Two genres - the melodrama and the romantic comedy - used to do very well at the box office.

The Soi Project creates a virtual Thai island in the UK, with simulated day and night and full-moon parties.

The two elderly foreign women stood in front of the sand creations with a look of amazement on their faces.

Laos is ready for its close-up through Sabaidee Luang Prabang, the country’s first commercial film in more than three decades.

Crossing, directed by Kim Tae-kyun, does not shoot for a box-office jackpot as other mainstream movies do.

Lao artist May Chandavong's paintings make a significant departure from the Western-style oil and water-colour canvases which arrived in Laos during the French colonial period.

An aunt's whim got Wei Chun Rong into kunqu opera at the age of 10. She registered Wei as a student at the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre in Beijing.

Yomitanzan Hanaori is a lovely fabric with colourful thread standing out against the plain fabric, giving it the appearance that it is dotted with flowers.

In the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) hangs a poignant Vietnamese painting of a woman praying at an altar.

Lose yourself in a little museum dedicated to Thailand’s cinematic history.