Chinese TV star Yang Mi and Hong Kong actor Hawick Lau divorce just weeks away from their fifth
Yang, 32, and Lau, 44, have a four-year-old daughter, whom they nicknamed Xiao Nuo Mi or “Little Glutinous Rice”.
The statement read: “Although the two may no longer be living together as husband and wife, they will act as family members from now on to care for and raise their child. As friends, they also sincerely wish each other the best for the future.”
Yang and Lau met when filming TV drama Ru Yi in 2011, and revealed their relationship on Weibo the following year.
Park Bo Gum, Suzy and Shin Dong Yup to reunite for hosting 60th Baeksang Arts Awards marking 6th con
Park Bo Gum, Suzy, and Shin Dong Yup are set to reunite as hosts for the 60th Baeksang Arts Awards, marking their sixth consecutive year hosting the event. The Baeksang Arts Awards recognize excellence in film, television, and theater in South Korea and are widely regarded as one of the most prestigious entertainment awards in the country.
Park Bo Gum, Suzy, and Shin Dong Yup to host 60th Baeksang Arts Awards On April 15, it was officially confirmed that Park Bo Gum, Suzy, and Shin Dong Yup will indeed be hosting the 60th Baeksang Arts Awards.
Park Bo Young, Ju Ji Hoon, Lee Jung Eun, Bae Seong Woo, more confirmed for fantasy drama Light Shop
An adaptation of Kang Full's popular webtoon, Light Shop, has revealed its confirmed cast, featuring Park Bo Young, Ju Ji Hoon, Lee Jung Eun, Bae Seong Woo, and more. Kang Full, known for his storytelling prowess, had previously enchanted audiences with his fantasy superhero drama, Moving, which gained global acclaim and garnered high demand for a second season.
Light Shop’s confirmed cast Light Shop will feature Ju Ji Hoon (known for Kingdom and The Spy Gone North) as Jung Won Young, the proprietor of the light shop; Park Bo Young (from Strong Girl Do Bong Soon and Oh My Ghost) as Kwon Youngji, a nurse with an unusual connection to her patients;Bae Seong Woo (seen in Veteran and The King) as police officer Yang Sung Sik; andLee Jung Eun (renowned for her role in Parasite) as Jung Yuhee, a distressed mother.
Remorseless Chicago gang hitman sentenced to life in prison by US court
A federal judge sentenced a hitman for a Chicago street gang to life in prison on Friday in one of the city’s largest gang cases in years.
US District Judge John Tharp noted that 37-year-old Paris Poe killed two government witnesses planning to testify against the Hobos gang. The judge said Poe stood over one of the witnesses as he shot him more than 20 times, as the man’s two small stepchildren screamed nearby.
Shell shocked: Chinese woman stunned by translucent 20-year-old boiled egg that time forgot which tu
A carefully kept, two-decades-old boiled chicken egg which over time has turned into a “ruby” has amazed Chinese social media.
The keeper of the 20-year-old egg, surnamed Fu, shared her precious fossil on social media platform Douban and it soon attracted the attention of curious online observers, with one nicknaming it “the pharaoh egg”.
Translucent, it is of the size of a pistachio nut and feels like a hard plastic ball.
Former Bridgewater, UBS analyst who called Chinese bank turmoil says US$2.9 trillion trust industry
The analyst who predicted the troubles that cascaded through China’s regional banks four years ago now has similar warning for the nation’s US$2.9 trillion trust industry.
Many of these firms are “deeply distressed, potentially with their capital solvency at risk”, said Jason Bedford, a former analyst with Bridgewater Associates and UBS Group.
Bedford made his name by issuing early warnings about troubles roiling China’s smaller banks after combing through nearly 250 financial statements.
Las Vegas university gunman Anthony Polito described as struggling academic with target list
The gunman who killed three professors and wounded one at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was a financially struggling academic whose job applications were rejected by several higher-education institutions in Nevada, police said on Thursday.Anthony Polito, 67, also had mailed nearly two dozen suspicious letters to faculty at universities across the country and had prepared a “target list” of people at both UNLV and a North Carolina university where he once worked, police said.
Opinion | Why visitors to Indonesia should avoid using their left hand it may cause offence
When shaking hands, offering a gift, giving or receiving something, eating, pointing or touching someone, among other things, it is considered proper etiquette to only use the right hand. Using the left hand can be seen as impolite and offensive.
These days, when we are hanging out in Jakarta, my girlfriend often stares at my hands. She taps my left hand if I lift it up. “Right hand!” she says. And, doing my very best, I try to remind myself to only use my right hand.
The Philippines is ours, China out: Filipino activists slam Sino-US rivalry in countrys mar
Tuesday’s rally, which took place in Metro Manila’s financial district of Makati City, was held to coincide with the Day of Valour, which commemorates the day when the provinces of Bataan and Corregidor fell to Japanese invaders 82 years ago.
The protest was organised by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance), an alliance of left-wing Philippine groups.
Policemen with riot shields, truncheons and walkie-talkies parked vehicles on one lane of the avenue to prevent activists from gathering in front of the Chinese consulate and tried to turn them away, saying they lacked a permit to rally.
Time is running out for mother desperate to hug Chinese-Israeli hostage in Gaza
Argamani’s mother, Liora, was born Chong Hong Lee in Wuhan, Hubei province, in central China. She met her husband Yaakov in Israel, while attending a professional training programme in 1994 and no longer holds Chinese citizenship.
Rallying the Chinese-Israeli community to gather regularly has not been easy, according to Taili He-Brenners, a 27-year-old Chinese-Israeli who answered a call to action on a group chat to demonstrate in support of Argamani and her family.