Asia Pacific – Page 857 – Prologue Journal

At Frieze Seoul, an Emerging Thai Artist Will Have a New Platform

New York Times Prae Pupityastaporn is one of 10 artists featured in Frieze Seoul’s Focus Asia section. Her landscape diptychs are being shown by the Thai gallery Nova Contemporary. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/arts/design/prae-pupityastaporn-frieze-seoul.html

How to Eat, Drink and Gallery Hop Like a Seoul Local

New York Times The neighborhoods Itaewon, Samcheong-dong and Hongdae are popular with the city’s creatives. Three of them give their recommendations on what to do there when visiting. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/travel/seoul-local-travel-guide.html

Traditional Korean Garments Inspire a Designer’s Homecoming

New York Times For a show at Arumjigi, a nonprofit that helps safeguard Korean heritage, the Seoul-born Christina Kim created new pieces based on classic designs. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/arts/design/korean-garments-christina-kim-arumjigi.html

Frieze Seoul Settles In for Its Second Year

New York Times The 2023 event is only slightly bigger this year, but it features expanded programming, and more representation from Asian dealers and galleries with ties to the continent. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/arts/design/frieze-seoul-second-year.html

India, dependent on fossil fuels, is experiencing an EV boom driven by incentives and cost-conscious customers

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. A US$1.3 billion federal plan to encourage EV manufacturing and provide discounts for customers, along with rising fuel costs are driving up sales, analysts say. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3232905/india-dependent-fossil-fuels-experiencing-ev-boom-driven-incentives-and-cost-conscious-customers?utm_source=rss_feed

Philippines factory fire kills 15, where flooding and a wrong address delayed firefighters

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Most of the victims appeared to be factory workers and carpenters who were sleeping in rooms when the fire broke out Thursday morning. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3232935/philippines-factory-fire-kills-15-where-rains-and-wrong-address-delayed-firefighters?utm_source=rss_feed

Japan supermarkets grapple with shoplifters as self-checkout machines plug staff shortages

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Japan traditionally has a low level of crime but analysts say persistent inflation, stagnant wages mean supermarkets will have to counter rising shoplifting. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3232915/japan-supermarkets-grapple-shoplifters-self-checkout-machines-plug-staff-shortages?utm_source=rss_feed

Australia regulator sues Qantas alleging airline sold tickets for thousands of cancelled flights

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleges the carrier broke consumer law when it sold tickets to more than 8,000 flights between May and July 2022 without disclosing they had been cancelled. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3232914/australia-regulator-sues-qantas-alleging-airline-sold-tickets-thousands-cancelled-flights?utm_source=rss_feed

A divided Malaysia celebrates National Day with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim rallying for unity

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Anwar appealed to Malaysians not to let their differences ruin the country, warning that powerful nations have collapsed not just due to mismanagement or corruption but because they “played with fires of ethnic and…

China’s Misinformation Fuels Anger Over Fukushima Water Release

New York Times By exaggerating the risks from Japan’s discharge of treated wastewater, Beijing hopes to cast Japan and its allies as conspirators in malfeasance, analysts say. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/world/asia/china-fukushima-water-protest.html