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Thailand’s Daiso is so different from Japan’s that they might as well be on different planets

Koh Ruide
Sep 12, 2019
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One is a collection of oddly useful household goods while the other is a cosmetic paradise.

SE Asia
(100 yen shop • beauty products • cheap • cosmetics • Daiso • stationery • Thailand • utensil)

Hong Kong protesters apologizing for airport disruption strikes a chord with Japanese netizens

Koh Ruide
Aug 18, 2019

The fight for human rights goes on, but these considerate people have earned a ton of respect from some Japanese people.

Japan, SE Asia
(airport • apology • banner • Hong Kong • Hong Kong Protests • Japanese Twitter • protest • protesters • public)

Awesome time lapse video shows Vietnamese artist carving amazingly detailed wooden Goku statue

Dale Roll
Aug 2, 2019

This must have taken some serious time and Dragon Ball dedication!

SE Asia
(anime • awesome • Dragon Ball • fan art • Goku • Son Goku • statue • video • Vietnam • wood • wood carving • woodworking)

Japan’s most-wanted manga pirate arrested in the Philippines, facing deportation

Casey Baseel
Jul 9, 2019

Government official calls 28-year-old “a risk to public safety and security.”

Japan, SE Asia
(anime • COK • copyright • crime • deportation • manga • Manga Mura • Manila • Philippines • piracy)

Immigration officials raid cosplay event in Malaysia, arrest four foreign cosplayers

Casey Baseel
Jul 3, 2019

Event organizers say government organization told them foreigners wouldn’t need special visas, arresting officers disagree.

Japan, SE Asia
(anime • anime conventions • cosplay • cosplayers • crime • immigration • Malaysia • otaku • work visas)

KFC will straight-up sell you a bag of fried chicken skin in Indonesia

Casey Baseel
May 31, 2019

Not in the mood for skinless chicken? How about some chickenless skin instead?

SE Asia
(chicken • crazy • fast food • food • Indonesia • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • weird)

Cameron Diaz in the Philippines? Lookalike tourist has everyone guessing on the island of Palawan

Oona McGee
May 28, 2019

Even local media reported news of Diaz’s visit, suggesting Bradley Cooper was by her side for the trip.

Europe, SE Asia
(actors • actresses • Bradley Cooper • Cameron Diaz • celebrities • celebrity sighting • El Nido • hollywood • Instagram • LOL • movie stars • social media • the Phillipines)

We went to a Thai transgender cabaret show in Pattaya for an experience of a lifetime【Pics】

Koh Ruide
Mar 11, 2019

Join us as we take a peek into this stunning cabaret performance.

SE Asia
(Kamezawa Ikuna • Pattaya • performance • show • SNJO • Thailand • theater • transgender)

We’re not sure who the intended market was for this crazy Hello Kitty toy, but we love it anyway

Dale Roll
Mar 7, 2019

It’s like a fidget spinner, but amped up by about 1,000 percent.

SE Asia
(cool • funny • Hello Kitty • toy • weird toys)

Volunteers cleaned up 45 tons of garbage from Manila Bay beach, restored it to its former glory

Koh Ruide
Feb 11, 2019

Humans have the power to make things right again.

SE Asia
(beach • dirty • garbage • pollution • the Phillipines • trash • water pollution)

Hong Kong real estate developer builds new super micro condos smaller than a parking space

Koh Ruide
Feb 2, 2019

Ends up selling only two of its 73 units.

SE Asia
(apartments • crazy • expensive • homes • Hong Kong • Housing • small homes • tiny homes)

12-year-old Thai boy earns big bucks to support family by cross-dressing as girl on Instagram

Koh Ruide
Nov 19, 2018

Enough to purchase a nice house for his parents.

SE Asia
(cosmetics • cross-dressing • elementary school student • Instagram • model • Thailand)

Robot omelet chef is kinda neat, but won’t be taking over the world any time soon, netizens say

Dale Roll
Nov 10, 2018

It’s nice that it can make omelets by itself, but it’s certainly not a threat to human existence.

SE Asia
(cooking • cool • omelettes • robots • Singapore • technology • video)

Mysterious ghostly baby footprint randomly appears in shopping malls, creeps out netizens

Koh Ruide
Oct 31, 2018

Beware the phantom baby that haunts shopping centers in the Philippines.

SE Asia
(ghosts • haunted • Philippines • scary • toddler • weird)

Crazy Hot Asians? Singaporean photographer-turned-actor in his 50s drops jaw after jaw in his wake

Krista Rogers
Sep 26, 2018

We could see the amazingly non-aging Chuando Tan starring in a Crazy Rich Asians spinoff.

SE Asia
(Chuando & Frey • Chuando Tan • Handsome men • Instagram • models • Singapore • young • young-looking people)

Thai mother endures more than 30 hours of labor to deliver stillborn baby in the name of science

Koh Ruide
Sep 24, 2018

May her noble act one day help eliminate a rare genetic disease that occurs in one out of every 6,000 pregnancies.

SE Asia
(baby • brave • courage • facebook • mother • pregnancy • sad)

Blind Filipino girl Elsie stuns with her mature singing voice【Videos】

Krista Rogers
Sep 11, 2018

The young girl with a voice to rival legendary singers has perfected the art of singing in English–a language she doesn’t even speak.

SE Asia
(awesome • moving • music • Philippines • singing • touching • video)

Restaurant in Indonesia’s bizarrely translated Japanese menu commands customers to get stabbed

Casey Baseel
Sep 6, 2018

“A little” shanking is requested, but that’s not the only weird thing about the baffling bits of Japanese flavor text.

SE Asia
(crazy • food • funny • Indonesia • Japanese language • linguistics • restaurants • weird)

Terminally ill father accompanies bride down the aisle in tear-jerking Philippine wedding

Krista Rogers
Aug 27, 2018

Get ready to break out the tissues for some of the most bittersweet feels you’ve ever felt.

SE Asia
(cancer • fathers • Las Piñas • moving • Philippines • sad • touching • video • Wedding)

Random love: massively popular Hong Kong capsule vending machine dispenses dates for $2.55

Koh Ruide
Aug 26, 2018

Pop in a couple of coins and crank away for the date of your life.

SE Asia
(capsule • dating • funny • gachapon • Hong Kong • strange)

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