Micro dramas' (90-second episodes, cheesy plots, lots of romance) are catching on worldwide. Will they upend the entertainment industry?

Julian Chou's sophomore feature, about a high-school boy who falls in love with his mother's ex-girlfriend, won the Joburg ...

“Hyper Knife” is a medical crime thriller drama that depicts the fierce rivalry and growth of Doctor Jeong Se Ok (Park Eun Bin), who once had a promising past, and her former mentor Choi Deok ...

As the content and entertainment industry continues to transform, iQIYI shared content strategies that include serialized long-form dramas, premium short-form content, and industrialized mini-dramas, ...

China’s no. 4 official unveiled stronger language toward Taiwan that signaled greater efforts ahead to intimidate the self-ruled democracy, as Beijing announced military exercises near the island.

February was a very dry month for dramas on Netflix. If it hadn’t been for the second season of Mo — which premiered on January 30 — there wouldn’t have been any new shows to add to our ...

Wang also headlined Chinese period drama The Wolf (2020) and was part of the cast of Taiwanese variety series Ai’s Kitchen (2024), alongside veteran Taiwanese actress-director Sylvia Chang.

with his lawyer to acknowledge charges after the Chiang Mai Court issued an arrest warrant for the alleged rape of a Taiwanese tourist. The victim reported that Chaiyamparwaan assaulted her at a ...

One of the projects we’ve been crowing about coming up on Netflix in 2025 is the streamer’s first-ever medical procedural series, Pulse. The series has had the lid lifted on it with an April 2025 ...

The US state department has removed a highly symbolic phrase from its routine update on Taiwan. Its previous briefings said: “We do not support Taiwan independence.” This disappeared on ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

US considers Taiwan a key ally but does not officially recognise it as a separate state from China, which views Taiwan as part of its territory and has pledged to reunify it, even by force if needed.