Three major gyudon beef bowl chains slash price of popular dish to less than ¥400
In recent years, the price of gyudon has been rising due to factors such as the high cost of raw materials.
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American voters in Thailand cast presidential election ballots at embassy
The US embassy in Bangkok has communicated that US citizens living in Thailand can send their ballots to the embassy either via mail or in person at the embassy until the election…
New orchid hybrid in Singapore named after South Korean President Yoon, his wife
The orchid was named "Dendrobium Yoon Suk Yeol Kim Keon Hee" on the occasion of their visit to the Singapore Botanic Gardens on Tuesday.
July uprising: 2 young Bangladeshi doctors set up makeshift clinic, saved over 100 lives in 2 days
After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government, the students who had found refuge in the garage returned on August 6. They thanked the two doctors for standing by them when no…
India mourns Ratan Tata; tributes pour in from political and business leaders
Leaders from across the political and business spectrum paid their tributes to industrialist Ratan Tata, who passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 9, 2024.
Beijing issues first catering business license to multitask cooking robot
Unlike single-task robots, such as pancake-making machines, the embodied intelligence robots developed by EncoSmart Technology, a Beijing-based company, can cook different types…
New tour allows visually impaired to experience Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay through touch
The tour takes visually impaired visitors through the Supertree Grove and Flower Dome armed with a 2.5D tactile guidebook, which helps them feel the “shapes” of the various…
Indonesia’s SMEs Ministry wants Chinese e-commerce app Temu taken down
An interministerial meeting was aimed at halting Temu’s operations in the country, claiming it jeopardized the business of local SMEs.
Taking away phones during school hours not a human rights violation: South Korean watchdog
Majority of the commissioners of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea reportedly felt that teachers suffer when students disturb classes by taking pictures or video…
Mamak restaurant in Malaysia in hot water after viral video of worker cleaning pots with broom
It was reported that the restaurant has been ordered to close for two weeks by the Health Ministry after conducting a surprise inspection a day after the video went viral.