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· Bryan Ke
Chinese pet owners are now turning to acupuncture to help their furry friends deal with injuries or help with therapy. Some owners believe that the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) will cure their pet’s ailments or even help them ease their suffering. But the question remains:…
· Bryan Ke
A wild otter previously thought to be extinct has been caught on camera on Tsushima Island, Japan. Japan Times reported that this has been the first sighting of this particular species of wild otter in the country for at least 38 years, according to University of the Ryukyus.…
· Carl Samson
A 44-year-old man in China has injured his own kidneys after wolfing down 54 ice lollies to quench his thirst. July 15 had been a hot day for the man surnamed Zheng, who felt dehydrated later that night at his home in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province, the Qianjiang Evening News…
· Ryan General
A Chinese farmer/inventor, who taught himself to build unique operational robots has created an impressive family of machines made entirely from scraps over the last three decades. For years, Wu Yulu, from Beijing has been developing different types of robots that are able to do…
· Carl Samson
A video of a man being punctured in the head has shocked netizens as soon as it hit the web. It is, in every sense, a modern bloodletting.
· Editorial Staff
Tourists flock to the Japanese island of Ōkunoshima for one reason alone: to be smothered by the overwhelming cuteness of the numerous wild but friendly rabbits roaming the area. Known as the “Rabbit Island” (Usagi Shima, うさぎ島), the popular tourist destination located in the…
· Editorial Staff
A new study reveals that women who wear makeup and spend more time and money on grooming tend to get paid more than their less prepped counterparts. The study, conducted by Jaclyn Wong of the University of Chicago and Andrew Penner of the University of California at Irvine,…
· Editorial Staff
A Japanese train station in the rural parts of Hokkaido, Japan, has been operating for years solely to pick up one passenger. The train stops at the Kami-Shirataki train station situated in the northernmost island of Japan only twice a day. Its first stop is to pick up a high…
· Bryan Ke
A Malaysian pensioner is melting everyone’s heart online by his selfless, noble deed for setting up a shelter for abused dogs using his own savings and pension. He even reached the point where he considered selling his own residence and move into the shelter compound he built…
· Carl Samson
Around 70 Cambodians living in the U.S. will be deported this month, the first group of which could be out before the holidays. The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) believes the removal will be carried out in two “batches”. Executive Director Quyen Dinh told the…
· Carl Samson
It’s a curious question that has puzzled eagle-eyed observers for some time: Why do Vietnamese people love Hennessy so much? While we first sought some scientific explanation behind this interesting preference, we found that the answer is actually rooted in history.
· Carl Samson
While parts of Japan made breakthroughs for the LGBT+ community in recent years, the country continues to apply a law that requires transgender people to undergo sterilization before they can legally change their gender. The rule is part of Japan’s Law 111 of 2003, which also…
· Heather Johnson Yu
The International Olympics Committee (IOC) has banned Russia from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyongchang following doping allegations, according to an press release from the organization. Individual Russian athletes who still wish to compete may do so under a…
· Bryan Ke
Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. just adopted a baby panda during his $3 million “luxury vacation” in China, and named the cub after his own personal brand and name “TMT (The Money Team) Floyd Mayweather”. The 40-year-old former professional boxer spent 100,000 yuan…
· Carl Samson
In an attempt to understand how it affects sexual orientation, a team of researchers in China’s Zhejiang University have been spraying oxytocin up the noses of homosexual men in the last two years. The research led by psychiatrist Hu Shaohua started in October 2015 with 20…
· Ryan General
This is the pangolin. Some species of this scaly mammal indigenous to Asia and Africa are already extinct. All the remaining eight pangolin species are now under the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Each species is now…
· Carl Samson
Wang Junkai, leader of China’s top teen boy band TFBoys, was praised by English theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking after asking about life beyond earth. Wang, 18, also known as Karry, took his curiosity to Weibo and asked Hawking how humanity should prepare for interstellar…
· Ryan General
Mysterious boats carrying dead bodies have reportedly been washing up on Japanese shores in recent years. Authorities have recorded about 44 vessels arriving so far just this year, with the latest boat discovered on Monday. The wooden boat was carrying the skeletons of eight…
· Carl Samson
The family of an American teen who was raped, tortured, and murdered in Paraguay is now demanding the involvement of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to speed up probe in the case that first shook the South American country two years ago. Luis Alejandro Villamayor,…
· Khier Casino
Chinese actress Liu Yifei, also known as Crystal Liu, has been cast as the beloved protagonist of the live-action adaptation of Disney’s 1998 animated film “Mulan”. Sorry, Scarlett Johansson.
SM is tied to idol groups, tours, fan clubs, and the long-running system behind some of K-pop's most recognizable acts.
SM is tied to idol groups, tours, fan clubs, and the long-running system behind some of K-pop's most recognizable acts.
