#Technology

by Jocelyne ZABLIT Californian officials warned Saturday that “extreme” wind conditions were set to fan wildfires across the north of the US state as residents were ordered to evacuate and millions faced power cuts. About 50,000 people were ordered to flee their homes in Sonoma county, north of San Francisco, as the Kincade Fire spread […]

K-pop singer and actress Sulli committed suicide recently due to cyber bullying. Her elder brother has declined to accept his sister’s inheritance but it has been reported that their parents are still arguing over the matter. Malay Mail quoted Chinese publication Sina saying, Sulli left behind about five billion won which led to her parents […]

Indonesian domestic helper Susi Nur Handayani, 27, was sentenced to four months of jail time on Friday (Oct 25) for stealing a passport  that belongs to a fellow resident in a  maids’ shelter and attempted to present herself as the passport holder. Susi wanted to leave Singapore and go home to Indonesia. She pleaded guilty to […]

Popular South Korean actors Lee Min Ho and Kim Go Eun are reported to have started filming in a new drama called The King: The Eternal Monarch. The King: The Eternal Monarch is about two parallel universes of a monarchy and a democracy and it is written by Kim Eun Sook. The Emperor Lee Gon […]

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are able to overcome the media storm around them and push through troubles that split up his parents Prince Charles and Princess Diana because of one reason, Princess Diana’s butler revealed – they love each other. Princess Diana’s personal assistant and confidante, Paul Burrell has observed as Prince Harry fought […]

Popular K-Pop boy group BTS has earned a new Guinness World Record! Guinness World Records announced on 23 Oct that BTS has hit the record for the fastest time to reach one million followers on TikTok. On 25 Sept, 7.40pm KST, BTS joined TikTok and they hit the million mark by 11.11pm KST. In just […]

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 […]