Singer Shiga Lin (連詩雅) became a household name overnight following her critically successful performance in the TVB drama Life After Death <那些愛過我的人>. With her popularity rising, Shiga’s love life has become a target of interest for paparazzi, with many reporting that she’s been secretly dating actor Carlos Chan (陳家樂). But whether or not the two are really together, Shiga has more...
Jiro Wang (汪東城) and Puff Kuo (郭雪芙) partner up for the first time in Taiwanese drama, Falling Into You <因為我喜歡你>, which will be airing on GTV soon. In the drama, Puff will be playing a cold and aloof Taekwondo expert against Jiro’s domineering CEO character. Because of an incident in his childhood, Jiro has a fear of blood and was saved...
About 2.7 million Chinese tourists visited Hubei, the province where Covid-19 first emerged, over the past week, according to state broadcaster CCTV. Images and videos that circulated online included thousands of largely mask-free visitors packed together at a pool party in Wuhan during a music festival that runs until the end of the month. When the park...
Taiwan said on Wednesday hacking groups linked to the Chinese government had attacked at least ten government agencies and some 6,000 email accounts of government officials in an “infiltration” to steal important data. Democratic Taiwan has been urging its people to be alert for what officials call “omnipresent infiltration” from China, involving from Beijing-backed media campaigns to...
Nations that hoard possible Covid-19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, issuing a last-ditch call for countries to join a global vaccine pact. The WHO has an Aug. 31 deadline for wealthier nations to join the “COVAX Global Vaccines Facility” for sharing vaccine...
Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden for president on Tuesday, vowing his election would repair a pandemic-battered America and put an end to the chaos that has defined Republican President Donald Trump’s administration. The second night of the party’s four-night national convention, under the theme “Leadership Matters,” featured elder statesmen like former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy...
The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday (Aug 18) it was concerned that the novel coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, many of which were unaware they were infected, posing a danger to vulnerable groups. WHO officials said this month the proportion of younger people among those infected had...
Olive oil, spaghetti, carbonara sauce, capsicum, cheese, onions, prawns, instant teh tarik powder — one of these things does not belong. And yet, Malaysian cook Mohd Asri Atan combined them all together in an unholy culinary union that would make any Italian weep. Dubbed the 'Carbonara Teh Tarik', the man behind popular Instagram food account @ashhryyyyy managed to beguile...
Phoebe Sin was competing in the 2016 Miss Hong Kong competition when she met her spouse, actor Ruco Chan, who was a guest judge then. After they hit it off and dated for two years, the couple married in October 2018 and gave birth to their daughter Quinta in April 2019. The 30-year-old Hong Kong actress took to...
YG Entertainment has confirmed that BLACKPINK’s Jisoo will be starring in a new JTBC television drama directed by Sky Castle director Jo Hyun Tak and writer Yoo Hyun Mi. Tentatively titled Snowdrop, the series will be Jisoo’s debut TV drama as a lead actress. Her first brush with acting occurred while she was still a trainee with YG Entertainment, appearing in a guest role...
