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[Link] 'Can I hug your tree naked?': Tourists urged to respect Bali after social media controversies
Read: 9/5/2022 www.abc.net.au
It's known as the Island of the Gods, but that's lost on some Western influencers who like its picturesque temples and landscapes for risque social media content.
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[Link] Former Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Sentenced to 5+ Years in Prison for North Korea Trip
Read: 13/4/2022 www.coindesk.com
Cheyenne Ligon is a CoinDesk news reporter with a focus on crypto regulation and policy. She has no significant crypto holdings.
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[Link] Kazakhstan president proposes reforms to limit his powers
Read: 3/4/2022 www.aljazeera.com
Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has proposed constitutional reforms to limit the powers of his office, saying the country needed to switch from “superpresidential” rule to a presidential republic with a strong parliament.
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[Link] ‘Fight Club’ Gets Back Its Anarchic Ending in China
Read: 7/2/2022 www.vice.com
The 1999 film by David Fincher originally ends with the Narrator (Edward Norton) killing his split personality Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), and then watching all the buildings blow up, suggesting Tyler’s anarchist plan to destroy consumerist society is afoot.
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[Link] Lawmakers Say This Holy City’s Airport Code Is Too GAY
Read: 7/2/2022 www.vice.com
As Indian lawmakers double down on their efforts to change a pilgrimage city’s airport code “GAY,” LGBTQ rights groups say the move speaks of their increasing homophobia. On Feb.
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[Link] Yangon’s silenced streets: how a hotbed of anti-coup resistance was extinguished
Read: 6/2/2022 www.theguardian.com
As Thitsar* walked through her neighbourhood one December morning, she was struck by its emptiness. The bamboo shacks that line the streets of Hlaing Tharyar, an industrial township on the outskirts of Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, lay in tatters, overgrown with weeds.
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[Link] India Expands Piracy Blocklist to Tackle ‘Hydra Headed Rogue Websites’
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
Pirate site blocking is a common practice in many countries and India is no exception. The language used in Indian courts tends to be more colorful though. This is exemplified by a blocking extension several major Hollywood studios requested recently.
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[Link] Court Orders WhatsApp To Block Groups Sharing Pirated Newspapers
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
India's largest newspaper publishing group has filed a complaint at the Delhi High Court against dozens of defendants said to have illegally offered its copyrighted publications via WhatsApp.
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[Link] Australian energy giant Woodside withdraws from Myanmar almost one year after military coup
Read: 27/1/2022 www.abc.net.au
Australian energy giant Woodside has announced it is withdrawing from Myanmar, almost one year after the military seized power in an illegal coup.
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[Link] Japan’s favourite snack falls victim to global inflation with first-ever price hike
Read: 27/1/2022 www.theguardian.com
One of Japan’s best-loved snacks is to go up in price – by a whopping 20% – for the first time since its launch more than four decades ago,But Umaibo – literally “delicious stick” – will still be a steal for schoolchildren at just ¥12 apiece (US10c, not including sales tax), up from t
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[Link] Richard Branson Wants Singapore To Spare a Prisoner's Life. We Asked Him Why.
Read: 23/1/2022 www.vice.com
In an interview with VICE World News, the billionaire anti-death penalty activist highlighted the case of an intellectually disabled man sitting on death row. It was through international headlines that Richard Branson learned about an especially disturbing death penalty case unfolding in Singapore.
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[Link] State of emergency declared in Kazakh capital as protests escalate
Read: 5/1/2022 www.abc.net.au
Protesters in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, have stormed the presidential residence and mayor's office and set both buildings on fire, according to news reports, as demonstrations sparked by a rise in LPG prices in the Central Asian nation escalated sharply.
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[Link] China Calls This ‘Democracy.’ Hong Kongers Don’t Buy It.
Read: 20/12/2021 www.vice.com
Only 30.2 percent of Hong Kong’s 4.4 million voters cast a ballot on Sunday, a record low turnout for any citywide elections, even as the government tried to encourage voting by offering free subway rides and text message reminders.
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[Link] Disabled Man and Teenagers Among 11 Shot and Burned in Horrific Massacre
Read: 8/12/2021 www.vice.com
Warning: This article contains graphic images. News outlet Myanmar Now reported locals as saying that some of the victims’ hands were tied when their bodies were found. Cries for help were reportedly heard during the fire, leading some to believe that they were burned alive.
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[Link] Video Captures Horrific Moment Military Truck Rams Into Unarmed Protesters
Read: 6/12/2021 www.vice.com
At least three civilians have been killed and dozens injured in Myanmar after a military truck was caught on camera speeding towards a crowd and running down unarmed protesters.
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[Link] Homeless Man Sentenced to 7 Weeks in Jail for Not Staying at Home
Read: 6/12/2021 www.vice.com
Singaporean national Rozman Abdul Rahman was arrested in March last year for breaking a rule requiring him to stay at home after he returned to Singapore from Batam, Indonesia.
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[Link] Founder of Piracy & Subtitling Site YYeTs Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison
Read: 6/12/2021 torrentfreak.com
Following pressure from Hollywood, more than a dozen people behind famous Chinese piracy and subtitling site YYeTs.com were arrested in February. After a legal process in China, the founder of the platform - also known as Renren Yingshi - has been sentenced to 3.
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[Link] The World’s Longest Ruling Prime Minister Has Backed His Son to Take Over
Read: 2/12/2021 www.vice.com
Addressing the country he has ruled for 36 years, marking the prestigious occasion of the inauguration of a $300 million sewage treatment facility, Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen confirmed that he will back his oldest son Hun Manet to succeed him.
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[Link] Korean Facial Recognition Project Faces Opposition
Read: 1/12/2021 hackaday.com
It was discovered last month that a South Korean government project has been providing millions of facial images taken at Incheon International Airport to private industry without the consent of those photographed.
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[Link] Japanese Ex-Princess’ Dad Defends His Daughter’s Marriage to a Commoner
Read: 30/11/2021 www.vice.com
For the first time since Japanese ex-Princess Mako married a commoner, Crown Prince Akishino has spoken openly about his eldest daughter’s union, in remarks that reveal the struggles of the world’s oldest continuous monarchy to shake criticism surrounding Mako’s marriage.
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[Link] 'There have been rumours': Why the next two years could decide the fate of Kim Jong Un
Read: 29/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The North Korean side of the border is unkempt, as the maintenance crews won't risk coming into close contact with the south. South Korea is now averaging about 4,000 cases a day. More worrying is the acute spike in serious cases.
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[Link] The Pacific is in danger of becoming a semi-narco region
Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Four years ago I stood in front of a top level security conference and warned that we have just a few years to get on top of the problem of drugs being trafficked through the Pacific region or it could turn into a semi-narco region, controlled by criminal syndicates.
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[Link] Tonga’s drug crisis: Why a tiny Pacific island is struggling with a meth epidemic
Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
After more than four decades spent living in New Zealand, Ned Cook knew it was time to return to his home country of Tonga. His country was in the grip of a methamphetamine epidemic that was ripping families apart and overrunning the country’s hospitals and jails.
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[Link] Widow of former South Korean dictator Chun Doo-hwan offers ‘deep apology’ for brutal rule
Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
The widow of South Korea’s last military dictator has issued a brief apology over the “pains and scars” caused by her husband’s brutal rule as dozens of relatives and former aides gathered at a Seoul hospital to pay their final respects to Chun Doo-hwan.
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[Link] Hellbound: the South Korean death-fest that wipes the floor with Squid Game
Read: 27/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
The easiest thing in the world would be to call Hellbound the new Squid Game. After all, they’re both South Korean dramas, they both deal in violent death and they’re both smash hits on Netflix.
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[Link] Why Farmers Are Still Unhappy Despite Modi Withdrawing Controversial Farm Laws
Read: 26/11/2021 www.vice.com
In a surprise televised address last week, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi apologised to farmers and announced that the controversial farm laws they had been protesting for a year would be withdrawn.
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[Link] Does Global Warming Make Rice Taste Better?
Read: 26/11/2021 www.vice.com
Steamed, scorched, pounded or fried, rice always delivers. The adaptability of rice is in part what makes this staple the culinary cornerstone for half of humanity.
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[Link] Why Are Presidential Candidates in This Country Getting Tested for Cocaine?
Read: 26/11/2021 www.vice.com
No one asked them to do it, it probably shouldn’t have been necessary either, but politicians running for president and vice president in the Philippines have clambered over one another this week to take drug tests.
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[Link] Alleged mini meth lab and firearms discovered in PNG hotel, but Australian manager won't face drug charges
Read: 25/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Papua New Guinea police say outdated drug laws have left them unable to lay drug charges against the Australian manager of a Port Moresby hotel where an alleged clandestine meth lab and illegal firearms were discovered.
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[Link] India Has Millions of Crypto Investors. A Proposed Ban Has Them Petrified.
Read: 25/11/2021 www.vice.com
In a move that has led to panic selling among local crypto investors, the Indian parliament announced on Nov. 23 that it is deliberating a bill that seeks to “prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India” to pave the way for a single official digital currency to be issued by the government.
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[Link] We Spoke to the Unlucky Company With the Same Name as the Investor of Taliban’s Marijuana Center
Read: 25/11/2021 www.vice.com
On Wednesday night, the Twitter account for Afghanistan’s Ministry of Interior Affairs (MOI) announced that a foreign company was investing $450 million into setting up a hashish processing factory within the country.
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[Link] Thailand Is Sweeping Sexual Abuse in Its Schools Under the Rug
Read: 25/11/2021 www.vice.com
Nalinrat Thuthubthim was in high school when the attack happened. She’d often stay on campus after school had ended, working on drafts of speeches with her male teacher for upcoming contests.
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[Link] Indian police charge local Amazon executives over marijuana trade
Read: 22/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Police in the central state of Madhya Pradesh arrested two men with 20 kilograms of marijuana on November 14 and found they were using the Amazon India website to order and further smuggle the substance in the guise of stevia leaves, a natural sweetener, to other Indian states.
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[Link] Sci-Hub: Researchers File Intervention Application To Fight ISP Blocking
Read: 22/11/2021 torrentfreak.com
Last December, academic publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society filed a lawsuit demanding that Indian ISPs block access to Sci-Hub and Libgen for copyright infringement.
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[Link] Missing tennis star Peng Shuai says she 'wants her privacy respected' in video call with IOC president
Read: 21/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The International Olympic Committee says Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has called its president to tell him she is safe and well.
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[Link] Inside a Booming Black Market for Heroin in the Shadow of the Himalayas
Read: 19/11/2021 www.vice.com
We spoke to a dealer who dodges Indian soldiers and checkpoints to sell drugs in the world’s most militarised zone. Srinagar, KASHMIR – Javed has been looking over his shoulder more often than he'd like.
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[Link] Myanmar court jails two Aung San Suu Kyi allies for total of 165 years
Read: 10/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
A court in Myanmar has sentenced two members of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party to 90 years and 75 years in prison after finding them guilty of corruption, their lawyer said.
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[Link] Intellectually Disabled Man Spared Imminent Execution After Catching COVID
Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com
In a twist few saw coming, Singapore’s highest court has delayed the execution of an intellectually disabled man convicted of drug trafficking after he was found to have tested positive for COVID-19.
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[Link] Manny Pacquiao Says If He Wins The Presidency He Will Jail His Corrupt Friends
Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com
Of the 62 bouts former world champion Manny Pacquiao won in his 26 years in boxing, his favorite was against Oscar de la Hoya, who was taller, heavier, and arguably the bigger star when they battled in 2008.
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[Link] Satellites Spot Full-Scale Mockups of US Warships in Chinese Desert
Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com
Satellite images show China has built what look like mockups of U.S. warships, including an aircraft carrier, in its northwestern desert, possibly to prepare the Chinese military for potential future conflicts.
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[Link] People Keep Turning Up at ERs With Bizarre Household Objects in Their Butt
Read: 8/11/2021 www.vice.com
Documented cases include flashlights, bottles, cooking ladles, toothbrushes and, in one instance, a knife. In emergency rooms, doctors face the ominous specter of life, death and everything in between.
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[Link] China's COVID death rate is curiously low. An anonymous Beijing doctor told us how they’re doing it
Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
If accurate, the official figures highlight the benefits of the world's strictest zero-tolerance policy, which involved keeping borders closed and moving quickly to suppress small outbreaks.
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[Link] Gene common in south Asian people doubles risk of Covid death, study finds
Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Scientists have identified a gene that doubles the risks of respiratory failure and death from Covid and could explain why people of south Asian heritage are more vulnerable to the disease.
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[Link] ‘Nine Eyes’? Bill Would Look at Adding Four Countries to Intel-Sharing Pact
Read: 4/11/2021 www.defenseone.com
The United States’ “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing pact is a World War II relic that needs updating to better keep tabs on China, the chairman of a key house subcommittee on intelligence told Defense One. Arizona Democrat Rep.
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[Link] The Growing Crusade Against Sex, Muslim Culture, and Lesbians in India’s Ads
Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com
India’s leading fashion designer was forced to withdraw advertisements for his latest line of wedding jewellery after he was threatened with legal action by a politician from the ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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[Link] Inside the Facebook Group that Sexualises Pregnant Women
Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com
The group, whose name in Malay “Koleksi Mak Buyung Malaysia'' translates to “My Collection of Pregnant Women,” attracted at least 5,000 members before it was removed on Monday evening for “violating site policies”.
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[Link] Elon Musk Tweets an Ancient Chinese Poem. Here’s What It Means.
Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com
The world’s richest man, with $335 billion in wealth and caught up in Twitter spats, now wants some peace, at least according to an 1,800-year-old Chinese poem he just shared.
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[Link] Millions of Pills and Tons of Meth Make Up Asia’s Biggest Ever Drug Seizure
Read: 31/10/2021 www.vice.com
This is what Asia’s single biggest illegal drug bust looked like, after authorities in Laos intercepted a smuggler’s vehicle in the country’s northwestern Bokeo Province on Wednesday night.
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[Link] Medical Marijuana Is Legal in Thailand, but People Are Sticking With the Black Market
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
Five years ago, long before medical cannabis became legal in Thailand, Ladda was desperate to ease her son's seizures. The longer the epilepsy episode, the more it damaged Dino’s brain and slowed his mental and physical development, she explained. Ladda gave her son a one-drop dose.
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[Link] Speaker ‘Stun Gun’ Aims To Combat China’s Dancing Grannies
Read: 28/10/2021 hackaday.com
One of the more popular social activities in China is group dancing in public squares. Often the pastime of many middle-aged and older women, participants are colloquially referred to as “dancing grannies.
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[Link] Now Married, Japan’s Ex-Princess Mako to Move from Palace to a One-Bedroom in New York
Read: 26/10/2021 www.vice.com
Four years after publicly announcing their engagement, former Princess Mako of Japan has officially tied the knot with her college sweetheart, Kei Komuro.
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[Link] For These Buddhist Monks, Sex Ed Starts With Safe Masturbation
Read: 26/10/2021 www.vice.com
Sunshine pours in through the monastery classroom window as monks in crimson robes lock their gaze in rapt attention at the chalkboard. Their instructor smiles warmly and asks them what they know about the use of a condom.
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[Link] China’s infant formula golden days are gone, says Bega
Read: 26/10/2021 www.afr.com
Bega Cheese chairman Barry Irvin has warned that infant formula markets in China are unlikely to recover to pre-COVID-19 levels, but on a brighter note, said the company gained a bargain in last year’s acquisition of the Lion portfolio of milk and flavoured milk brands.
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[Link] Japanese Princess Mako marries boyfriend Kei Komuro and renounces her royal status
Read: 26/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Japanese Princess Mako has married a commoner and lost her royal status in a union that has split public opinion and was delayed more than three years by a financial dispute involving her new mother-in-law.
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[Link] A Country That Bans Vaping Just Busted $2 Million Worth of Products
Read: 25/10/2021 www.vice.com
Acting on a tip-off, officers from the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) inspected an industrial storage facility located north, towards the border with Malaysia. They discovered 10,057 vapes, 48,822 e-vaporiser components, and large quantities of vape juice.
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[Link] Myanmar military says it will release 5,600 anti-coup prisoners
Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
Myanmar’s military has announced plans to release more than 5,000 prisoners, days after the junta chief was blocked from attending an upcoming regional summit over his failure to commit to de-escalating the country’s crisis.
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[Link] Two Dead After 12 Inmates Tried to Get Drunk on Hand Sanitizer
Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com
Two prison inmates died and ten others were hospitalised in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo after they ingested hand sanitiser to get drunk, prompting a ban on alcohol-based sanitising products in all prisons across the country, according to the Department of Prisons.
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[Link] Man Arrested for Unblurring Japanese Porn With AI in First Deepfake Case
Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com
Japanese police on Monday arrested a 43-year-old man for using artificial intelligence to effectively unblur pixelated porn videos, in the first criminal case in the country involving the exploitative use of the powerful technology.
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[Link] Man Gets Double Life Sentence For Killing His Wife With a Cobra
Read: 17/10/2021 www.vice.com
According to prosecution lawyers, Sooraj Kumar killed his wife, Uthra, for her gold jewellery and wanted to marry another woman. This was Kumar’s third attempt to murder his wife, they said. In March last year, Kumar allegedly set a viper to bite Uthra while she was staying with her in-laws.
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[Link] Man Sentenced to Death for Setting His TikToker Ex-Wife on Fire During a Livestream
Read: 15/10/2021 www.vice.com
The case infuriated Chinese women after media reports suggested that Lhamo had been suffering from Tang’s frequent beatings since the two married a few years ago. Her older sister said Lhamo called the police at least twice, but officers refused to interfere because it was a “family matter.
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[Link] This Couple Caught COVID-19, So Authorities Drowned and Burned Their Dogs
Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com
Pham Minh Hung and his wife had amassed a sizable menagerie—17 dogs and one cat, to be exact—pets that they considered their own children.
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[Link] North Korea, Too, Has Something to Say About ‘Squid Game’
Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com
Seemingly everyone wants to talk about the South Korean TV series Squid Game, so much so that an unlikely voice has weighed in: that of North Korea.
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[Link] North Korea’s Passport Is Apparently More Powerful Than These Countries
Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com
The world’s top passport ranking authority released a list that shows how COVID-19 regulations have made travel even more difficult, particularly if you’re from South Asia.
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[Link] Japanese Host Club With a Nazi Theme Apologizes for Its Lack of ‘Awareness’
Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com
Staffed with male hosts who entertain and pour customers’ drinks, the club, called Unfair, opened on Sunday in the southern prefecture of Osaka.
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[Link] Men Who Spent 29 Days Lost at Sea Say It Was a Nice Break From the Pandemic
Read: 11/10/2021 www.vice.com
Livae Nanjikana and Junior Qoloni climbed into their small, 60 horsepower motorboat on the morning of September 3 and departed from Mono Island, in Western province, Solomon Islands.
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[Link] 900 Detained After Seven ‘Targeted Killings’ in the World’s Most Militarized Zone
Read: 11/10/2021 www.vice.com
Teachers. A principal. And a well-known pharmacist. They were all shot dead in broad daylight last week in India-controlled Kashmir, heightening fear in the world’s most militarized zone.
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[Link] Automate The Freight: Autonomous Ships Look For Their Niche
Read: 11/10/2021 hackaday.com
It is by no means an overstatement to say that life as we know it would grind to a halt without cargo ships.
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[Link] Police Say They’re ‘Too Busy’ to Assist Abused Children On National Children’s Day
Read: 9/10/2021 www.vice.com
However, when they arrived at the police station on October 1, the officers present refused to record their complaint.
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[Link] Man Jailed for ‘Depraved’ Sexual Torture of Girlfriend While Cousin Watched
Read: 5/10/2021 www.vice.com
The 32-year-old man had assaulted his girlfriend and forcibly inserted a marker and a battery into the woman’s body, a Singapore court heard.
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[Link] Having Sex With a 12-Year-Old Isn’t a Crime in This Country. That’s About To Change.
Read: 28/9/2021 www.vice.com
In a move long demanded by activists, children’s rights groups and many lawmakers, the Philippines is on the verge of changing its much-criticized rules around sexual consent by moving the age from 12 to 16.
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[Link] China Is a Declining Power—and That’s the Problem
Read: 26/9/2021 foreignpolicy.com
Why do great powers fight great wars? The conventional answer is a story of rising challengers and declining hegemons. An ascendant power, which chafes at the rules of the existing order, gains ground on an established power—the country that made those rules.
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[Link] Evergrande vows to meet first debt deadline, allaying some fears of collapse
Read: 22/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
Chinese property developer Evergrande has said it would pay some of the bond interest due on Thursday, allaying fears of an imminent and messy collapse that had spooked investors.
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[Link] Thai OnlyFans Star Faces Prison Time As Outrage Over Case Grows
Read: 22/9/2021 www.vice.com
Known by her online persona “Kai Nao,” which means rotten egg in Thai, the performer and her boyfriend, Korakot, broke the law by creating and spreading “obscene” content online, Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau said in a Facebook post on Tuesday.
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[Link] Police Uncover Secret Torture Room in Hospital
Read: 20/9/2021 www.vice.com
Police say leaked videos show the abuse had been going on for at least three months in the largest and oldest public hospital in Lahore, Pakistan. It is unclear why the alleged torture was filmed. Police suspect it may have been filmed for entertainment purposes or for record-keeping.
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[Link] Girls as Young as 5 Were Paraded Naked to Appease the 'Rain Gods’
Read: 9/9/2021 www.vice.com
One video showed the girls, some of whom looked no older than five, being paraded naked while carrying a wooden shaft bearing a frog, and begging from door to door as a group of older women trailed behind in procession.
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[Link] One of the World’s Most Wanted Pedophiles Has Been Arrested
Read: 6/9/2021 www.vice.com
One of the world’s most wanted pedophiles, who abused dozens of children between the ages of two and 16, has been captured and jailed for close to 50 years after Australian authorities tracked him down to a COVID-19 quarantine facility in Malaysia.
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[Link] Mother Who Made 200 Videos Brutally Beating Her 2-Year-Old Is Finally Arrested
Read: 1/9/2021 www.vice.com
In the horrifying footage, Thulasi can be seen brutally attacking the toddler until he bleeds and cries in pain.
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[Link] Video Games, Exams, Hit Dramas: What’s Getting Banned in China
Read: 1/9/2021 www.vice.com
Lots of things are getting banned in China, as the government uses its far-reaching power to crack down on what it deems harmful practices across Chinese society, from education to entertainment to the tech industry.
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[Link] This Family Used Kids to Sell Drugs From Their Secret Basement for Years
Read: 1/9/2021 www.vice.com
For decades, Haji Taslim ran a profitable family business from the basement of his home. Together, Taslim, his wife Nasheen, their two sons and two son-in-laws managed to keep their illegal drug operation afloat for 30 years, 60 miles from India’s capital in a city called Meerut.
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[Link] China Is Aiming to Develop Miles-Wide, 'Ultra-Large' Spacecraft
Read: 30/8/2021 www.vice.com
A new five-year plan highlights an 'urgent need' to develop megaprojects in space, such as human habitats and space-based solar power plants. ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs.
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[Link] UPDATE 1-China to cap how much ride-hailing platforms can take from drivers
Read: 26/8/2021 www.reuters.com
SHANGHAI, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Chinese authorities will impose a cap on the percentage ride-hailing platforms can take from drivers’ fees, an official from the Ministry of Transport said on Wednesday.
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[Link] Elite Student Sentenced to Death For Killing His Mother With a Dumbell
Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com
Wu Xieyu, who studied at the prestigious Peking University, was found guilty of killing his 48-year-old mother by striking her head and face with a dumbbell in July 2015 in their home in the southeastern city of Fuzhou, according to a court statement issued on Thursday.
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[Link] ‘You’ll Regret This For the Rest of Your Life’: Yakuza Boss Told Judge After Death Sentence
Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com
Satoru Nomura, the 74-year-old head of one of Japan’s most dangerous crime groups, Kudo-kai, was convicted for the attacks, including the killing of a fishermen’s union chief, carried out between 1998 and 2014. His second-in-command, 65-year-old Fumio Tanoue, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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[Link] The Unexpected Places the Taliban Got Rich From Before Taking Over Afghanistan
Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com
The extremist group made a staggering $1.6 billion last year, a key factor that helped them gain control of Afghanistan at lightning speed. On the streets of Kabul after the Taliban takeover, Afghans were running from one empty ATM to the next. Prices soared, the U.S. froze $9.
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[Link] Why Thailand Just Decriminalized a Plant That the US Has Tried To Ban
Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com
In a move that may indicate easing drug policies, Thailand has decriminalized a plant used to relieve pain, a decision expected to lessen crowding in prisons and impact thousands of people facing charges for its use or possession.
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[Link] First China, Now India: How Drug Cartels Get Chemicals for Meth and Fentanyl
Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com
Restrictions in China have pushed drug traffickers to source the chemical “precursors” they need in India. Shopping for the chemical ingredients used to make fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other illicit synthetic drugs is still easy—if you know where to look.
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[Link] Thailand develops robotic system to up Covid vaccine doses
Read: 26/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Researchers in Thailand have developed a machine to draw out Covid-19 vaccine doses more efficiently and optimise lower-than-expected supplies as the country struggles with its worst coronavirus outbreak yet.
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[Link] Explosive Video Shows Police Wrapping Bag Around Suspect’s Head in Thailand. He Later Died.
Read: 25/8/2021 www.vice.com
Thailand has detained several police officers after a viral video showing the alleged torture and death of a man in custody, a gruesome scene that has shocked the country after it leaked online. Uproar spread across social media after the nearly 10-minute clip was first posted earlier this week.
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[Link] World’s Quickest Roller Coaster Suspended Because Riders Keep Breaking Their Bones
Read: 23/8/2021 www.vice.com
The quickest roller coaster in the world has been suspended until further notice, after multiple customers reported broken bones from the ride.
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[Link] This artist funded his sister's degree and added a floor to his parent's house with Warframe skins
Read: 22/8/2021 www.pcgamer.com
Digital Extremes' Warframe is a live service game which makes money largely through cosmetics, and part of its success has come from the studio's willingness to embrace all forms of fan expression, whether that's guides or incredible 3D art.
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[Link] Afghanistan will be Asia's first narco-state
Read: 18/8/2021 thehill.com
The Taliban once again control Afghanistan, which means they also control the world’s premier source of opium.
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[Link] South Korean Men Who Jizz on Women’s Things May Soon Be Charged With ‘Semen Terrorism’
Read: 15/8/2021 www.vice.com
Most men who perpetrated these acts walked away with fines, partly because ejaculating or smearing one’s semen onto someone’s belongings does not classify as a sex crime in South Korea.
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[Link] Studio Dunks On Cyberpunk 2077 While Explaining Open-World Game Delay
Read: 15/8/2021 kotaku.com
If players are going to dunk on Cyberpunk 2077, it was only a matter of time before other game studios did it too.
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[Link] He Preached Slow Fashion. Then He Collaborated With Fast Fashion Icon H&M.
Read: 14/8/2021 www.vice.com
This week, a hyped-up collaboration between Indian couturier Sabyasachi and fast fashion brand H&M dropped amid much media frenzy.
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[Link] Disgraced former K-pop star Seungri sent to jail and fined $1.3 million in prostitution case
Read: 13/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Disgraced former K-pop star Seungri has been jailed for three years after being convicted of arranging prostitution and other charges stemming from a sex and drugs scandal.
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[Link] Police fire rubber bullets at hundreds of Thai protesters demanding PM's resignation
Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
More than a thousand Thai anti-government protesters have clashed with police as they protest the government's failure to handle coronavirus outbreaks and its impact on the economy.
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[Link] Wuhan residents report 'post-traumatic stress' as 40 Chinese cities battle COVID outbreaks
Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
After months of China having COVID-19 cases relatively under control, the coronavirus has returned to the pandemic's original epicentre of Wuhan.
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[Link] How the Philippines Became a Boxing Powerhouse
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com
Boxers have long been the Philippines’ most reliable athletes in international competition. It didn’t happen overnight. The Philippines held its collective breath on Monday as boxer Nesthy Petecio awaited the verdict in the women’s featherweight Olympic gold medal match.
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[Link] Indonesia army signals end to ‘virginity test’ for female recruits
Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Human rights organisations have welcomed the Indonesian army’s apparent decision to end the “abusive” and long-criticised “virginity testing” of female recruitments.
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[Link] Campaign To Unfollow Nas Daily Gains Traction After Controversy With Tribal Tattoo Artist
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com
A campaign to unfollow the social media accounts of Arab-Israeli influencer Nuseir Yassin is gaining traction in the Philippines following allegations he exploited a cultural icon. His team has said the claims are false.
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[Link] COVID Kills Street Food Vendor Recognized by Michelin Guide
Read: 6/8/2021 www.vice.com
Bangkok has long been recognized as one of the best places for street food in the world. But it only recently started making international lists after chef and crab omelette specialist Jay Fai became the first street food stall to be awarded a Michelin star in 2017.
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[Link] How Truck Drivers Helped This Girl Achieve Her Olympic Dream
Read: 6/8/2021 www.vice.com
Mirabai Chanu, the weightlifter who opened India’s medal count on the first day of Tokyo Olympics 2020 with a silver, has had quite the homecoming.
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[Link] She Called Out Her Teacher’s Rape Joke on TikTok. Now She’s Being Sued.
Read: 6/8/2021 www.vice.com
In April, the 17-year-old student took to TikTok to share her account of a male teacher who made a rape joke during a gym class.
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[Link] The Japanese Esports License System Is A Mess
Read: 5/8/2021 kotaku.com
In Japan, there is a gaming license system that defines what a pro player is. The system was established in February 2018 and nearly two years later, the awkward stop-gap seems like a mess.
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[Link] Myanmar’s UN envoy accuses military junta of township massacre
Read: 5/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations, who has refused to leave his post despite being fired by the junta after the February coup, has alerted the world body to a “reported massacre” by the military.
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[Link] At least 17 killed by lightning at Bangladesh wedding party
Read: 5/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
At least 17 people were killed and more than a dozen injured on Wednesday when lightning struck a wedding party on a boat in northwestern Bangladesh, officials said.
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[Link] Toomics Reports Its Own Website for Copyright Infringements
Read: 3/8/2021 torrentfreak.com
Popular webtoon subscription service Toomics is quite active on the anti-piracy front. Unfortunately, the Korean company is not very accurate as its takedown notices target perfectly legal content on Facebook, Amazon, Pinterest and Netflix.
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[Link] D'oh! Misplaced chair shuts down nuclear plant in Taiwan
Read: 30/7/2021 www.theregister.com
A reactor at Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant in Taiwan malfunctioned on Tuesday morning, triggering an auto shutdown that resulted in the loss of 985 megawatts of power – all due to the misplacement of a chair.
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[Link] ‘Beacon of hope’: Whole nation jabbed in just a week
Read: 29/7/2021 www.smh.com.au
Gauhati, India: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has fully vaccinated 90 per cent of its eligible adult population within just seven days, its health ministry says.
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[Link] Sara Duterte rides motorbikes and gets into fist fights. She may also be the Philippines' next president
Read: 28/6/2021 www.abc.net.au
Long before her father became President of the Philippines, Sara Duterte-Carpio made headlines as the city mayor who famously punched a court sheriff in public.