Nong Poy, 36, who’s widely known as Thailand’s most beautiful transgender, wore a gold dress from head to toe for her traditional wedding with businessman Oak Phakwa Hongyok on Wednesday. Nong Poy and husband Oak Phakwa Hongyok in their wedding ceremony on March 1, 2023. Photo courtesy of Nong Poy Instagram The couple held a traditional Chinese wedding in Phuket. The bride and groom were attracted in Peranakan wedding costumes that cost about 20 million baht ($574,000) for a ceremony restricted to family and close friends, according to the Straits Times.Nong’s wedding attire, called Baba Yaya, was completely handmade.After a…
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By Nguyen Chi  March 2, 2023 | 03:51pm GMT+7 South Korean celebrities like Hani of girlgroup EXID, model Kim Jeong-yeon, and Arin of Oh My Girl chose high-end resorts in Vietnam. Vietnam is always among the top destinations for South Koreans, especially celebrities. Many South Korean stars have chosen Hoi An, Nha Trang, Phu Quoc and Phan Thiet for vacations in the past few years. It is still winter in South Korea, and so the celebrities thing destinations that have resorts by the beach and warm sunny weather. Hani is staying at a hilltop villa at one of the most…
The Princess Empress was traveling from Bataan province, near the capital Manila, to the central province of Iloilo on Tuesday when it had engine trouble and sank in rough seas off Oriental Mindoro province.The Philippine Coast Guard initially reported the spillage was diesel fuel, which had been powering the vessel, and not industrial fuel oil from the ship’s cargo.But water sample test results showed some of the cargo had also leaked into waters off Naujan municipality, the coast guard said Thursday, sparking concern for the region’s rich marine life and coral reefs.The spill had spread over 24 square kilometers (nine…
The arms sales are likely to further sour already tense ties between Washington and Beijing, which has repeatedly demanded such deals stop, viewing them as unwarranted support for democratically governed Taiwan, an island China claims as its own territory.The Pentagon said on Wednesday the US State Department has approved the potential sale to Taiwan of arms and equipment that includes 200 anti-aircraft Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and 100 AGM-88B HARM missiles that can take out land -based radar stations.”The proposed sale will contribute to the recipient’s capability to provide for the defense of its airspace, regional security, and…
By Reuters  March 2, 2023 | 03:09pm GMT+7 Smartphone with Netflix logo is placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken April 19, 2022. Photo by Reuters/Dado Ruvic Netflix’s video streaming services were down for thousands of users on Thursday, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com. There were around 1,800 reports on Downdetector, which collates status reports from a number of sources.About 55% of the users reported issues with the website, according to Downdetector.Netflix did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.Netflix, which has more than 200 million paid subscribers globally, remains a dominant streaming service. . Source: Internet
By Phuong  March 2, 2023 | 09:51 am GMT+7 I’m 29 and I have been dating my boyfriend for over a year now. Both our families are preparing to meet to plan our future together. Recently, I got a medical check-up and it turned out that I was unable to conceive a child naturally. I’m extremely confused and devastated.I talked to my fiancé and he said that he will stay by my side. However, I know that the process of trying to have a baby will be very difficult, exhausting and expensive, and the success rate will only be 50%.I…
In the first two hours of the presentation, Tesla executives led by Musk discussed everything from a white-paper plan for the globe to embrace sustainable energy to the company’s innovation in managing its operations from manufacturing to service.Musk had been expected to lay out a plan to make a small, affordable electric vehicle that would broaden his brand’s appeal and fend off competition, and he presented a slide showing two disguised future models.But by late in the presentation executives had not detailed new vehicle plans or financial targets, and Tesla shares were down about 3% in after-hours trading.The presentation featured…
Lawmakers voted 24 to 16 to approve the measure to grant the administration new powers to ban the ByteDance-owned app – which is used by over 100 million Americans – as well as other apps considered security risks.”TikTok is a national security threat … It is time to act,” said Representative Michael McCaul, the Republican chair of the committee who sponsored the bill.”Anyone with TikTok downloaded on their device has given the CCP (Communist Party of China) a backdoor to all their personal information. It’s a spy balloon into their phone.”Democrats opposed the bill, saying it was rushed and required…
MUO said on Feb. 28 that they didn’t renew the contract with Saigon Universe Corporation (Unicorp) after it failed to match the bid for the copyright of Miss Universe Vietnam pageant.The legal director of JKN Global Group, which manages MUO, said Unicorp no longer has the right to use MUO’s intellectual property, including the Miss Universe brand and the name Miss Universe Vietnam, including its Vietnamese name “Hoa Hau Hoan Vu Viet Nam”.”We are the legitimate owner of the Miss Universe Vietnam brand. Therefore, we will perform all the legal actions needed to protect our rights,” the legal director said.Unicorp…
During the pandemic, 35-year-old Ho Chi Minh City resident Kim Long returned to her mother’s hometown in Long An. A few days later, Long’s mother-in-law Kim Huong visited with a dozen bags of “che” (sweet soup) Long’s favorite dessert.Word spread quickly around the neighborhood that Huong cares for Long even “more than her own daughter.” Neighbors and relatives told Long that she was lucky to be Huong’s daughter-in-law.It all started several years ago, when Huong was seriously ill. During a meal, Kim Long saw that her mother-in-law chewed for a long time. Long came closer and found out that her…