By Reuters  April 25, 2023 | 02:38pm GMT+7 The Netflix logo is seen on a TV remote controller, in this illustration taken January 20, 2022. Photo by Reuters Netflix Inc said on Tuesday it plans to invest $2.5 billion in South Korea over the next four years to produce Korean TV series, movies and unscripted shows, doubling the amount the company has invested in the market since 2016. The US streaming service made the announcement after a meeting between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos. Yoon arrived in Washington on Monday for a six-day state…
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By AFP  April 25, 2023 | 02:35pm GMT+7 A person holds boxes of sex toys. Photo by AFP A conservative Thai political party is seeking to woo voters ahead of next month’s general election with a pledge to legalize sex toys, pointing to the fiscal — and frisky — benefits. Despite its reputation for being one of Southeast Asia’s most sexually liberated countries, Buddhist-majority Thailand remains conservative and vibrators, dildos and other intimate devices are illegal.The royalist Democrat Party has been a major player in Thai politics since the 1940s but it flopped in the 2019 election and is sagging…
She wore a customized sequin pleated wedding dress, which was customized to her preferences. Linh, 30, a model and actress, has appeared in many fashion shows and starred in several TV series. Phillip, 38, is the third son of Johnathan Hanh Nguyen, the chairman of IPPG – the top luxury retailer in Vietnam. The group is the exclusive distributor of over 100 luxury fashion brands in Vietnam, including Rolex, Cartier and Dolce & Gabbana. . Source: Internet
Duong, 41, said she made many mistakes running her businesses four years ago.Her cashflow froze in 2019 when her export business did not go as planned, and she borrowed over her head to cover the losses.At the same time, a Nha Trang-based beauty parlor of hers also went under.She lost control of several debts at the same time, the majority of which were owed to banks, but some were owed to personal acquaintances and others to various financial companies Nguyen Tran Hai Duong, 41. Photo courtesy of Duong Duong didn’t consider the VND100 billion debt a problem because she believed…
“Since 1998, every time we see a news report about a woman looking for their biological parents, we feel hopeful. However, ‘I’m sorry but I’m not your daughter has become the response we often get,” said Le Khac Giau, 68, from the north-central province Thanh Hoa.Giau’s wife, Le Thi Thinh, 58, recalled the afternoon that changed their lives forever.A relative of hers was visiting the family, so when Thinh went to the kitchen to cook dinner, she left her two daughters, 8-year-old Le Nhu Quynh and 32-month-old Le Thanh Trang, to watch movies with the relative . After around 45…
By Reuters  April 25, 2023 | 09:47am GMT+7 A worker walks near a factory at the Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, Japan February 17, 2016. Photo by Reuters Japan is considering expanding the areas in which skilled foreign workers can receive long-term work visas to 12 from three, possibly including the food service industry, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Monday. Rapidly-aging Japan suffers from an increasingly severe shortage of labor in a number of sectors but remains reluctant to allow a widespread immigration of foreign labourers.The change, which could allow workers to stay for extended periods and bring their families…
By Reuters  April 25, 2023 | 09:40 am GMT+7 The main course is displayed by Chef Edward Lee featuring braised beef short ribs, butter bean grits, sorghum-glazed carrots and pine nuts during a media preview ahead of Wednesday evening’s White House State Dinner for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife, Kim Keon Hee in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, US April 24, 2023. Photo by Reuters Guests at President Joe Biden’s and first lady Jill Biden’s state dinner with their South Korean counterparts will feast on Maryland crab cakes and braised beef…
The announcement by the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) comes days after the UN Population Fund said last week India would have 2.9 million more people than China by the middle of 2023.India’s population is expected to reach 1,425,775,850 by the end of this month, DESA said, based on the latest UN estimates and projections of the global population. “China will soon cede its long-held status as the world’s most populous country,” it said, adding that “due to the uncertainty associated with estimating and projecting populations, the specific date on which India is expected to surpass China…
By Hoa Hong  April 25, 2023 | 06:04 am GMT+7 Before we met, my husband had been scammed by a few women, losing quite a lot of money and assets. After we got together, he helped me build a house and helped with my business. My salary is just enough to cover my monthly expenses, but I still manage to put aside a very small amount to pay for some fixed yearly expenses.My husband has now retired but he still earns more than VND100 million ($4,261) in monthly income. He keeps all of it, only buys things that he needs…
Several EU foreign ministers had said earlier that comments by ambassador Lu Shaye – in which he appeared to question the sovereignty of Ukraine and other former Soviet states – were unacceptable and had asked Beijing to clarify its stance.Asked about his position on whether Crimea was part of Ukraine or not, Lu said in an interview aired on French TV on Friday that historically it was part of Russia and had been offered to Ukraine by former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.”These ex-USSR countries don’t have actual status in international law because there is no international agreement to materialize their…