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    Seoul — It was reported on Dec 24 last year that BTS member Suga tested positive for COVID-19. Two other members of BTS, RM and Jin also contracted the virus around the same period. RM, Jin and Suga were diagnosed with the virus after their return to South Korea following BTS’s first pandemic-era […]

    Singapore — Back on Dec 28, 2021 Singaporean TV host and actor Allan Wu shared on Instagram that he had contracted COVID-19. The 49-year-old is best known for hosting five seasons of The Amazing Race Asia. He was in Los Angeles during the winter holiday period when he tested positive for the virus. Wu […]

    Seoul – What a way to start the new year!  Jungkook’s Facebook page reveals that BTS’ youngest member has broken the world record for the fastest Instagram post to reach a million likes. Jungkook managed it in just two minutes. His first Instagram post in 2022 showed the star in a beach sunset […]

South Korean boy band BTS’s latest music video just hit 100 million YouTube views. The music video for Live Goes On, the title track off of the group’s new album BE surpassed the 100 million view mark around 2PM KST according to YouTube. This video is BTS’s 27th video to reach the milestone view count. Currently, the milestones achieved […]

By Glenn CHAPMAN Fraud convictions this week for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes will send a chill through Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, insiders say, now they know there is the threat of jail for airy promises that come to nothing.But with billions of dollars washing around the tech industry in search of the next big thing, the […]

Japanese carmaker Toyota led US automobile sales in 2021, according to figures released Tuesday, overtaking General Motors for the first time as a shortage of semiconductors roils the car industry. The shift atop the rankings came after a year in which assembly lines were plagued by scarcity of the crucial computer chips, resulting in steep […]

China Tuesday said it will continue to “modernise” its nuclear arsenal and called on the United States and Russia to reduce their stockpiles a day after global powers pledged to prevent such weapons spreading. In a rare joint statement setting aside rising West-East tensions, the United States, China, Russia, Britain and France reaffirmed their goal […]

    Los Angeles — English actor Robert Pattinson became the talk online after being spotted flaunting a white tee with a logo highlighting something from Singapore. “Robert Pattinson buys the same stuff from a gas station as a broke college kid: Gatorade and a power bar. He’s for the people,” wrote Twitter account @FilmFroth. […]

    As with many other Singaporean families, this year was marked by changes and increased family time due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. No one is exempt from these changes, not even Zheng Geping and Hong Huifang’s family. According to Today Online, Zheng Geping, Hong Huifang, Tay Ying, and Calvert Tay recently reflected on […]

    South Korea — Rosé from BLACKPINK showed her support for Kim Go Eun on the set of Yumi’s Cells Season 2 in a heartwarming way. According to the report of Soompi, Kim Go Eun wrapped up Season 1 of her hit drama Yumi’s Cells in October, and Rosé sent a coffee truck to the […]

The world began ushering in 2022 on Friday after another tumultuous and pandemic-ridden year capped by new restrictions, soaring case numbers, and a slight glimmer of hope for better times ahead. The past 12 months saw a new US president and a new Adele album, the first spectator-free Olympics, and dreams of democracy from Afghanistan […]

By Ali BEKHTAOUI The world economy woke up from its pandemic-induced coma in 2021, but between the Omicron variant causing renewed disruptions and persistent inflation pushing central banks to pump the brakes, the outlook is uncertain.Here is a look at the state of the global economy: Uneven recovery Countries have posted impressive growth figures as […]

A Covid variant-driven “tsunami” threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems, the WHO said Wednesday as AFP data showed cases have surged across the world in the past week to levels never seen before. Highly transmissible Omicron propelled the United States, France and Denmark to fresh records on Wednesday, with AFP’s tally of 6.55 million infections reported […]

By Holmes CHAN Hong Kong pro-democracy media outlet Stand News said Wednesday it will close after a police raid and arrests of seven current and former staff members, in the latest blow to the city’s rapidly shrinking press freedoms. Suppression of the semi-autonomous Chinese city’s local press has increased in the wake of 2019’s huge […]

    Mandopop superstar Wang Leehom’s ex-wife Lee Jinglei “Thunder Goddess” now also compared to a 17th-century shogun in a commentary on the lessons to be learned from the couple’s explosive and messy divorce saga, seeks to peacefully end the drama. The singer announced the split on Dec 15, which was followed by Lee revelations […]