Asia

by Yan ZHAO and Jerome TAYLOR Hong Kong police on Monday denied accusations their officers showed comparative lenience towards gangs of pro-Beijing men who attacked pro-democracy supporters during a weekend marked by multiple bloody street brawls. The once stable international hub has been convulsed by weeks of huge, sometimes violent rallies calling for greater democratic […]

by Dessy SAGITA Working around the clock, thousands of firefighters are struggling to contain smog-belching blazes raging across rainforests and farmland in Indonesia, one of the frontlines against fires blamed for aggravating global warming. Those leading the response are short on equipment, with some wearing just flimsy masks and rubber boots as they blast streams […]

Cora Liu Zhuo-mei, the girlfriend of Chinese actor Lin Wei said she was unaware that he was an actor before she started dating him. She said that if she knew that, she would have stayed away from the married actor. According to ChinaPress, the businesswoman said, “If I knew he was an actor from the […]

Celebrity couple Fann Wong and Christopher have enjoyed 10 years of marital bliss while others struggle to find love. Despite spending a large amount of time in showbiz surrounded by good-looking people, they are not straying from each other. Christopher Lee, 48 said, “When you have a happy and complete family, naturally, you won’t be […]

Want to discover more about the 1MDB expose? The Kleptocrats, a movie about 1MDB, former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak and Jho Low is now streaming exclusively on iwonder.com, an all-new video streaming platform that is now available in Singapore. The film has exclusive footage of Jho Low, Najib Razak, Leonardo DiCaprio, Paris Hilton, Miranda […]

South Korean celebrity couple Ahn Jae-hyun and Goo Hye-sun split recently after an intense and heated exchange of words between the two that went on for weeks. Following that, there was a deafening silence from both the screen stars over the last few days which may have left fans wondering what happened. The reason is […]

The Korean celebrity couple known affectionately as Song-song have called it quits a few months ago but it seems like it’s not the end for one of them. South Korean actress Song Hye-kyo might still have feelings for her ex-husband actor Song Joong-ki based on some speculation by netizens. Their fans appear to think that […]

Hong Kong singer-actor Leslie Cheung died sixteen years ago but his partner Daffy Tong still holds on to his memory. According to Sin Chew Daily, Tong posted Leslie’s photos on his Instagram @dhttong today in conjunction with what would have been Cheung’s 62nd birthday. Eight photos were uploaded onto the Instagram account. Sin Chew Daily […]

It has been about five months since Hong Kong actress and singer Jacqueline Wong was caught kissing singer-actor Andy Hui at the back of a cab but Wong has not moved on or recovered. Scarlett Wong, her sister told Hong Kong’s Ming Pao that Jacqueline’s mood was still “unsettled.” “She doesn’t know what she should […]

by Dessy Sagita The number of blazes in Indonesia’s rainforests has jumped sharply, satellite data showed Thursday, spreading smog across Southeast Asia and adding to concerns about the impact of increasing wildfire outbreaks worldwide on global warming. Illegal blazes to clear land for agricultural plantations have been raging on Sumatra and Borneo islands, with Indonesia […]

by Jerome TAYLOR Joshua Wong, the Hong Kong activist soon to visit the United States, was the unlikely hero of the Umbrella Movement that inspired hundreds of thousands to take over Hong Kong’s streets for two months in 2014 calling for free elections. Five years later, the 22-year-old is one of the most prominent faces […]

by Hiroshi HIYAMA Japan’s Shinzo Abe on Wednesday appointed new foreign and defence ministers and promoted a popular rising political star, in a cabinet reshuffle that fuelled speculation over the prime minister’s successor. The spectacular appointment as environment minister of the telegenic Shinjiro Koizumi, the 38-year-old son of much-loved former PM Junichiro Koizumi, set tongues […]

A woman hired a hitman to eliminate a husband and his son who were opposed to the sale of a house to allow her to settle a billion Rupiah debt. While in another case in Singapore, a man went on the Dark Web to hire a hitman to murder a boyfriend of his former lover […]

Former Indonesian President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie who is well-known among Singaporean politicians for his remarks on Singapore being ‘the red dot’, is still recuperating in hospital. Better known as BJ Habibie, he was in intensive care at the Gatot Soebroto Army Central Hospital where he is still recuperating. Many personalities in Indonesia are conveying messages […]

by Jasmine LEUNG / Sean GLEESON Hong Kong’s embattled leader warned the United States on Tuesday not to “interfere” with her government’s response to the city’s pro-democracy movement, after fresh protests called on Washington to ramp up pressure on Beijing. Millions of people have demonstrated over the last 14 weeks in the biggest challenge to […]