“Kong Cast” is a weekly run-down of some of the happenings in the news around Asia and beyond, mixing some hot news developments along with some fun stories that grabbed headlines that week. Hosted by China Daily’s very own A.K with a healthy dose of satire, each week delivers a different assortment of news stories, with the occasional special edition that dives deeper into a topic. 

In this week’s episode, A.K sounds the alarm on the COVID cases found in the White House, specifically in President Donald Trump’s circle, and delivers a hot take on the irony of it. He also recaps China’s “Golden Week” of domestic tourism boom that took place last week, and reacts to the recent massive uncovering of mummies in Cairo.