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| Aug 12, 2022 | Man Receives Life Sentence for Slamming 9-Month-Old’s Head Over Spilled Drink | Frustrated at the cries of his girlfriend’s baby, a man in Singapore slammed the child’s head against the floorboard of his van at least twice, causing fatal injuries to the nine-month-old.
On Thursday, Mohamed Aliff Mohamed Yusoff, a 29-ye... |
| Jan 13, 2022 | Japan’s ghost town problem, the bleak reality of ‘Squid Game,’ and how Vietnam destroyed its last paradise: our most popular stories from Asia | Insider launched its first Asia bureau in January 2021. Since then, our small but mighty team of reporters in Singapore, and our network of writers across Southeast Asia, has written about everything from the anti-work trend sweeping across... |
| Dec 17, 2021 | Indonesian Instagram influencer who documented journey with a paralysing spinal cord injury has died | The Indonesian influencer Ede`lenyi Laura Anna has died at 21, her sister wrote on Instagram.
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The Indonesian Instagram star Ede`lenyi Laura Anna has died aged 21, her sister wrote in a story.
Anna suffered a... |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Crypto Trader Kidnapped by Gang in Hong Kong | Hong Kong law enforcement officers have nabbed seven individuals who were involved in the kidnapping of a cryptocurrency trader, according to local media reports.
More people connected to the crime may be arrested over the course of the inv... |
| Jul 26, 2021 | Bali has become a breeding grounds for rule-breaking tourists during the pandemic, and tensions with locals are running high | The beach in Canggu, Bali. Getty Images/Matthew Micah Wright
An American CrossFit influencer in Bali publicly shamed a local business on Instagram for offering free coffee or tea to vaccinated customers.
He’s just one example of foreigners ... |
| Jun 3, 2021 | A group of fishermen netted a $1.5 million whale-vomit windfall after dredging up a 280-pound hunk of the stuff | Ambergris is found only in sperm whales. The waxy substance is used in fine perfumes to make scents last longer. Reinhard Dirscherl/Getty Images
A 35-man fishing crew in Yemen netted themselves a hunk of whale vomit worth $1.5 million.
Ambe... |
| Jun 3, 2021 | A group of fishermen netted a 127-kilogram hunk of whale vomit worth R20 million | Ambergris is found only in sperm whales. The waxy substance is used in fine perfumes to make scents last longer.
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A 35-man fishing crew in Yemen netted themselves a hunk of whale vomit worth $1.5 million (R20 ... |
| Apr 30, 2021 | Two influencers face possible deportation from Bali after a viral fake mask prank video | In a since deleted video, an influencer enters a supermarket with a fake, painted-on face mask.
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Influencers Josh Paler Lin and Leia Se appeared in a face mask prank video filmed in Bali.
They are re... |
| Apr 29, 2021 | Two influencers face possible deportation from Bali after a viral fake-mask prank video | In a since deleted video, an influencer entered a supermarket with a painted-on face mask. Josh Paler Lin via MIRAH OFFICIAL/YouTube
Influencers Josh Paler Lin and Leia Se appeared in a face-mask prank video filmed in Bali.
They are facing ... |
| Feb 18, 2021 | Malaysia bans sugar dating site for immoral activities, arrests founder | Malaysian police on Thursday arrested Darren Chan, the founder of Sugarbook, the controversial online dating app that was banned in the country earlier this week, on the grounds of “immoral activities.”
“We are investigating the case for pu... |
| Feb 17, 2021 | Indonesian government threatens ban on popular Clubhouse app | Audio-only social media app Clubhouse is on everyone’s lips these days. In Indonesia, however, the platform has come under threat from an administration that thinks it should be registered as an Electronic System Provider (PSE).
Dedy Permad... |
| Dec 30, 2020 | Indonesia Bans Islamic Defenders Front After Arresting its Firebrand Leader | Indonesia banned the hardline Islamic Defenders Front, the government announced Wednesday, weeks after arresting its scandal-ridden cleric for breaking coronavirus restriction rules.
Chief security minister Mahfud MD told reporters the grou... |
| Feb 13, 2020 | Valentine’s Day Gets No Love From These Protesters in Indonesia | This story is part of a wider editorial series. Coming Out and Falling In Love is about the queering of our relationships with others, and the self. This month, we look at Asian attitudes to sex and porn, dating in the digital era, experien... |
| Dec 23, 2019 | Indonesian Government Continues Whac-A-Mole Against Local Streaming Piracy Giant | With millions of views per day, ‘IndoXX1’ is of one the largest pirate sites on the Internet.
In the West, the site doesn’t ring a bell with most people. In Indonesia, however, it is among the top 25 most visited websites in the country, on... |
| Dec 10, 2019 | 40+ Malls & Department Stores In Thailand Pledge To Ditch Plastic Bags From 2020 | 0
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To support Thailand’s nationwide plan to curb plastic bag use, at least 43 shopping malls and department stores have agreed to stop providing plastic bags starting in January 2020. These include some of the biggest retailer na... |
| Dec 9, 2019 | Singapore’s Neuron Mobility raises $18.5M to bring its electric scooters to more international markets | Neuron Mobility, a Singapore-based startup, has closed an $18.5 million financing round as it looks to scale its e-scooter startup in international markets — a month after the nation introduced difficult regulatory changes.
The new financin... |
| Sep 2, 2019 | Зимовка на Шри-Ланке как альтернатива Таиланду, Гоа и Бали | Меня зовут Илья, мне 36 лет. В 19 лет я уехал в Нью-Йорк и прожил там пять лет. После этого я жил в Гонконге, Бангкоке, Нью-Дели, Пекине, Милане, Черногории, периодически возвращаясь в Россию.
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| Jul 4, 2019 | A German fugitive who escaped to Thailand was arrested after he went viral selling street food | German fugitive Maximilian Fernsebner went viral after a local Thai news site published footage of him helping his wife sell grilled chicken in a roadside stall.
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Maximilian Fernsebner, a 34-year-old German, has been want... |
| May 22, 2019 | Indonesia restricts WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram usage following deadly riots | Indonesia is the latest nation to hit the hammer on social media after the government restricted the use of WhatsApp and Instagram following deadly riots yesterday.
Numerous Indonesia-based users are today reporting difficulties sending mul... |
| May 10, 2019 | Thai University Launches Marijuana Studies Program to Teach People How to Farm Weed | A Thai university will soon offer marijuana classes in a bid to nurture budding ganjapreneurs and cultivate the country’s growing cannabis industry. Rangsit University, a private uni located about half an hour outside of Bangkok, this week ... |
| May 8, 2019 | Kargo is disrupting logistics in Myanmar, one of the world’s most challenging countries | Founders in Seattle recently bemoaned a lack of capital and support when compared to Silicon Valley — what about those building startups in more remote markets?
Kargo, a company that takes the spirit of Uber and brings it to the disorganize... |
| Apr 11, 2019 | No One Asked, But Duterte Says He Has A Big Dick | Sometimes, when I’m doing my business in the toilet, when my phone is out of reach and I’m done reading labels off shampoo bottles, my mind goes places. It’s the painstakingly loud hum of boredom that calls me to think of things that are be... |
| Feb 18, 2019 | Watch This Gang of Cows Break into a Grocery Store and Eat All the Vegetables | This article originally appeared on VICE Australia.
There are estimated to be about 1,100 wild cows roaming the streets of Hong Kong. That’s according to the territory’s Agriculture, Fisheries, and Conservation Department, who recently publ... |
| Dec 27, 2018 | Indonesia unblocks Tumblr following its ban on adult content | Indonesia, the world’s fourth largest country by population, has unblocked Tumblr nine months after it blocked the social networking site over pornographic content.
Tumblr — which, disclaimer, is owned by Oath Verizon Media Group just like ... |
| Dec 6, 2018 | Exorcisms are Being Used as Gay Conversion Therapy in Indonesia | It’s not illegal to be gay in the Indonesian city of Padang, but in the past six weeks as many as 18 LGBT couples have been apprehended for “psychological support and rehabilitation”. That was the term employed by the Civil Services Police.... |
| Dec 5, 2018 | Neuron Mobility raises $3.7M to bring e-scooters to Southeast Asia’s cities | Despite the rise in electric scooters in the U.S., you’d be forgiven for thinking that Asia — the region where bike-sharing foreshadowed the rise of e-scooters — has been left off the party. But e-scooters have quietly been in the region fo... |
| Jul 16, 2018 | Today’s Tech Headlines: Snowball Finance raises $120M in Series D; adds Ant Financial as strategic investor | SEA
Singapore’s Changi Airport integrates WeChat Pay for Chinese travellers. Chinese outbound tourists will soon be able to purchase goods at Singapore’s airport via their WeChat app. (KrASIA)
Singapore’s Golden Equator (GEC) has collaborat... |
| Jul 5, 2018 | Indonesia bans Chinese short video app Tik Tok after public uproar | Tik Tok, as it is known outside of China, a popular Chinese short video and music video app, faces yet another ban in Indonesia on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Jakarta Post, an English language newspaper in Indonesia.
This came in th... |
| Jun 27, 2018 | Deals | Go-Jek in talks to raise $1.5b in race with Grab to become Southeast Asia’s super app | Indonesia’s on-demand service provider Go-Jek seems to finally take up on the offer some if backers tendered earlier, as we reported , in its race with archrival Grab, to become the de facto super app in Southeast Asia.
Jakarta-based Go-Jek... |
| Jan 10, 2018 | What We Really Mean When We Say 'Eastern Values' | Indonesia has a pretty complicated relationship with the West. We love Western music, movies, and fashion. Hell, a lot of Indonesians put a lot of weight on speaking English too. I mean you're reading this right now, aren't you?
But once so... |
| Oct 11, 2017 | Traffic Jams, a Polygamy App, and the Drug War Finds a New Target: The VICE Morning Bulletin | Indonesia News
If Something Sounds 'Too Good to be True' It Probably Isn't
Indonesia has a problem with fakes. The latest instance of someone being exposed for lying about their achievements hit the presses with the very public takedown of ... |
| Oct 6, 2017 | The VICE Morning Bulletin | Indonesia News
The Waiting is the Hardest Part
It's been weeks since Bali's Mount Agung rumbled to life and triggered the widespread evacuation of villages in the danger zone. But as time in the evacuation shelters drags one, some villagers... |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Five Band Shirts You Can Wear to Literally Every Show | There's an old cliche in Indonesia that the true measure of a man's life is harta, tahta, wanita, which roughly translates to "wealth, throne, and women." It's pretty sexist, and terribly cliched. We live in a more complicated wor... |
| Jun 21, 2017 | Dog Meat Is Being Sold to Unwitting Tourists in Bali | This article originally appeared on Munchies.
According to a recent report by animal rights group Animals Australia (AA), every year, seven times more dogs are killed in Bali than during the notorious Yulin Lychee and Dog Meat Festival in C... |
| Jun 20, 2017 | Dog Meat Is Being Sold to Unwitting Tourists in Bali | According to a recent report by animal rights group Animals Australia (AA), every year, seven times more dogs are killed in Bali than during the notorious Yulin Lychee and Dog Meat Festival in China.
That number is staggering, but it's stil... |
| Apr 28, 2017 | Netflix is playing down the significance of its first major distribution deal in China | Netflix has played down the significance of its first major licensing deal in China, news of which was announced this week.
The company’s share price surged nearly six percent after it announced that it had agreed to a distribution deal wit... |
| Mar 21, 2017 | Uber and Grab are bringing Southeast Asia’s taxi on-demand war to Myanmar | Southeast Asia’s ridesharing war is spreading to a new frontier after rivals Grab and Uber revealed plans to expand into Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma.
Singapore-based Grab announced its launch in the country today, its first... |
| Feb 17, 2017 | Rivals Make Grabs for Agus Voters as Jakarta Race Heads Towards Runoff Vote | The coming runoff election in the Jakarta governor's race may hinge on the one candidate whose face won't appear on the ballot.
Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono received 16.69 percent of the vote, according to quick count results conducted by Saifu... |
| Jan 4, 2016 | Coconuts is a local news startup fast becoming the Patch of Southeast Asia | Coconuts Media‘s founder describes the four-year-old news media startup as “a network of local city websites” now operating in eight major cities across (mostly Southeast) Asia — specifically, Bangkok, Manila, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakar... |
| Jan 4, 2016 | Coconuts is a local news startup fast becoming the Patch of Southeast Asia | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Coconuts Media‘s founder describes the four-year-... |
