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It’s just another quiet Wednesday night. Two lovebirds stroll arm-in-arm along the Jubilee Bridge. Across the waters, the final few green laser beams of Marina Bay Sands’ light show streak across the ...
In the Fu Shan Garden of Remembrance, Heaven Kam attended two of the shortest funerals he has ever been to. Within 15 minutes, the priests said their prayers, and family members, with tears in their ...
A probe into the death of a gay Myanmar man which cast a spotlight on the marginalized community concluded he was “mentally weak,” findings slammed Wednesday by his heartbroken family, who blamed ...
Photo: Ted Aljibe/AFP. " width="100%" /> An attendee rests on a stretcher after she fell ill with suspected food poisoning from meals served during a birthday ...
Aung San Suu Kyi’s lackluster first year in power was perforated by at least one bold policy – a yearlong ban on logging across all of Myanmar. The ban was hailed by environmental groups as an ...
You may know them from their pageant titles, successful modeling careers, or profitable social media presences, but these ladies all have two things in common — they’re trans, and they’re trending in ...
Weed’s aplenty in Bangkok, but where can you get it? The moment cannabis was greenlighted aka decriminalized on June 9, a number of dispensaries immediately began selling marijuana ranging from Thai ...
Indonesia has some of the world’s strictest anti-pornography laws and it seems like there’s a high-profile sex tape scandal every few months that causes the police to relentlessly pursue and prosecute ...
Celebrated Indonesian journalist Najwa Shihab gave the country arguably the most iconic takedown of the government’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis by “interviewing” an empty chair. In a video ...
Search and rescue teams combed the Chao Phraya River for a body. Tabloid headlines exploded when it was found, then worked overtime to supply breathless updates to a public ravenous for details about ...
There was one volunteer doctor on hand at this past weekend’s Wonderfruit Festival when 25,000 people poured in to party day and night at the Siam Country Club, where at least two died and others ...
In headbands and tie-dye, they came out of the smoky shadows to celebrate Tuesday. Weed enthusiasts gathered in a celebratory mood to roll spliffs and get a head start on the legalization of ...