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K-drama spin-off takes Thailand by storm
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 05/05/2025
» Here are the latest updates from the world of South Korean showbiz. Resident Playbook, a spin-off of the medical drama series Hospital Playlist, is currently one of top five most watched TV series on Netflix Thailand. Meanwhile, BiBi, a popular performer, will hold her first concert in Thailand.
New releases for your streaming pleasure: April 9-15
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 09/04/2025
» Looking for a title to binge-watch this weekend? Here's our pick!
China hits back with 34% tariffs on all US goods
Published on 04/04/2025
» China retaliated on Friday against new US tariffs with a series of measures, including 34% levies on all American imports and export controls on rare earths, escalating the trade fight that has sent global markets reeling.
China only 'refining' Covid rules
Published on 12/11/2022
» BEIJING: China’s top health officials say that a sweeping overhaul to its zero-Covid playbook was a refinement of rules and not a relaxation of controls, dismissing interpretations that the changes were a step toward living with the virus.
Chinese cities and factories lock down as outbreak spreads
AFP, Published on 14/03/2022
» BEIJING: Seventeen million people in the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen began their first full day under lockdown Monday, as a key factory making iPhones closed and restrictions spread across Shanghai and other major cities in an effort to extinguish the biggest-ever threat to the nation's zero-tolerance Covid strategy.
Digital warfare: Myanmar's cyber crackdown explained
AFP, Published on 17/02/2021
» Myanmar's military has imposed repeated internet blackouts, blocked some social media sites and drafted a cybersecurity bill as it attempts to grind down resistance to its takeover.
Preparedness is the cure
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 13/04/2020
» First, a little bit of good news amid all the despair and depression: In Italy, where the number of deaths caused by Covid-19 is the highest in the world, a 104-year-old woman has recovered after falling sick on March 17. Amazingly, Ada Zanusso also survived the 1918 Spanish flu. Even more amazingly, she lived in a nursing home where 20 other residents died of the virus.
IS claims responsibility for New York attack
Reuters, Published on 03/11/2017
» CAIRO/NEW YORK: Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a truck attack in New York City that killed eight people on Tuesday, the group's online publication said on Thursday.
Fairy tales and nightmares at S.Korea’s border town
Reuters, Published on 27/07/2017
» SEOUL -- A half-hour's drive north of Seoul, along a highway lined with barbed wire, lie two shopping malls the size of several football stadiums, a stone's throw from the world's most militarised border.
Entertainment memorabilia gets stage at Amazon.com
AFP, Published on 20/02/2013
» As this year's Academy Awards ceremony nears, Internet retail colossus Amazon.com has launched an online shop stocked with film, music, and television show memorabilia.