Johor Ruler: Crucial for Malaysia to maintain ties with key trading partner PETALING JAYA: It’s crucial for Malaysia to maintain friendly relations with China, says Johor Ruler Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar (pic). Describing the Asian superpower as a “good and reliable” investment partner, His Majesty said Johor has had a long-standing good relationship with China...
BEIJING (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Dressed as mythical zombies from the Qing Dynasty, taekwondo practitioners from a Chinese martial arts gym bagged the first prize for their performance at an international competition in South Korea, but their undead-themed routine did not go down well with the Chinese authorities back home. X-Taekwondo Studio, a gym based...
At JJ Lin's concert in Shanghai this past weekend (Aug 19), the Singaporean singer fell victim to what can only be called an extremely childish and hateful act. The singer was midway through a song when an audience member pointed a laser directly into JJ's left eye. JJ immediately lowered his head to avoid the laser. The incident played out on the...
Zanilia Zhao Liying (趙麗穎) and William Feng Shaofeng (馮紹峰) shocked the public when they suddenly announced their divorce in 2020, merely two years after marriage. The ex-couple remains on friendly terms while sharing custody of their 4-year-old son. Despite her hectic career and schedule, Zhao Liying continues to make efforts to spend time with her son. Keeping a low...
And no, the baby daddy’s not the guy who ‘helped’ the 35-year-old achieve such infamy. Back in 2020, Chinese influencer Zhang Dayi, 35, earned the very unflattering title of China’s “Most Famous Mistress”. It was revealed that businessman Jiang Fan, 38, who was the president of Alibaba’s e-commerce marketplace sites Taobao and Tmall at that time, was cheating...
May-December relationships aren’t a rare sight in showbiz — Aaron Kowk and Moka Fang have a 22-year age difference, while Alex To has a 24-year age gap with his wife, Ice Lee. Then we also have a 61-year-old Japanese woman who went viral earlier this year for being 32 years older than her husband. It just goes to show that for some people, age is...
They seem to really enjoy the taste of nothing. Eating scenes can be tricky to film. Imagine having to eat the same food take after take after take or the prop guy needing to replace an item again and again. Or maybe these stars are just afraid of putting on weight. It's why many actors choose to fake eat......
BEIJING (AFP): The death toll from floods in northern China's Hebei province has risen to 29, state media reported Friday, after record-breaking rains pummelled the region in recent weeks. "As of August 10, 29 people have died due to disasters in Hebei Province, of which six were previously missing. There are still 16 missing," state broadcaster...
Seriously, the next time you want to meet a celeb, maybe spring for those business class tickets. Some people really have all the luck when it comes to running into celebs during their travels. A netizen recently took a super clear picture of Jackson Wang, 29, in his business class seat on a flight to China. And if one doesn’t share such encounters...
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened almost flat against the US dollar today, ahead of the United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for July set to be released today. At 9.05 am, the local note stood at 4.5710/5760 against the greenback compared with 4.5705/5755 at Wednesday’s close. ActivTrades trader Dyogenes Rodrigues Diniz told Bernama that the US...
