Who is Agnes Chow, the Hong Kong activist jailed over a 2019 protest?, China News,HONG KONG – Agnes Chow, 23, a prominent Hong Kong democracy activist, was jailed on Wednesday for 10 months on charges related to unlawful assembly near the city’s police headquarters during last year’s anti-government
Smuggled sketches offer glimpses into harsh Myanmar prison, Asia News,In one drawing, dozens of men sit crammed into a single room, hunched with their knees together, every inch of space occupied. In another, they lie back to back on the floor, their faces straining with discomfort. 14 sketches smug
Sharon Au is staying put in Paris despite country's Covid-19 lockdown and brutal attacks, Entertainment News,Even as France grapples with a second wave of Covid-19 infections and a series of brutal attacks in the past month, former Mediacorp actress Sharon Au doesn't plan to return home an
Stolen in France, $2.2 million Impressionist work found in Ukraine, World News,Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday they had found an oil painting by the French Impressionist Paul Signac, valued at 1.5 million euros (S$2.28 million), which was stolen last year from a museum in France. Police chief Ser
Man behind Canada's maple syrup heist ordered to pay $9.8 million fine, World News,QUEBEC – The man behind a decade-old maple syrup heist, the subject of an episode of Netflix's \”Dirty Money\” show, will have to pay C$9 million (S$9.8 million) in fine, Canada's top court said on Thursd
Casino operators out to woo wary Japanese public after bribery scandal, Asia News,YOKOHAMA – Global casino operators sought to win over a wary Japanese public at an exhibition on Wednesday (Jan 29) in the city of Yokohama, after the arrest of a ruling party lawmaker on suspicion of taking bribes has
'Gangnam style' sex crime: K-pop scandals uncover dark side of Seoul's flashiest district, Asia News,On a recent weekend night, the dance floor at one of the hottest clubs in Seoul's swanky Gangnam district held only a few dozen people surrounded by mostly empty tables. A few mon
1 year after Myanmar's coup, families in the dark over detainees' whereabouts, Asia News,Nearly a year after his son was last seen being hauled away by Myanmar junta troops, 66-year-old Win Hlaing says he just wants to know whether he is alive. One night last April, a neighbour phoned to t
