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Back to the folks
We bring you warm tidings – and equally warm clothes – to spend time at home with the family for a cosy Korean Christmas.
For your diaries
Here’s a hand with your artistic intake over the coming months, from festivals to film releases.
East side story
The world is paying close attention to films from Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, with Vietnam also in on the act. Monocle takes a seat at Korea’s Pusan International Film Festival.
Expo 39: The Print Meister
Der Spiegel stands for high-quality journalism, solid facts and respect for its readers. Monocle visits its Hamburg HQ to meet the editors and glean some company secrets behind its success.
Observation
Monocle is launching its first television series with Bloomberg, there’s a new newspaper venture and we have almost secured the keys to our new HQ, says our editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé.
Arab Image Foundation
With a mission to track down, restore and share images of day-to-day life in the region, a valuable social history of the Arab world is being chronicled by the Beirut-based Arab Image Foundation. Monocle…
Expo 38: A dying breed?
Izmir was reshaped by European settlers who founded banks and newspapers. After the Ottoman Empire's fall, many fled but some remain, proud of their history yet facing challenges in a changing Turkey.
Media
A new instand-image camera from Japan, an independent Berlin magazine and bookstore with a top selection, and DIY e-books in Japan.
Culture
Q&As with Fernando Trueba, who's directing his first animated film, and Asher Edelman, an ex-banker and owner of an art investment firm. Plus film reviews, auction sales and a stand-out Hong Kong gallery.
Gone shooting
Inspired by a police killing, José Padilha’s ‘Elite Squad’ is Brazil’s most-viewed film. We met the Golden Bear-winning director as he was finishing the sequel, ‘Elite Squad II’.
