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A specialised Malaysian condiment named ‘sambal belacan’ coupled with her delicious cooking made Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia, Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, a buzz name in the house of Singapore’s ruling elite. Her fans included no less than the illustrious founding father of Singapore Mr Lee Kuan Yew and the Lion City’s current head, Prime […]

Under the Internal Security Act (ISA), three Indonesian women were charged Wednesday (Oct 23) with funding terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Indonesia-based group Jemaah Anshorut Daulah (JAD), which is affiliated with ISIS. Prior to their arrests, the three women namely, Anindia Afiyantari, 33, Retno Hernayani, 36, and Turmini, 31, had been working […]

Rich Brian, whose real name is Brian Imanuel Soewarno debuted his hit single Dat $tick at the age of 16. The video has since racked up to over 132 million views on YouTube. A production company, 88rising signed Rich Brian up. The company is becoming known as a label for Asian and Asian American music […]

by Béatrice ROMAN-AMAT with Jing Xuan TENG in Beijing The European Parliament awarded the Sakharov Prize for human rights on Thursday to Uighur intellectual Ilham Tohti, sentenced to life imprisonment in China for “separatism”, parliamentary sources told AFP. The outspoken former professor of economics at a Beijing university was sentenced in 2014 by Chinese courts […]

Leader of K-Pop group Big Bang G-Dragon is slated to be discharged from the army this week. The K-pop idol stands to be discharged on October 26. G-Dragon was also recently spotted at his sister’s wedding. Given the unstable future of Big Bang and YG Entertainment with the current scandals, fans are interested in the […]

Iranian state television has aired an interview with an Instagrammer famous for drastically altering her appearance through plastic surgery to look like a zombie and arrested for alleged “blasphemy”. The social media celebrity known as Sahar Tabar was arrested on the orders of Tehran’s Islamic guidance court on October 5 after “numerous requests from the […]

B.I, formerly from the K-Pop band iKON is first and second on Twitter’s trending list with the hashtags #BelovedHanbinDay and #HappyBirthdayHanbin as fans celebrate his birthday. His fans are using Twitter to show their love and appreciation for B.I despite the controversy he is in. In 2016, after the news broke that B.I alleged attempted […]

Friends actress Jennifer Aniston recently joined Instagram and she broke the record to become the fastest user to reach one million followers in just five hours and 16 minutes. The Hollywood star is one of the few celebrities who had not joined any social media platform. When she first posted a photo on Tuesday morning, […]

Maleficent actress Angelina Jolie is honouring her children for giving her a reason to go on after her divorce with Brad Pitt. The pair who separated in 2016 have six children together. The 44-year-old actress shared that she relied on her children for support after revealing that she ‘lost herself’ during the split. ‘The last […]

Assistant Professor Tan Yong Chin, who teaches a course on online marketing at the City University in Hong Kong (CUHK), earned the ire and hatred of his students that led to the scandalous vandalism act committed in his office and a controversy that involves the application of political ideas in educational activities. Words, such as […]

Social media app TikTok has taken down accounts that were posting propaganda videos for the Islamic State group, a company employee said Tuesday, in the latest scandal to hit the popular platform. TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, claimed some 500 million users globally last year, making it one of the most popular […]

In the speech made by President Joko (Jokowi) Widodo at the inauguration, there was no mention of corruption eradication in his inaugural address for the 2019-2024 mandate. Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Deputy Chairman Saut Situmorang had his own views. According to him, Jokowi’s speech should not be interpreted as pessimistic when it comes to eradicating corruption, […]

by Michel COMTE Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party held onto power in a nail-biter of a Canadian general election on Monday, but as a weakened minority government. Television projections as of 2 am Tuesday (0600 GMT) declared the Liberals winners or leading in 156 of the nation’s 338 electoral districts, versus 122 for his […]

Jared Leto, the actor who played Joker in Suicide Squad reportedly felt ‘alienated and upset’ when Warner Bros. chose Todd Phillips’ version with Joaquin Phoenix instead. So how unhappy was Jared Leto over Joker? As Todd Phillips’s version of Leto head towards grossing more than $700 million worldwide, insiders revealed that Leto’s frustration was so […]

Meghan Markle revealed how difficult it is to be under scrutiny from the public and the press in a video and this is attracting a lot of support for the Duchess of Sussex. After the release of the footage of the emotional interview, Meghan Markle’s fans are tweeting messages of support with the hashtag #WeLoveYouMeghan. […]