist city threatened by Chinese copper mine

Fears are rising that a place once considered one of the most prosperous trade hubs on the Silk Road could disappear without oversight

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