South Korea tells people who attended Samsung memorial to get tested after coronavirus case emerges, Asia News,SEOUL – South Korea said on Thursday it had alerted about 1,000 people who attended the memorial of the late Samsung Group patriarch Lee Kun-hee last week to get tested for the coronavirus
Boy chokes on beef ball, dies in Hong Kong hospital 3 days later, Asia News,A 12-year-old boy died in Hong Kong on Sunday (Feb 24), three days after choking on a beef ball. The Secondary One student, identified by local media reports as Chau, was returning home from school in the Wong Tai Sin distri
Woman sits through medical board exams while in labour – and passes, Women News,Women are great at multitasking – juggling work, family, and many other commitments at the same time. A heavily-pregnant woman from the Philippines took this to the next level – she didn't allow labour pain to get i
Former F1 world champion Michael Schumacher in Paris for cell therapy: Media, World News,PARIS – The stricken seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher is in Paris' Georges-Pompidou hospital for cell therapy surgery, according to French daily Le Parisien. The Paris hospitals depa
Tourism first! Island of Phuket in mass vaccination drive ahead of the rest of Thailand, Asia News,PHUKET, Thailand – In Thailand, it’s the all-important tourism sector that has jumped to the head of the Covid-19 vaccination line, with the country’s most popular resort island embarking on a mass ino
North Korea declares emergency in border town over first suspected Covid-19 case, Asia News,North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared an emergency and a lockdown in a border town after a person suspected of being infected with the novel coronavirus returned from South Korea after illegally crossing t
917 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore; 2 Singaporean men aged 84 and 85 die from complications, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – Two men above the age of 80 have died, taking Singapore's Covid-19 death toll to 62, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Monday (Sept 20). The first was an 84-year-old male
Indonesia police fire tear gas as rallies over new laws turn violent, Asia News,JAKARTA – Indonesian police fired tear gas in several areas of Jakarta on Monday as a protest against legal reforms descended into running battles, causing traffic gridlock and chaotic scenes in parts of the central busi
Thai man's fingers swell and rot after wearing too many rings, charity steps in to help, Asia News,Over-accessorising can make you look gaudy at best and cause some serious health issues at worst, as one man from Bangkok learnt. The man, who was spotted by a Facebook user on Oct 23, had numerou
Local stars pay tribute to late actor Aloysius Pang on what would have been his 31st birthday, Entertainment News,It's been more than two years since the tragic passing of local actor Aloysius Pang. The young star was in a military accident in January 2019 and sustained crush injuries to his ch
