Current Affairs
Is it wrong to show Taiwan army officers a film about KMT forces fighting Japan in WWII?
A Taiwanese army officer has been punished for screening The Eight Hundred, a mainland Chinese war film depicting Kuomintang (KMT) forces fighting Japanese troops during…
North Korea’s executions for watching K-dramas, foreign content surge during Covid-19: report
When people were told to stay home during the Covid-19 pandemic, watching K-dramas became a solace for fans of South Korea’s best-known export around the…
BYD, China’s EV king, posts a 55% slump in first-quarter profit
BYD’s first-quarter net profit matched market estimates as China’s electric vehicle (EV) king partly offset weakness in its domestic market with rising exports.
The mainland’s largest…
Ukrainian drone attack on Russian oil refinery causes major fire, officials say
A Ukrainian drone attack has caused a “large-scale fire” at Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery on the Black Sea, forcing the evacuation of nearby buildings, local…
Homeowner at Redhill Peninsula fined nearly HK$1 million for illegal structures
A Hong Kong court has fined the owner of a luxury home at Redhill Peninsula nearly HK$1 million (US$173,938), the harshest penalty to date for…

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