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Disgruntled Indonesian moviegoer files suit against bogus âBeanâ flick

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 07:44:29 GMT

An Indonesian moviegoer has filed a police report against the producer of horror flick Mr. Bean Kesurupan Depe (Mr. Bean is Possessed by Depe) for misleading consumers. Muhammad Rudjito, a lawyer bas .....

Vietnam's popular ice cream brand faked

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:35:29 GMT

A big case of counterfeit Trang Tien ice cream, Viet Nam's most popular brand, was yesterday detected in Hoang Mai District by Team 14 of the Market Watch Department of Ha Noi. According to a team's .....

Lost parakeet tells police its Tokyo home address

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:18:52 GMT

A pet parakeet that escaped from its Japanese home has been reunited with its owner - after it was able to tell police its address. The baby-blue bird flew from its owner's home in Sagamihara, west o .....

Japanese festival bans coats with gang names

Fri, 18 May 2012 02:24:00 GMT

The organiser of the Sanja Matsuri festival in Tokyo's Asakusa district has decided to ban members of organised crime groups from wearing hanten coats bearing their groups' names at the event, it has .....

Facebook photo ends up on porn, dating sites

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:03:42 GMT

Housewife Jules Rahim was shocked when a friend tipped her off that her photo was featured on a pornographic website. That was not the only unauthorised use of the picture of her in a bikini, which s .....

Thais worried about wrinkles, not brains

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:51:32 GMT

When it comes to the effects of getting older, Thais are more likely to worry about ageing skin and wrinkles than about mental deterioration, a recent survey found. Singapore-based Brand's Brain Rese .....

Tweeting for sex in KL

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:30:49 GMT

The Twitter account has an avatar with a picture of busty Chinese-looking woman wearing a bikini. The account, opened in May 2011, has tweeted 298 times. It follows 1,564 people and is followed by 30 .....

Philippine president's love guru

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:39:50 GMT

Call it expert advice. Former Philippine president Joseph 'Erap' Estrada has volunteered to become President Benigno Aquino IIIâs consultant on romantic ties, apparently noting that the incumbent i .....

US$163,000 bid for WWW?

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:51:30 GMT

Malaysia's bidding for the much-hyped âWWWâ vehicle registration numbers only starts on April 30 but the queue numbers are almost sold out. Kuala Lumpur Road Transport Department director Mohd Na .....

Taoist robe in fashion show sparks furore

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:12:51 GMT

At least two Taoists have filed police reports over the use of a Taoist priest's robe in a fashion show organised by the Floral Designers Society Singapore (FDSS) in March. Both men said they decided .....

Taiwan's 'pork barreling' campaign

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:14:03 GMT

In what might be called a "pork barreling" move, Liu Chien-kuo and Chen Ming-wen, both from Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), proposed that the country's 270,000 servicemen eat .....

Message in a bottle washes up on Taiwan island after 6yr journey

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:22:02 GMT

A male student surprisingly picked up a âmessage in a bottleâ on Monday â which was as sent more than six years ago from Hawaii â when he tried to dive in a bay near the Orchid Island off the .....

Vietnamese catch 50-kg dragon fish

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:51:04 GMT

Two people in southern Vinh Long Province caught a 1.7-metre long dragon fish weighing nearly 50 kilos in the Hau River, near the Ninh Kieu pier in Can Tho City on Wednesday. After catching the fish, .....

Chinese kids opt for iPad and iPhone instead of 'ang pows'

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:38:21 GMT

Sin Chew Daily reported that children born after 1990 in China preferred to receive either an iPad or iPhone as Chinese New Year gifts, and not ang pows. Eight-year-old Zhao Xiao Li was quoted as say .....

Enter the âEmperor of Indonesia'

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:27:46 GMT

It is not every day that you get to meet a trillionaire. So when I was invited to interview Kamal Ashnawi, a person I've never heard of, I said yes. On Saturday morning, at a Kuala Lumpur hotel coffe .....

New Filipino millionaire looking for a wife

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:41:21 GMT

The winner of the Philippines' 55.6-million-peso (US$1.29 million) jackpot in the 6/49 Super Lotto game on January 10 is looking for a wife. The 39-year-old native of Surigao del Norte said that for .....

Msia's defence ministry blames Google Translate for âpoke-eyeâ blunder

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:16:35 GMT

Malaysia's defence ministry had relied on the free online Google Translate for the English version of its official website, which resulted in the many mistakes found on the site. âWe have corrected .....

Taiwanese youth give odd reasons for resigning

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:45:30 GMT

The reasons young Taiwanese adults give to resign from their jobs come in all varieties, ranging from following fortune-tellers' suggestions to taking time off to arrange funerals for family pets, a h .....

Taipei farmer to pay $490 after animal trap injures stray dog

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:38:29 GMT

A farmer in Taipei became the first offender in Taiwan fined for installing traps to ambush and harm animals. Officials urged people to abide by the animal protection regulations and not commit simila .....

Pig survives typhoon, ends up as roasted pig

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:26:50 GMT

The poor pig escaped the wrath of Tropical Storm 'Sendong' but, alas, not the yearning for festive food of its survivors to welcome the new year. The 65-kilogram pig ended up being part of the main c .....

Man nabbed for trying to sell stuffed panda

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:00:58 GMT

A 40-year-old Chinese man has been arrested for trying to sell a stuffed panda to Chinese tourists at his house in Ota Ward, Tokyo, in early September, the Metropolitan Police Department said on Decem .....

Fascination with zombies troubles Jakarta Police

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:02:55 GMT

Police officers were forced to deploy to Central Jakarta on Friday in response to an unusual public order issue caused by a flock of superstitious enthusiasts. Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Bah .....

Taiwanese student tells off presidential bet

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:20:49 GMT

A female college student told Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen on November 14 that she âintends to vote for Ma Ying-jeou or to spoil the ballotâ. Yan Sen-yao .....

Yap, I can virtually hear you loud and clear â on Facebook

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:29:00 GMT

He is 96 today but Tan Yap still listens to the deaf âloud and clearâ through Facebook. Tan, who is adviser to The Society of Interpreters For The Deaf in Selangor and Federal Territory, believes .....

Eleventh heaven for couples tying the knot on rare date

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:12:25 GMT

More than 1,000 couples in Malaysia have chosen the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 2011 to get married, the National Registration Department (NRD) said. Department public relations officer Jai .....