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A |     The 2025 MAMA Awards is taking place in Hong Kong in a subdued manner. This is because Hong Kong is facing the worst fire in more than 100 years. It tore through several high-rise buildings and has claimed many lives. Despite so, the MAMA Awards have announced some of its winners on its first day. The winners for the categories announced include Best New Artist, Song Of The Year, Fans' Choice Awards, Favourite Global Performer, Favourite Male and Female groups and more.While HYBE's new group CORTIS has won the Best New Artist category, ROSÉ and Bruno Mars' APT has swept off the Song Of The Year category. Amongst the other categories, IVE has emerged victorious as the Favourite Global Performer and Favourite Female group. BOYNEXTDOOR has won the Favourite Male group category.Take a look at the winners announced on Day 1:BEST NEW ARTIST          WINNER: CORTIS     WINNER: Hearts2Hearts     AHOF     ALLDAY PROJECT     Baby DONT Cry     CLOSE YOUR EYES     IDID     izna     KickFlip     KiiiKiii2025 MAMA AWARDS SONG OF THE YEAR          WINNER: ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – APT     aespa – Dirty Work     aespa – Whiplash     ALLDAY PROJECT – FAMOUS     ALLDAY PROJECT – WICKED     BABYMONSTER – DRIP     BIG Naughty – MUSIC (feat. Lee Chanhyuk)     BLACKPINK – JUMP     BOYNEXTDOOR – IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU     BOYNEXTDOOR – Never Loved This Way Before     CNBLUE – A Sleepless Night     CORTIS – GO!     Davichi – Stitching     DAY6 – Maybe Tomorrow     Dayoung – body     Doyoung – Memory     Dynamic Duo and Gummy – Take Care     G-Dragon – TOO BAD (feat. Anderson .Paak)     HAON – Skrr (feat. Giselle)     HIGHLIGHT – Endless Ending     HUNTR/X – GOLDEN     ILLIT – Cherish (My Love)     IVE – REBEL HEART     j-hope – MONA LISA     Jennie – like JENNIE     Jennie – ZEN     Jennie and Doechii – ExtraL     Jisoo – earthquake     Kai – Wait On Me     Karina – UP     Key – HUNTER     LE SSERAFIM – HOT     Lee Chanhyuk – Vivid LaLa Love     Lee Mu Jin – Coming of Age Story     Mark – 1999     Mark – Fraktsiya (feat. Lee Young Ji)     MEOVV – DROP TOP     Minnie – HER     N.Flying – Everlasting     NCT DREAM – WHEN I’M WITH YOU     NCT WISH – poppop     Park Hyo Shin – HERO     pH-1 – Life Is A Movie (feat. Jung Zi So)     PLAVE – Dash     QWER – Dear     RIIZE – Fly Up     ROSÉ – toxic till the end     Roy Kim – If You Ask Me What Love Is     Saja Boys – Soda Pop     SEVENTEEN – THUNDER     Tablo and RM – Stop The Rain     Taeyeon – Letter To Myself     TREASURE – YELLOW     TWS – Countdown     TXT – When the Day Comes     V – Winter Ahead (with Park Hyo Shin)     Xdinary Heroes – Beautiful Life     ZEROBASEONE – Doctor! Doctor!Fans’ Choice Male (Top 10)          WINNERS: Baekhyun, SEVENTEEN, Jin, ENHYPEN, G-DRAGON, j-hope, NCT DREAM, RIIZE, Stray Kids, ZEROBASEONEOther nominees from this category:          10CM     82MAJOR     8TURN     AB6IX     AHOF     AMPERS&ONE     ARrC     ASTRO     ATEEZ     BOYNEXTDOOR     BTOB     CLOSE YOUR EYES     CNBLUE     CORTIS     CRAVITY     D.O. (Doh Kyung Soo)     Daesung     DAY6     Doyoung     Epik High     EVNNE     GOT7     IDID     Jay Park     Kai     KickFlip     Lee Mu Jin     N.Flying     NCT WISH     NEXZ     P1Harmony     PLAVE     SHINee     Super Junior     TIOT     TREASURE     TWS     TOMORROW X TOGETHER     WayV     Xdinary HeroesFans’ Choice Female (Top 10)     WINNERS: IRENE, IU, ILLIT, aespa, BABYMONSTER, Hearts2Hearts, i-dle, ITZY, LE SSERAFIM, TWICEOther nominees from this category:          ALLDAY PROJECT     Apink     ARTMS     AtHeart     Baby DONT Cry     BIBI     Billlie     BLACKPINK     BoA     BOL4     Chungha     Chuu     Davichi     FIFTY FIFTY     fromis_9     H1-KEY     Hwasa     Hyolyn     IVE     izna     Jeon Somi     Joy     KARD     Kep1er     KiiiKiii     KISS OF LIFE     MEOVV     NiziU     NMIXX     OH MY GIRL     QWER     SAY MY NAME     Seulgi     STAYC     Taeyeon     tripleS     UNIS     VIVIZ     Wendy     YenaAdditional WinnersFavourite Global Performer     IVETELASA Favourite Global Artist          ENHYPENFavourite Female Group          IVEFavourite Male Group          BOYNEXTDOORGlobal Trend Song          IVE - REBEL HEARTInspiring Achievement          SUPER JUNIORVISA Fans' Choice Of The Year          ENHYPENALSO READ: Full list of winners of the 2024 MAMA Awards。    

           A TienKung robot competes at the first World Humanoid Robot Games. File photo: Courtesy of X-HumanoidWith the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games (WHRG) set to open on Saturday in Beijing, organizers have unveiled a dedicated "Robot Home" to ensure that the mechanical athletes are fully charged and competition-ready.
The Games, to last until August 26, are drawing 666 teams and 2,056 robots from 16 countries and regions across six continents, underscoring the event's growing scale and influence in the global humanoid robotics sector, according to Chinese industry experts on Sunday.
A key feature this year is the newly established "Robot Home," an on-site support center designed to function much like an athletes' village for human competitors. 
The facility can house more than 1,500 robots and charge at least 1,200 batteries, while enabling digital check-in and retrieval for a single robot in just 30 seconds, according to reports by China Central Television (CCTV) Finance on Sunday.
This marks a clear shift from a simple technology showcase to a more mature, competition-grade event, one analyst said. With robots now being managed through systems similar to industrial asset management - covering storage, dispatch, maintenance and safety monitoring - the Games are increasingly seen as a practical testbed for the commercialization of humanoid robotics.
According to CCTV Finance, the Robot Home will act as the football training and competition base for robots. 
For team events like football, the organizing committee often provides the robot bodies, and just a few steps away is the energy recharging station. 
At the station, the batteries offered by the organizing committee are charged in advance in the power cabinets, with each compartment equipped with a corresponding power strip. 
The Games will also feature a "Robot Street," with activities such as intelligent retail, virtual reality viewing, and robot-­operated cafes, providing a richer technology experience for both participating guests and spectators. 
It will also provide an interference-resistant and highly reliable competition environment, achieving 5G+Wi-Fi converged communications.
According to the CCTV report, the event organizer has also developed the world's only competition command system specifically designed for robot events, along with an embodied intelligent robot management platform that enables the management of robots across different brands and models.
An analyst said the focus of this year's Games is shifting from whether robots can finish a course to whether they can actually perform tasks.
"Last year it was about whether they could run to the finish line. This year it's about whether they can get the job done," Wang Peng, an associate research fellow at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times.
    A humanoid robot inspects a bookshelf during a library scenario competition at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on August 16, 2026. Photo: VCGSome scenario-based events began their preliminaries on Sunday. 
Centered on real-world applications, the scenario competition, one of this year's highlights, is designed around practical needs, with long-­process tasks built on complete business logic to test humanoid robots' coordination and operational capabilities in real, complex environments, according to the organizers.
At a real firehouse in Beijing on Sunday, humanoid robots took part in a simulated firefighting mission, testing their ability to detect hazards, operate equipment and respond to emergency scenarios. 
Meanwhile, several participating teams were seen in the final sprint of preparation, ­gearing up for competitions across diverse scenarios such as home services, industrial manufacturing, and emergency rescue. 
At the industrial ecosystem training and evaluation base inside the National Speed Skating Oval, robots entered intensive preparation for office-scenario events. 
In one challenge, robots must autonomously complete tasks such as loading printers, arranging meeting supplies and operating a paper shredder within 20 minutes. Any mistake or delay can affect the final score, staff at the venue explained.
Compared with the inaugural edition, the number of participating teams has increased by 138 percent, underscoring the rapid expansion of humanoid robotics as the technology moves from showcase demonstrations toward practical application.­
This year's Games will run for five days and feature 51 events in total, including 30 competitive events such as ball games and confrontation contests, as well as 21 scenario-based events covering industrial assembly, home services and emergency rescue.
The planned 51 events span competitive, scenario-based and dexterous hand categories, which will reflect gains in motion control, perception-based decision-making and fine control, Chen Jing, a vice president of the Technology and Strategy Research Institute, told the Global Times on Sunday.
The competition has been significantly expanded in both scale and realism. 
Scenario-based contests will take place in environments modeled on factories, hotels, homes and logistics facilities, with tasks including assembly, housekeeping, rescue operations and book sorting designed to test robots' ability to perform useful work in demanding conditions, according to reports from the Xinhua News Agency.
For the first time, the Games will establish a dedicated dexterous hand competition, which includes eight high-­precision events, all drawn from real industrial production and everyday life scenarios.
A representative from AGILINK, the officially certified dexterous-hand equipment provider, told the Global Times on Sunday that winning the dexterous hand competition certifies a product's capability and means it has cleared the "demonstration-grade" threshold for real-world use.
The event is better understood as an incubator of industry consensus, Chen said, adding that competition first identifies the testing methods that Chinese and foreign firms both accept, which can then evolve toward international standards.
With robots now being managed through systems resembling industrial asset management, including storage, dispatch, maintenance and safety monitoring, the Games are increasingly seen not merely as a technology exhibition, but as a practical testing platform for the commercialization of humanoid robotics, according to Wang.
As the competition opens, the key question may be less about who wins medals and more about which robots, and which companies behind them, will be able to turn those medals into marketable orders, Wang noted.
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