Asia

Indonesian police on Wednesday said a human rights lawyer spread information on Twitter that incited violent protests in the restive Papua region. The country’s police also said foreign entities – but did not name any – were meddling in the violent protests in Papua. According to Japan Times, East Java police chief Luki Hermawan said Veronica Koman, […]

The Indonesian government has been pushing to develop new tourist zones with the ‘halal tourism’ concept to attract foreign visitors to islands besides Bali. The idea to push for “halal tourism” is to attract Muslim tourists from abroad, but, in some areas of the country, those plans have led to clashes and demonstrations. There are fears halal tourism […]

Hundreds of Chinese accounts suspended by Twitter were part of a disinformation operation for years targeting critics of China’s ruling Communist Party, Australian researchers have found. After combing through 3.6 million tweets from 940 suspended Twitter accounts, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute said the accounts had conducted “blunt-force influence” campaigns for “at least two years”. […]

China reasserted its backing for North Korea on Tuesday as its foreign minister visited Pyongyang, vowing to maintain “close communication” with its longstanding ally in the face of deadlocked nuclear talks with Washington. Beijing has long been North Korea’s key diplomatic backer and main provider of trade and aid, and while ties deteriorated over Pyongyang’s […]

by Jacques CLEMENT Denise Ho has been pulled from concerts, her records are banned in China and she has been smeared as “poison”, but the Cantopop star says standing with the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement outshines all the damage to her career. The short-haired 42-year-old is a rare and instantly recognisable face among the masked […]

The South Korean entertainment industry is a lucrative one thanks to its talented and good-looking celebrities who are also good at acting, singing and modelling. Although Korea is famous for plastic surgery and rumours whether a celebrity has gone under the knife or not, a lot of celebrities are natural beauties. Here is a list […]

South Korean K-Pop girl group BLACKPINK may be riding high after a successful world tour this year but one of its members may not be that happy. Koreaboo reports that fans of the red hot quartet had noticed that member Rose had not been getting her due in comparison with her other musical sisters. The […]

Recently BTS’s V went on a holiday with Park Seo Joon, Choi Woo Sik and Peakboy. V shared the photos from his trip to the sea on BTS’s official Twitter. wooga?? pic.twitter.com/JW9Gk5fxa4 — 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) August 29, 2019 V, Park Seo Joon, Choi Woo Sik and Peakboy enjoyed their time on a yacht and ate […]

Super Junior’s Heechul is not unable to take part in ‘Super Show 8’ and comeback music show promotions. Super Junior’s label SJ released an official statement to fans on Aug 30, updating them on the group’s upcoming promotions including the release of the boys’ 9th full album, ‘Super Show 8’ in Seoul, etc. Read Label SJ’s statement below: […]

by Yan ZHAO and Jasmine LEUNG Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong on Saturday defied a ban on rallying, the arrests of leading activists and rising threats from China, to take to the streets for a 13th straight weekend. Police had banned the demonstration on security grounds, then organisers had cancelled it, […]

by Anup Sharma Security was tightened Friday in the Indian state of Assam for the release of a citizens’ list that could potentially lead to several million people becoming stateless, most of them Muslims, in a process the government wants to replicate nationwide. Those left off the National Register of Citizens (NRC), due to be […]

South Korean boy group BTS’ Jungkook is the most searched K-Pop idol on Google based on Global Google searches with an index score of 10.43 per cent for the 1st to 2nd quarter of 2019, becoming the most popular K-Pop idol worldwide right now. The data was collected by global measurements and data analytics company […]

Taiwanese actress Ady An’s husband knows how to win her heart. Last September during her 38th birthday Levo Chan bought her a diamond necklace that costs HK$15 million (SGD$2.7 million) Chan who is the chief executive of Tak Chun Group which owns and operates gaming clubs in hotels has bought her four villas in Macau that […]

Is there trouble in paradise for celebrity couple Faye Wong and Nicholas Tse? The rumour mill started after each of them celebrated their respective birthdays separately. Queen of Cantopop Wong was nowhere in sight during now turned TV chef Tse’s 39th birthday on 29 Aug, having chosen to accompany her daughter with ex-husband Li Yapeng […]

Leading Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested Friday, his party said, a day ahead of a planned rally in the city that has been banned by police. His arrest came just hours after the reported detention at Hong Kong’s airport of a vocal independence campaigner, and as Beijing continues to pile pressure on […]