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N Korea has built two-storey uranium enrichment facility, says watchdog
North Korea has constructed a new two-storey uranium enrichment facility at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has said, describing the development as a “serious concern”. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported the building could house up to 28 centrifuge cascades, and said Pyongyang has also begun operating…
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Netflix India Chief Monika Shergill Says ‘Specificity Can Be a Strength’ as Streamer Unveils Expanded Comedy Slate (EXCLUSIVE)
Netflix India is expanding comedy into a permanent programming pillar rather than a series of one-off bets, according to Monika Shergill, the streamer’s VP of content. She told Variety that comedy’s subjective nature means the platform must serve varied tastes through a mix of formats, voices and sensibilities, arguing that culturally specific Indian humour can…
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Tycoon to pay ex-wife $1.87bn in record South Korea divorce settlement
A South Korean court has ordered gaming tycoon Kwon Hyuk-bin to pay his ex-wife 2.55 trillion won ($1.87bn; £1.38bn), the largest divorce settlement in the country’s history. Kwon founded Smilegate, South Korea’s third-largest video game company, and is one of the nation’s wealthiest men, with Bloomberg estimating his net worth at $3bn; the ruling breaks…
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Canadian Frontières makes Asian debut via Tokyo market partnership
The Tokyo Gap Financing Market (TGFM), running alongside the TIFFCOM contents market, has unveiled its 2026 line-up of 24 feature film projects from Asia, Europe and the Americas, including five selected through a new partnership with Canada’s Frontières Market. The tie-up, organised by the Fantasia International Film Festival, marks Frontières’ first showcase in Asia, with…
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Five endangered orangutans found in India spark smuggling inquiry
Five infant orangutans have been discovered in a forest in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, sparking an investigation into how the critically endangered apes ended up thousands of kilometres from their natural habitat. Orangutans are not native to India and exist in the wild only in Indonesia and Malaysia, so their presence has raised…
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Tokyo Gap Financing Market Unveils 24 Projects & Partnership With Canada’s Frontières
Tokyo Gap Financing Market (TGFM), running alongside the TIFFCOM contents market in Tokyo from 28-30 October, has revealed a line-up of 24 feature film projects from Asia, Europe and the Americas for its latest edition. The market has also struck a new partnership with Canada’s Frontières Market, the genre film co-production platform run by the…
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Tokyo Market Partners With Frontieres, Adding Genre Slate to Gap-Financing Lineup
Tokyo’s TIFFCOM market has launched its first partnership with Frontières, the genre-focused co-production market run by Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival, bringing a wave of horror and thriller titles into this year’s Tokyo Gap-Financing Market (TGFM). The tie-up marks Frontières’ first showcase in Asia and expands TGFM’s seventh edition, which connects 24 feature projects from…
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Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s ‘All of a Sudden,’ Abinash Bikram Shah’s ‘Elephants in the Fog’ Lead Asia Pacific Screen Awards Nominations
The 19th Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations have been announced, with Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s “All of a Sudden” and Abinash Bikram Shah’s “Elephants in the Fog” leading the field with three nominations each, including best film, best director and best performance. The Asia Pacific Screen Academy revealed a 36-film slate spanning 32 countries and regions ahead…
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Affleck’s gothic Company receives rapturous reception at Venice premiere
Casey Affleck’s gothic thriller “Company” received a four-minute standing ovation at its Venice Film Festival premiere on Tuesday night, marking a triumphant showing for a director whose career had largely stalled following past misconduct allegations. Affleck wrote and directed the film, which was produced by his brother Ben Affleck’s company Artist Equity and is now…
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SpaceX’s recovered Starship 40 will take months to get back to Texas
SpaceX’s Starship 40, launched from Starbase in South Texas on 24 July, unexpectedly survived splashdown in the Indian Ocean after a roughly 65-minute suborbital test flight, giving engineers a rare intact upper stage to examine rather than relying on telemetry and debris. Recovery has proved a slow, multi-stage process: after 24 days at sea, crews…