Firefighters called after overheating mobile battery placed in hotel fridge in Hokkaido

But is the fridge to blame? At about 7:00 a.m. on 24 August, firefighters were called in to a hotel in Rumoi, Hokkaido, after an employee noticed smoke coming from one of... Read more »

Tibetan Children Are Becoming “Strangers in Their Own Homes”

In 2021, Tibet Action Institute (TAI) published a groundbreaking report exposing the extensive use of colonial boarding schools to indoctrinate and forcibly assimilate Tibetan children into Han Chinese culture and society. (See... Read more »

Singapore Kindness Movement breached personal data protection rules by revealing complainant’s identity: High Court

MR PIPER’S COMPLAINT AND LAWSUIT Ms Loi is the co-founder of SGFamilies Ground-up Movement, an affiliate of SKM. On Aug 27, 2022, Mr Piper sent an email to SKM alleging that Ms... Read more »

Thailand’s Constitutional Court ousts PM over Cambodia border dispute

Thailand’s suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra waves as she arrives at Government House in Bangkok on August 29, 2025. LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP Thailand’s Constitutional Court sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and... Read more »

Japan’s Kirby Choco Eggs hide figures that are too cute to resist

Mystery toy chocolate eggs leave us with a surprisingly delicious dessert. Japan has a love for mystery purchases that’s perhaps unmatched in this universe. The thrill of the unknown, the joy of... Read more »

ISRO, JAXA To Collaborate On Chandrayaan-5: PM Modi Says It Will Symbolize Humanity’s Progress In Space | India News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday emphasized that the partnership between India and Japan, two of the world’s largest economies and democracies, is vital not only for their own nations but also... Read more »

Chinese Surveillance Tech and Norms Spread Abroad

Reports and other media articles over the past month detail the ways in which the technology and norms underpinning China’s surveillance industry are proliferating in other countries around the world. This week,... Read more »

‘Like losing a job’: S’pore small business owners hit by axed US tariff exemption on low-value goods

[SINGAPORE] Handmade glass jewellery maker Lee Chu Ling reckons the removal of tariff exemptions on low-value shipments to the US is like a lifeline cut, given that orders from the US make up... Read more »

Cloudbursts In Uttarakhand: Rudraprayag And Chamoli Districts Hit, Families Trapped; CM Reacts | India News

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday informed that cloudbursts occurred in Rudraprayag and Chamoli districts, leading to some families being trapped due to the debris.  In addition, ANI reported, citing... Read more »

Modern Cabins in Japan’s Most Scenic Spots

For slow travellers, the aim of a trip is not to tick off as many sights as possible in the shortest amount of time. It’s to spend quality time with loved ones,... Read more »