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Manila — Nearly six out of 10 Koreans are in favor of giving K-pop superstars BTS an exemption from the mandatory military service. The Kwangju Broadcasting Corp. and UPI News conducted a survey on Sept. 1 among 800 Korean respondents about military service. The survey was conducted after Minister Lee Jong-sup of Korea’s Ministry of […]

The driver of the Toyota Altis SKG5628P can be seen suddenly speeding up in close proximity to the cyclists and brake-checking in front of them in a fit of rage. A video which shows a car brake-checking in front of a group of cyclist in a case of road rage has gone viral in social […]

Former Foreign Minister shared, uncritically, debunked Russian claims about biolabs in Ukraine which is pushed by Tucker Carlson of Fox News.   Former Foreign Minister George Yeo’s post of Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News has drawn sharp criticism. Yeo captioned his post of Tucker’s show titled “Why are we funding this”, as “from an […]

New Delhi, Aug. 31 — NASA will make a second attempt to launch its Artemis 1 mission, within a 2-hour window on September 3, the US space agency announced on Tuesday (local time). The window will open at 2:17pm EDT (11:47pm IST) on the new launch date, it added. “We’re now targeting Saturday, Sept. 3 […]

Manila, Aug. 31 — BLACKPINK continued to dominate Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs chart, powered by Twitter, for the second straight week. According to Billboard, BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom,” released on Aug. 19, grabbed first place on the Sept. 3-dated Hot Trending Songs chart. “The track became the first to debut at the summit a week earlier […]

India, Sept. 1 — Goldie Behl is happy with all the praise coming his way for his hit web series, Duranga. Starring Gulshan Devaiah and Drashti Dhami, the suspense thriller boasts of multiple twists and turns as it revolves around the life of a couple, a fugitive and a cop. It was an official Indian […]

Will TraceTogether become ‘TraceForever’?   In March 2020, the government introduced ‘TraceTogether’, a mobile phone app developed by the Government Technology Agency (GovTech) to enhance contract tracing efforts. It used what the government dubbed the ‘bluetrace protocol’ — technology leveraging the Bluetooth feature on mobile phones to track proximity between users and record extended face-to-face […]

Allegations that the Religious Rehabilitation Group (RRG) was set up by two Islamic religious teachers (asatizahs) under the direction/ encouragement of the ISD are baseless claims RRG.   RRG has claimed that several posts in the Facebook page (FB) Fikrah Siyasah have defamed some highly respected local religious scholars in Singapore who specifically provide religious […]

Linked-In user says patrons of hawker centres must not be fooled by the screen and the voice recording of the automated tray return system in hawker centres.   Linked-In user Yee Chin Teo shared two pictures in his social media page showing how the automated tray return system in hawker centres is working. The pictures […]

Chan has the substance but lacks the shine to be the next Prime Minister of Singapore.   Education Minister Chan Chun Sing has won the race to be the next Prime Minister of Singapore sometime in December last year said People’s Action Party’s insiders who spoke to this publication. The insiders who preferred not to […]

Meghan Markle jumped to number one on the Spotify list toppling Joe Rogan in six countries including the United States. Her podcast titled Archetypes featured Serena Williams as her first guest on Aug 23. The topic in question was “ambition” and how it has come to be perceived as a ‘dirty’ word when it comes […]

Yoo Joo-eun has died at just 27 years of age. Fans were told about her passing when her brother posted the news on Instagram. “On Aug 29, 2022, Joo-eun left this place and went to a comfortable place. If you have time, please say farewell to Joo-eun on her way,” said her brother. The actress […]

Clubbing as we know it may be a thing of the past even once the pandemic is over. Somehow in the lockdown years as we yearned for a night out on the town, polishing off drinks and dancing till dawn going to concerts, and partying all night became something of a craving that eventually died […]

Manila, Aug. 30 — STOCKHOLD, Sweden – Swedish maritime authorities said a large rescue operation was under way off the Swedish coast on Monday when a car ferry with 300 people on board was on fire, Swedish maritime authorities said. “There is a fire on the car deck,” Swedish Maritime Administration spokesman Jonas Franzen told […]

The Facebook user said, “rats infestation issue at this market is a ongoing problem, one rat scurried past as we were attending to the kitten.”   A Facebook user Grace Chai shared a video of a kitten stuck in a glue trap that was meant for rats at a wet market at Tampines Street 81. […]