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BLANK2Y Joins Summer Comeback Lineup With New Digital Mini Album

They are continuously upgrading their potential! K-Pop idol group BLANK2Y will be making a comeback this August with a digital mini album. Keystone Entertainment also released a silhouette poster online and boosted a strong presence that caught the attention of fans. In addition, after completing domestic activities, they held various overseas activities such as promotions in Japan. The agency also stated, “Unlike...

NewJeans Drops Third Title Track “Cookie” Music Video

This is a new style of debut! Rookie girl group NewJeans recently dropped their third title track, “Cookie” music video online. With this, they have dropped a total of eight music videos as promotion for their debut album.  This music video uses a simple background and benches as a prop to give off a clean and sophisticated concept. This...

K-drama midseason recap: Extraordinary Attorney Woo – drama series about lawyer with autism will give you all the feels

The gift that keeps on giving, word-of-mouth hit Extraordinary Attorney Woo continues its ratings climb, with viewers glued to their screens as they follow the legal and romantic adventures of intrepid autistic lawyer Woo Young-woo (played by Park Eun-bin). Providing a compelling balance of colourful episodic stories and an overarching narrative that is both heart-rending and...

Amber Heard reportedly sells California home after losing the multimillion-dollar defamation case against Johnny Depp

Amber Heard has reportedly sold her California home after losing the multimillion-dollar defamation case against her ex-husband Johnny Depp. The Aquaman actress, 36, is said to have made $500,000 (S$688,388) profit by selling the $1.05 million house in Yucca Valley. Heard allegedly bought it in 2019 through an anonymous trust, with TMZ saying it was purchased pre-pandemic. It added...

K-pop star Kang Daniel on his SpongeBob collaboration, concert debut

He's not a yellow sponge, or a square, nor does he live in a pineapple under the sea, but South Korean singer Kang Daniel thinks there's a surprising amount of commonalities between himself and SpongeBob SquarePants. "SpongeBob is so optimistic and very chill," says Kang. "In most other cartoons, if there any kind of problem, the...

Residents raise a stink over stinky tofu at Hougang night bazaar, organiser says he ‘can’t please everyone’

Seeing a night bazaar pop up in the neighbourhood might be a pleasant surprise, but not for some residents in Hougang who were on the receiving end of a rather distinctive smell from one stall. The source? A stinky tofu stall, Man Kou Xiang, located at the corner of the night bazaar. Since the bazaar, or pasar malam, opened on...

Malaysia says chicken stocks in oversupply after export ban

Malaysia on Monday (Aug 1) said it now has a slight oversupply of chicken, following its imposition of a ban on exports of the poultry to secure domestic supplies and rein in rising food prices. Malaysia, which supplies live chickens mainly to neighbouring Singapore and Thailand, in June halted chicken exports until production and prices stabilise, after...

‘Find a job and man’: Desperate mum in China goes on TV to beg daughter with 6 cats to marry

A 70-year-old Chinese woman has begged a local TV station for help as she is "extremely worried" about her single and unemployed 38-year-old daughter who spends her time posting videos of her six cats online. The daughter has a degree from a top university and worked in Beijing and Shanghai, but several years ago quit her...

South Korea develops nanotech tattoo as health monitoring device

South Koreans may soon be able to carry a device inside their own bodies in the form of a bespoke tattoo that automatically alerts them to potential health problems, if a science team's project bears fruit. Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in the city of Daejeon southwest of Seoul have...

Chinese husband kicks wife of 2 days out of house after air conditioning dispute, sparks divorce debate online

A domestic argument in a new marriage spurred a debate on the mainland Chinese internet over the weekend after a shouting match over air conditioning went viral. An unnamed woman in the northern Chinese province of Henan tried to turn on the air conditioning during the heatwave in late July that saw temperatures in the country...