South Korea has animated American cartoons for decades. Now, it wants the world to see its own

Shin, often called the “godfather of animation” in South Korea, was one of the leading figures in the nation’s outsourcing ...

These gravity-defying styles are inspiring African women to embrace their natural hair

You may not know her name, but the striking work of self-taught hair artist Elisabeth Anayes Niouky is certainly turning ...
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Karate, Wonton, Chow Fun: The end of ‘chop suey’ fonts

Editor’s Note: This feature is part of CNN Style’s new series Hyphenated, which explores the complex issue of identity among minorities in the United States. Here’s a thought experiment: Close your ...
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Met Gala 2024 fashion: The best looks from the red carpet

Celebrities descended on New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday night for the annual Met Gala. The extravagant event raises money for the museum’s Costume Institute. Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, ...
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Asian rivers are turning black. And our colorful closets are to blame

Editor’s Note: This story was produced as part of CNN Style’s The September Issues, a hub for facts, features and opinions about fashion, the climate crisis, and you. When Haji Muhammad Abdus Salam ...
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Two abandoned Soviet space shuttles left in the Kazakh steppe

It was the Soviet response to the space shuttle, designed to take the Cold War into space. But after just one flight, it was mothballed. Now, the ruins of what was called the Buran program are left to ...
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Why is medieval art so weird? This new book offers a guide to the era

EDITOR’S NOTE: Keeping you in the know, Culture Queue is an ongoing series of recommendations for timely books to read, films to watch and podcasts and music to listen to. So you want to live like you ...
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Photos shine a light on Taiwan’s ‘betel nut beauties’

Mong Shuan was just 16 when she turned to an unconventional source of income: selling betel nuts from a little stall in northern Taiwan. The stimulant, a small, oblong fruit derived from areca palms, ...
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The ornate beauty of Moscow’s palatial metro stations

“They’re just these extraordinarily beautiful places that are unlike any metro station I’d ever seen,” says Vancouver-based photographer David Burdeny. Palaces for the people In 2014, Burdeny traveled ...
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19th-century Levi’s jeans found in mine shaft sell for more than $87,000

A pair of Levi’s jeans from the 1880s has sold at an auction in a small town in New Mexico for more than $87,000. The jeans – found in an abandoned mine by a “denim archaeologist” – were bought by ...
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The Broker, The Astronaut and The Vampire: Enter the mysterious world of Soviet watch collectors

With pseudonyms like the The Bastard, The Broker, The Astronaut and The Vampire, they’ve banded together deep inside the world of Soviet-era watch collecting. This cabal of watch aficionados spans the ...