A former mayor in northeastern Khon Kaen province was sentenced to two months in prison yesterday afternoon. The court’s ruling followed an incident in July 2016 where the politician forced a journalist to strip to his underpants as punishment for running a story about his alleged marriage to a teen girl. Dr. Premsak Piayura, 53, ...
The South Jakarta District Court this morning sentenced one of the most infamous terrorist figures in Indonesia, Aman...
While the Philippines is mostly tolerant towards transgender women, this acceptance is — for the most part...
Malaysia’s east coast beach paradise state, Terengganu is laying all their sunscreen on the line, and telling media...
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Here’re some thoughts about the still ongoing Daryl Aiden Yow hullaballoo: Props to Mothership for acting on a tip and diving...
Hong Kong beaches are seeing a surge of fireworms with venomous bristles that sting beachgoers, according to lifeguards. The...
Limp Bizkit will be one the big acts of this year’s Soundrenaline festival in Bali. Fred Durst (who is now 47, FYI!) and friends are slated to play on September 9 at GWK during...
Explosives on planes are no laughing matter, but for some reason, a Portuguese woman decided to crack a bomb joke when boarding an Indonesian flight this week. Identified only by...
CANGGU: Go out for a beachside movie night A post shared by La Brisa Bali (@labrisabali) on May 26, 2018 at 10:01pm PDT Ocean Film Nights The dreamy Bohemian beach club La Brisa...
COCONUTS HOT SPOT — The Bukit neighborhood’s favorite shrine to surfing, Drifter Uluwatu, is now serving up dinner at their cafe. A recent evening spent at the cafe’s...
Four escaped police detainees in Bali were met with hot lead to the legs when trying to evade arrest, police told reporters, as they paraded the recently recaptured men with their...
A deputy director of an elementary school in Phetchabun province apologized on Friday after one of its teachers put a shameful sign on a student to remind his parents that the...
It’s Friday afternoon, and the sight of this happy, heart-melting temple puppy is apparently exactly what Twitter users needed to wrap up their weeks — as the post has...
With the closing of the historic Lido theater in Siam Square last month — and the imminent closing of its sister theater Scala around the corner in 2020 — Bangkokians...
A former mayor in northeastern Khon Kaen province was sentenced to two months in prison yesterday afternoon. The court’s ruling followed an incident in July 2016 where the...
A temple in the rural Phetchaburi province has come up with its own small way to prevent plastic bottles from ending up in the ocean — it’s using them to construct a...
A herbal tea shop in Yau Ma Tei, that is planning on relocating in another part of the neighbourhood, has confirmed that it will be keeping its iconic neon sign. According to Hong...
Poor fella. A ginger tabby cat, believed to have been hit by a vehicle, was found alive but badly injured near a Sheung Wan bus terminus this morning. According to Apple Daily,...
A new survey projects that Hong Kong’s plummeting birthrate is going to fall even lower. The Hong Kong Women Development Association (HKWDA) surveyed over 800 people...
A 30-year-old Uber driver was fined HK$3,000 (about US$382) after pleading guilty to carrying a passenger without a proper permit, as the government vowed to continue...
Legislative Councillor Raymond Chan Chi-chuen has planned a motion of debate next month to study policies that would allow same-sex unions. The motion debate, introduced at...
Among the grief-stricken Indonesians keeping a daily vigil at the shore of a volcanic lake which swallowed a ferry packed with people, some fear they have lost more than a dozen...
The captain and two crew of an overloaded Indonesian ferry that sank into the depths of a volcanic lake have been detained for questioning over the deadly disaster, police said...
"Imagine, Rp 20,000 is the same as a pack of cigarettes or two instant noodles. For the price of two packs of instant noodles or the price of a pack of cigarettes, you can change...
The South Jakarta District Court this morning sentenced one of the most infamous terrorist figures in Indonesia, Aman Abdurrahman, to death for his role in masterminding numerous...
As if we need more time off after that lengthy Eid holiday.
Malaysian police have reopened an investigation into the grisly murder of a young Mongolian woman in 2006 which has been linked to the country’s ousted leader, reports said...
Malaysian netizens are up in arms after a woman shared a brief newspaper clipping of the sentence handed to a religious studies teacher who was found guilty of sexually abusing a...
Malaysia’s east coast beach paradise state, Terengganu is laying all their sunscreen on the line, and telling media that while their leadership is led by the conservative...
Alert to all of the concerned aunties and uncles out there, spreading the concerning tale of the deadly Nipah virus being spread via our country’s beloved plate proxy, the...
We’ve all got those friends — they’re cool, funny, and also understand and accept the fact that you won’t ever be called from your sofa if Border Security...
Dutch police said Thursday they helped crack a child sex abuse ring in the Philippines offering babies as young as five months for “made-to-order” online pedophilia...
K-pop group Momoland yesterday announced that it is coming to the Philippines this August 18. Members Nancy McDonie, Daisy Yoo, and Lee Ahin made the announcement via their...
While the Philippines is mostly tolerant towards transgender women, this acceptance is — for the most part — still on the surface level. Many Filipinos are still...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association of the Philippines (NCAA) has announced earlier this week that foreign athletes will no longer be allowed to play in the league...
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the only son of the Philippines’ late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, said in a recent interview that he has plans to go after the...
There’s no reason why feasting should be kept strictly to breakfast, lunch, and dinner times. Especially in Singapore. Where tasty treats are available around every corner,...
Not that we like to kick a man when he’s down but the past of now-defamed influencer Daryl Aiden Yow’s is what Father John Misty would call Pure Comedy. Way before the young...
Any kind of ice cold treat works wonders under the sweltering Singapore sun – but spiked slushies? That’s just a whole new level of grown-up merriment our teenage selves never...
The clock is ticking for thousands of Grab drivers in Singapore. 23,000 private-hire car drivers have yet to obtain the proper license to chauffeur people around, according to...
With en bloc fever sweeping the country, it seems that more and more structures from Singapore’s early years are slated to be torn down to make way for sleek, shiny new...
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have given Myanmar just over a month to respond to the prosecutor’s request for jurisdiction over the country’s alleged...
Three of the world’s largest mining equipment companies are contributing to major human rights abuses in Myanmar by supplying machinery to local mining companies that have been...
Pope Francis made an appeal for greater press freedom in “so-called democratic” countries during an interview with Reuters yesterday. He cited the case of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe...
Before I moved to Myanmar, I didn’t know who Westlife was. That’s not because I don’t have opinions on boy bands—I’m a Backstreet Boys boy all the way. I even have a...
Floods caused by heavy rain across Myanmar have killed 19 people and displaced around 14,000 families since last week. The death toll includes eight people in Magway Region, six...
There’s no reason why feasting should be kept strictly to breakfast, lunch, and dinner times. Especially in Singapore. Where tasty treats are available around every corner,...
Any kind of ice cold treat works wonders under the sweltering Singapore sun – but spiked slushies? That’s just a whole new level of grown-up merriment our teenage selves never...
Limp Bizkit will be one the big acts of this year’s Soundrenaline festival in Bali. Fred Durst (who is now 47, FYI!) and friends are slated to play on September 9 at GWK during...
With the closing of the historic Lido theater in Siam Square last month — and the imminent closing of its sister theater Scala around the corner in 2020 — Bangkokians...
K-pop group Momoland yesterday announced that it is coming to the Philippines this August 18. Members Nancy McDonie, Daisy Yoo, and Lee Ahin made the announcement via their...
With en bloc fever sweeping the country, it seems that more and more structures from Singapore’s early years are slated to be torn down to make way for sleek, shiny new...
While the Philippines is mostly tolerant towards transgender women, this acceptance is — for the most part — still on the surface level. Many Filipinos are still...
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