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Three people with knowledge of the situation say that Vietnam is working on new rules that will limit which social media accounts can post news-related content. This is part of an effort by the government to tighten control over news and information sources in the country. Two of the sources said that the rules, which are expected to be announced …

On Tuesday, September 27, Meta Platforms announced that it has foiled the first known China-based influence campaign that was aimed at targeting users in the United States with political content in advance of the midterm elections that will take place in November. Meta stated in a report that summarized its findings that the network maintained fake accounts across all of …

As part of a crackdown on the notoriously murky online gaming industry, the Philippines is going to stop the operations of 175 offshore gambling firms and deport approximately 40,000 Chinese workers, according to an official from the justice department who made the announcement on Monday, September 26. The industry first started up in the Philippines in 2016, and it has …

What is the richest country in the world? As a result of China’s skyrocketing economic growth, the typical Chinese citizen today has a higher standard of living than their European counterparts. When compared to the average person in Europe, an adult in China has a net worth of US$26,752 (AU$40,980), while the average person in Europe has a net worth …

Alumni of the show “Fresh Off the Boat” Constance Wu alleges in her soon-to-be-released memoir that a senior member of the production crew on the now-cancelled ABC comedy sexually assaulted her when they were working together. The New York Times states that the actress, who is 40 years old, only refers to the employee by their initials in the film …

K-pop became the most voracious pop music culture on the planet as it expanded its global ambitions in the latter part of the 2000s and the early 2010s. This expansion occurred concurrently with an increase in K-appetite. pop’s It gorged itself particularly on American pop, hip-hop, R&B, and dance music, transforming it all into a maximalist fantasy and producing an …

Following an incident on Tuesday, September 20 involving drunk driving, Heo Chan, a member of the K-pop group VICTON, is currently the subject of an investigation by the police. The musician was taken into custody by the authorities after returning home from a “meeting with his acquaintances” while under the influence of alcohol, as stated in a report by Soompi. …

Jisoo’s already impressive resume just got even longer! A member of the girl group Blackpink just took home a prize at the 17th Seoul International Drama Awards for her performance in the critically acclaimed Korean television drama Snowdrop. She defeated Lee Seyoung, who had been nominated for her performance in The Red Sleeve Cuff, and Son Yejin, who had been …

Yves Bouvier, a Swiss art dealer who was previously known as “the king of the freeports,” has reportedly parted ways with his Singapore freeport to sell it to Jihan Wu, a Chinese crypto billionaire, for a price of $28.4 million. Since his detention in 2014, Bouvier has been a prominent figure in the news ever since the Russian businessman Dmitry …

According to reports from Kyodo News, Japan is getting ready to relax its admission rules in anticipation of the fall and winter seasons, also known as the months leading up to Christmas for Filipino tourists. This will involve removing the daily tourist arrival cap of 50,000, as well as the requirement that tourists purchase a tour package and obtain a …