Streaming giant Netflix has quickly emerge as the frontrunner in introducing South Korean content to the global audience. After last year’s successful release of Squid Game, Hellbound and The Silent Year, Netflix is eager to continue riding on the Hallyu wave well into 2022. Since 2016, Netflix had already set its eye on South Korean entertainment industry and worked with...
Yesterday (Jan 23) was the third anniversary of Aloysius Pang's death, and his friends and supporters have shown he is not forgotten. Fans are leaving messages for Aloysius in the last post on his Instagram account, even though the late actor's social media page has been inactive. Aloysius died in January 2019 after sustaining a serious injury during a live-firing...
Her World Online How did they meet? How does she know he is The One? Rebecca Lim answers these questions and more, in an exclusive interview with Her World Rebecca Lim showed up at my home on a Monday morning. This was after various media had reported on her recent engagement, and social media was abuzz with congratulatory...
Twitter/@KyloRenButIDo Rapper, entrepreneur and former US presidential candidate Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, attended the Kenzo autumn/winter 2022 show in Paris with girlfriend Julia Fox. West and Fox wore matching denim outfits that brought back to memory a historic red-carpet appearance from then It couple Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music...
A motorcycle burst into flames moments after it allegedly skidded along Mandai Avenue on Monday (Jan 24) morning. In a video clip that emerged online hours later, the motorcycle occupying the middle lane was suddenly engulfed by the blaze. A silver Mercedes could be seen manoeuvring around the fire. According to a passer-by, a male motorcyclist was lying on...
Aerial view shows vehicles and buildings inundated by floods in Shah Alam's Taman Sri Muda, one of the worst hit neighbourhoods in Selangor state, Malaysia, on Dec 21, 2021. Reuters For decades, Peninsular Malaysia’s east coast has had more than its fair share of floods during the November to February monsoon season. But as the country now...
A non-fungible token (NFT) project featuring 2,000 pixel art hamsters has been launched in Hong Kong, after the public hit out at a government decision to cull the animals over the possible risk of Covid-19 transmission to humans. Earlier this week, Hong Kong authorities asked pet shops and owners to hand over about 2,000 hamsters for...
After two years of lull in tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic, the popular Indonesian holiday islands of Bintan and Batam are finalising plans to reopen their shores to leisure travellers from Singapore. Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto on Monday (Jan 24) said the Indonesian government was now prepared to launch the travel bubble...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain on Jan 19, 2022.Reuters file British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting to shore up his premiership on Monday (Jan 24) as he faced the publication later this week of an investigation into boozy parties at the heart of the British state during Covid-19 lockdowns. Johnson,...
The finale of “Gegar Vaganza” season 8 (GV8) took place last night (Sunday, 23rd January). Much to the dismay of some fans, Aliff Aziz was crowned the winner of the reality-singing competition. Despite that, local netizens took to social media to express their disappointment towards the overall results. Some even argued that other finalists, namely Suki...
