The Democratic Party in Hong Kong was for decades the city’s largest opposition party. It led protests demanding universal suffrage. Its lawmakers sparred with officials in the legislature about China’s encroachment on the region. It was born in the 1990s of an audacious hope: that opposition politicians and activists could …
South Korea’s top court ended months of political turmoil when it unanimously decided to remove the impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, clearing the way for the country to elect a new leader. But the political crisis that Mr. Yoon triggered with his misjudged declaration of martial law in …
When the environmental group Greenpeace lost a nearly $670 million verdict this month over its role in oil pipeline protests, a quarter-billion dollars of the damages were awarded not for the actual demonstrations, but for defaming the pipeline’s owner. The costly verdict has raised alarm among activist organizations as well …
A wife, wearing a nightgown and her hair uncovered, lies down next to her husband in bed. An older man and woman, drunk on red wine, dance wildly and discuss the complexities of sex and nudity at their age. A distressed young woman navigates the sexual advances of a male …
At the start of the year, did you foresee the fascination with what Gen Z-ers think, wear and do starting to fizzle? How about the explosion of theme dressing on red carpets? Or rosettes blooming as a popular motif in fashion? We did. Looking back on the past 12 months, …
