Looks like color loads and white loads are not the only things getting separated at a Johor laundromat. The owners of a self-service laundry operation on Jalan Junid, in Muar, have caused waves on social media after they posted a signboard saying: “For Muslim customers only. Muslim-friendly. Leave your shoes outside.” Another case of religion...
A 13-year-old boy was shot outside his home in Pasay City in Metro Manila yesterday, the latest in a string of...
It’s been a couple of days since the infamous celebrity kick-boxing match at the Asia Fighting Championship (AFC)...
Macy Gray’s performance in Canggu, Bali was apparently so bad on Saturday night that the venue, Finns Beach Club, has...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has plans to visit evacuees from Mt. Agung volcano during his working trip to Bali. Last time the president came to the island to hand out...
Nearly 50,000 people have evacuated their homes for fear of an imminent volcanic eruption on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, disaster officials said Monday. Mount Agung, 75...
Playing on fears of a forthcoming eruption of Bali’s Mt. Agung, a “hoax” video has been circulating the net, of a thundering volcano erupting with lava running down the...
Macy Gray’s performance in Canggu, Bali was apparently so bad on Saturday night that the venue, Finns Beach Club, has publicly announced it will be refunding the cost of general...
More than 34,000 people have fled from a rumbling volcano on the resort island of Bali as the magnitude of tremors grows, prompting fears it could erupt for the first time in more...
COCONUTS HOT SPOT — Though it’s hardly new, this classic Thai staple — housed in a perfectly preserved century-old house — is always packed due to its extensive menu of...
They say all publicity is good publicity and that may be the case this week for dick-shaped waffle vendor Ketnita Prasertsomboon. Her waffles are exploding, going viral on social...
Thailand won third place in terms of global tourism revenue according to statistics recently released by the United Nations’ World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The data was for...
Tourist Police have confirmed that a foreign couple escaped major injury after their sailboat crashed on rocks at Freedom Beach, on Phuket’s west coast, during a storm on...
A Thai soldier posted a video of his friend performing a selfless act on Friday, saving the life of a newborn puppy on the verge of drowning to death by using standard first-aid...
Five seconds of viral video have Hong Kong animal lovers on the rampage this week – and understandably so. The video, filmed at a ParknShop supermarket in Tuen Mun district and...
A British lesbian on Monday won the right to live and work in Hong Kong with her partner in a landmark legal decision that could reduce more hurdles for same-sex couples in the...
Hong Kong may have a – temporary – solution for its seemingly never-ending housing woes: shipping containers. The Hong Kong Council of Social Services (HKCSS), a local NGO,...
The man behind the wheel during Friday’s horrific bus had “been working for more than 13 hours a day for several consecutive days,” William Chung Chak Man, head of...
Universities have become the latest battleground over freedoms in Hong Kong as a ban on signs on campuses advocating independence from China sparks fresh fears that the...
Prosecutors said Juhanda traveled to the Protestant church in the city of Samarinda by motorbike, intending to carry out the attack. But instead, he fell from the bike and...
"In this office, there are so many 'rats' that must be destroyed, so we release these snakes so that the rats can be eaten."
A group of teenagers from Pontianak, West Kalimantan, became the talk of their city and netizens throughout Indonesia over their choice t-shirts.
Police believe a bad tofu dish was the cause of the mass poisoning
Two drivers working for ride-hailing apps, locally known as “online taxis”, were killed in as many days in the North Sumatran capital of Medan over the weekend.
Popular actor Sharnaaz Ahmad, known for his turn as Lan Todak in the film Juvana, has been hit with a RM1,200 (US$280) fine after being found guilty of slapping a Bangladeshi...
A Malaysian couple visiting the UK has found themselves with a huge hospital bill, after the wife delivered her baby prematurely while the couple were there. Medical bills for Dr...
You may recall an earlier Coconuts KL tale of the Grab driver who, upon picking her up to take her to the mall, broke the nose of a female, high school passenger. Maybe, like us,...
A man walked into a Cheras entertainment center at 11:30pm Saturday to celebrate his birthday. Tragically, he never came out, and was found dead the next afternoon. You can see...
An ecstasy drug manufacturing, brother-sister duo was busted last Thursday, and police have put the value of the haul at nearly RM800,000 (US$190,000). That’s a lot of party....
Rodolfo Fariñas, the same congressman who believes that legislators should be exempted from traffic laws, said that they should also not be subject to the same law enforcement...
It’s about time this happened. Anyone who has worn high heels knows the pain of having to walk in them and up until recently, a lot of Filipino women were required to wear...
The first PHP150,000 (US$3,00) of your income would be exempted from taxes, under a proposed tax reform package pending in the Philippine Senate. Taxpayers with children would...
There is another online petition asking the government to fire blogger and Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson that is circulating...
A shooting incident has transpired inside Malacañang Park on Tuesday morning, the Presidential Security Group (PSG) confirmed. Malacañang Park is across the street from the...
A fierce blaze broke out at a sixth-storey HDB unit at Block 886B along Woodlands Drive 50 last Saturday, but thanks to the efforts of Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)...
If ever you tire of exploring Singapore on foot, or you wonder what else there is to see what you haven’t already, jump on board a tour with Sideways for a different...
As far as Singapore’s train operations are concerned, there can never be enough prayers in the world to make it run without breakdowns during times when we need it the most. So...
Tourists from China have gained a notorious reputation for behaving terribly in foreign countries over the last few years. Their infamous antics aside, Chinese travelers actually...
A Singaporean man was fined S$2,000 (US$1,480) for receiving a tax-free Rolex watch from his mother-in-law, who brought it duty-free as a gift for the couple when she visited...
“My heart has been breaking in the past few weeks,” writes Myanmar journalist Thin Lei Win in a Facebook post that has been shared hundreds of times since Sunday. This...
The Myanmar Times took another step today in its ongoing journey to find itself when it published a letter to the editor that scathingly questions a recent editorial decision...
by Aidan JONES / Hla-Hla HTAY Myanmar troops on Monday searched for dozens of missing Hindu villagers feared dead after the discovery of a grave containing 28 corpses in Rakhine...
by Aidan JONES Hindus once sold food to Rohingyas, spoke the same language and even cut the hair of their Muslim neighbors. But co-existence among the collage of ethnicities in...
A group of 54 Israeli religious leaders, including rabbis, educators, and former government ministers, signed an open letter last week urging the Israeli government to cease all...
COCONUTS HOT SPOT — Though it’s hardly new, this classic Thai staple — housed in a perfectly preserved century-old house — is always packed due to its extensive menu of...
Seda Vertis North is the latest — and largest — addition to the growing Seda Group of Hotels in the Philippines. Set right between two Ayala lifestyle malls in Quezon City...
If ever you tire of exploring Singapore on foot, or you wonder what else there is to see what you haven’t already, jump on board a tour with Sideways for a different...
2NE1’s Sandara “Dara” Park and her brother Sang-hyu “Thunder” Park, a former member of boy group MBLAQ, are back in their second home — the...
While Filipino actress and model Ellen Adarna and actor John Lloyd Cruz haven’t admitted the status of their relationship yet, they’re obviously into each other. Cruz...
“Promposals” are a big trend among high-schoolers today. For the uninitiated, these are elaborate (sometimes over the top) ways of proposing to a prom date. The Star...
Cartoons taking aim at Rohingya Muslims are spreading rapidly across social media in mainly Buddhist Myanmar, where public opinion on the crisis stands in stark contrast to the...
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