By Linh Le  April 14, 2023 | 11:04 am GMT+7 Two Malaysian policemen were charged on Thursday with robbing a 42-year-old Indonesian female tourist, according to The Straits Times. They allegedly stole RM1,800 ($410) worth of goods from the woman, identified Anisa, including a bank ATM card and her Indonesian passport, at the Plaza Mahkota Hotel in Melaka Tengah on the night of April 3.The accused, holding the rank of lance corporal, could face a jail term of up to 20 years and whipping upon conviction.They also faced another charge for having possession of a passport without authority.They can face…
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The local governments of Osaka and Nagasaki in western Japan have long sought approval to build “integrated resort” (IR) facilities combining casinos, convention centers, hotels, restaurants and entertainment venues.The Osaka plan, which aims to open the casino by 2029, was approved after “sufficient examination from various perspectives,” land and transport minister Tetsuo Saito told reporters.”We expect the IR will become a tourism base that will disseminate the charm of Japan,” he said.Japan was long the only developed nation that banned casinos but passed legislation in 2016 paving the way to make the industry legal.And in 2018, parliament enacted a law…
The Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information had demanded that the misinformation about Vietnam contained in the British docuseries about missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 be removed.In response, Netflix removed the entire first episode of the three-part series on Thursday afternoon from its platform in Vietnam, head of the department, Le Quang Tu Do, said.It inaccurately claims that Vietnam did not cooperate in international efforts to search for the missing plane.At a press conference in Hanoi on April 6 deputy spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pham Thu Hang, described assumptions made in the film as “untrue, baseless…
Whenever he didn’t plug into TikTok, he would suffer FOMO (fear of missing out) because his demographic peers would know what was trending and he wouldn’t. “I once thought I would be left behind had it not been for TikTok,” Duc shared.At first, Minh Duc thought of the platform as something “useful and entertaining.” He even recommended the app to his younger sister, his parents, and a lot of his friends.His TikTok usage “peaked” when he found himself spending around two hours during the day and three hours at night scrolling through his TikTok feed.”I would scroll until I became…
Festivities for Songkran, a much-loved Thai festival sometimes described as the world’s largest water fight, had been muted or barred for the past few years due mainly to Cocvid-19 restrictions. But as travelers now return to Thailand, the key tourism sector is helping revive Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy. Revelers – many of them soaked to the skin – walked through a half-kilometer (0.3 miles) long stretch in Bangkok’s tourist hub of Khaosan Road, indiscriminately firing water guns and dancing to music blaring from kerbside establishments. “It’s a multiple-day, city-wide water fight,” said Jared Baumeister, a lawyer from New York, who…
North Korea fired what appeared to be a new model ballistic missile on Thursday, South Korea said, triggering a scare in northern Japan where Hokkaido residents were told to take cover, though there turned out to be no danger.”The development of the new-type ICBM Hwasongpho-18 will extensively reform the strategic deterrence components of the DPRK, radically promote the effectiveness of its nuclear counterattack posture and bring about a change in the practicality of its offensive military strategy,” KCNA said, using the initials of its official name.Analysts said it would mark the North’s first use of solid propellants in an intermediate-range…
By Linh Le  April 13, 2023 | 05:09 pm GMT+7 Thai mother Suwan Thothong has finally found her long-lost daughter Sangdao Thothong via Facebook after 30 years of separation, according to Thai media outlet Khaosod. “When I saw my mother for the first time, I was overjoyed,” said 33-year-old Sangdao. “I had never thought I would see her again. I thought she had passed away.” Sangdao was only one year old when her father took her after splitting with her mother. Since then, both the mother-and-daughter have attempted to find each other, but both had failed to obtain any relevant…
By Linh Le  April 13, 2023 | 05:09 pm GMT+7 Thai mother Suwan Thothong has finally found her long-lost daughter Sangdao Thothong via Facebook after 30 years of separation, according to Thai media outlet Khaosod. “When I saw my mother for the first time, I was overjoyed,” said 33-year-old Sangdao. “I had never thought I would see her again. I thought she had passed away.” Sangdao was only one year old when her father took her after splitting with her mother. Since then, both the mother-and-daughter have attempted to find each other, but both had failed to obtain any relevant…
By Linh Le  April 13, 2023 | 05:09 pm GMT+7 Suwan Thothong and her daughter, Sangdao Thothong, have found each other with the help of Facebook after over 30 years being separated because of a family discord. “When I saw my mother for the first time, I was overjoyed,” said the now 33-year-old Sangdao. “I had never thought I would see her again. I thought she had passed away.”She was only one year old when her father brought her with him, after having a discord and splitting up with her mother, according to Khaosod.One of Suwan’s relatives offered to try…
By AFP  April 13, 2023 | 04:31pm GMT+7 A storm seen from outer space. Photo illustration by Pexels A powerful tropical cyclone hurtled towards Western Australia on Thursday, triggering a “red alert” emergency and evacuation orders as authorities warned violent winds could toss caravans, tear down trees and turn debris into “missiles”. Tropical Cyclone Ilsa gathered strength over the Indian Ocean and Port Hedland, one of the world’s major iron ore-shipping hubs, was cleared of vessels in preparation.The Bureau of Meteorology predicted the category five storm would bring a “severe impact” with tastes of up to 315 kilometers (200 miles)…