Across
- 3. an American rapper who was killed in 1996 and whose murder case recently progressed with the suspect appearing in court for the first time
- 4. a Japanese department store chain owned by the same holding company as Matsuzakaya that once operated in the Causeway Bay area of Hong Kong
- 6. the nickname of the current president of the Philippines who’s been controversial for his ancestry throughout his political career
- 7. an American-born hip-hop artist of Korean heritage who debuted in 2005 and is known for songs like “Zoom” and “Nunu Nana”
- 8. the name of a four-way intersection near the eastern banks of the Chao Phraya in Bangkok where the current Thai parliamentary building’s located at
- 10. a native name for the Chinese city of Xiamen that comes from the Zhangzhou dialect of the Hokkien language
- 13. the main vocalist of the J-pop duo YOASOBI who was born in 2001
- 14. a Hong Kong-born musician who first rose to fame as a member of GOT7 and used to be an Olympic-standard fencer
- 15. a South Korean province that was originally created as one of Korea’s eight provinces during the Joseon dynasty’s reign
- 17. a Korean expression that’s often used to the effect of “OMG”
Down
- 1. an older name for the modern-day Chinese city of Xi’an
- 2. one of India’s major cities w/ an agglomeration rivaled only by Delhi’s National Capital Territory in population
- 5. a South Korean musician who first rose to fame as a member of EXO and collaborated with K.Will back in 2016
- 9. the 3rd region in Genshin Impact that takes inspiration from feudal Japan’s culture and geography
- 11. a Thai singer whose 2012 song “Your Heart for My Number” became a smash hit upon release
- 12. a Japanese noodle dish originating from the Chinatown in Yokohama that’s got similarly-named counterparts across East Asia
- 16. a South Korean-developed technology that debuted in 2009 w/ the release of Avatar in that country and uses multisensory effects combined with either normal 2D or stereoscopic 3D on cinema screens
- 18. the BT21 koala character w/ detachable ears based on BTS’s RM