Asia News Network

December 15, 2025
We are closed for today, October 20. We'll be back tomorrow. Happy Diwali!

MenuMenu

  • Home
  • Around Asia
    • Afghanistan
    • Bangladesh
    • Bhutan
    • Brunei
    • Cambodia
    • Chinese Mainland
    • Taiwan
    • Hong Kong
    • India
    • Indonesia
    • Laos
    • Japan
    • Malaysia
    • Mongolia
    • Myanmar
    • Nepal
    • Pakistan
    • Philippines
    • South Korea
    • North Korea
    • Singapore
    • Sri Lanka
    • Thailand
    • Vietnam
  • Geopolitics
  • In–Depth
    • Inside Pacific Islands
    • Celebrating the K-wave
    • The meteoric rise of Chatbots,
      and the lurking risks
  • Business
    • Technology
    • Economic Affairs
    • Corporate Buzz
    • Big Picture
    • Policy matters
    • Agriculture
    • Transportation
    • Energy
    • Markets
    • Gaming
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
    • Sport & Games
    • Work & Life
    • Social Media
    • Culture
    • Entertainment & Arts
    • Asian Flavours
    • Books
    • Travel & Tourism
    • Nature
  • About us
  1. Home
  2. Lifestyle
3670411.webp
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel & Tourism

Take a walk down memory lane with the new pocket guide to Kuala Lumpur’s Sentul Heritage Walk

Released earlier this month, the digital pocket guide was created by volunteers from Sentul Then And Now (STAN), a collective of residents and enthusiasts of Sentul, and is freely…

  • Published: December 15, 202512:02 pm
  • Author Hanis Maketab
471319_5348700604649622_IMG_1337.jpg
  • Asian flavours
  • Lifestyle

Pho Day Festival brings regional flavours to Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh

The event marks the opening of the Phở Day Festival 2025, held under the theme “Elevating Vietnamese rice, spreading to the five continents,” and has attracted large numbers…

  • Published: December 15, 202511:56 am
  • Author Viet Nam News
news-p.v1.20251214.182ea5030129453da12511accdbc413e_P1.jpg
  • BOOKS
  • Lifestyle

What book titles reveal about Korea in 2025

AI dominates publishing keywords.

  • Published: December 15, 202511:50 am
  • Author Park Ga-young
Mazel-Paris-Alegado-15december2025-768x432-1.jpg
  • Home Page
  • Lifestyle
  • + 1 more
    • Sports & Games

TikTok, dancing, and SEA Games gold—all in a day’s work for Filipino 11-year-old skateboarder

Mazel Paris-Alegado ruled the women’s park category of skateboarding in the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok at SAT Extreme Sports Park late Saturday, earning the…

  • Published: December 15, 20259:55 am
  • Author Jonas Terrado
AFP__20251213__87ZC73J__v2__MidRes__IndiaFootballMessi.jpg
  • Around Asia
  • Daily Digest
  • + 5 more
    • Home Page
    • India
    • Lifestyle
    • SOCIETY
    • Sports & Games

Football superstar Messi’s GOAT India Tour 2025 chaos: Organiser Satadru Dutta sent to 14-day police custody

During the highly-anticipated event at Salt Lake Stadium, fans turned violent and threw bottles and chairs after the Argentine legend left early.

  • Published: December 15, 20259:52 am
  • Author The Statesman
337298-09122025-1765240908-1849087547-chuluujsan.jpg
  • Around Asia
  • Culture
  • + 4 more
    • Daily Digest
    • Home Page
    • Lifestyle
    • SOCIETY

Stolen dinosaur fossils returned to Mongolia from France

The official handover ceremony took place on December 11, 2025, in Paris. The transfer follows a confirmed investigation by French authorities, which established that the fossils…

  • Published: December 15, 20259:51 am
  • Author E. Oyun-Erdene
3671600.webp
  • Culture
  • Home Page
  • + 2 more
    • Lifestyle
    • Spotlight on Asia

‘Shui’ (tax) voted Malaysia’s Character of the Year

Han Culture Centre Malaysia president Datuk Goh Hin San said the character was chosen because tax issues affect every level of society, from households and businesses to the…

  • Published: December 15, 20259:24 am
  • Author Khoo Gek San
ニタマ1.jpg
  • Home Page
  • Lifestyle
  • + 2 more
    • Spotlight on Asia
    • Work and Life

Funeral held in Japan for cat stationmaster Nitama, with 500 fans in attendance

The railway company appointed the cat “Honorary Special Stationmaster” to commemorate her service to the line.

  • Published: December 15, 20259:23 am
  • Author Kazufumi Murakami
AFP__20240510__1981319863__v2__MidRes__WildlyPopularStanleyCupsGoViralAgainThisTimeF.jpg
  • Around Asia
  • Big Picture
  • + 9 more
    • BUSINESS
    • Home Page
    • INDONESIA
    • Lifestyle
    • SOCIETY
    • TOP NEWS
    • Top News
    • Top Row
    • Work and Life

Tote-and-tumbler trap: Indonesia’s new cycle of “green” overconsumption

Items once promoted to reduce waste are now collected, displayed and replaced at a pace that mirrors the very overconsumption they were meant to counter.

  • Published: December 15, 20258:50 am
  • Author Maudey Khalisha
news-p.v1.20251214.df953e90ffc94b01b74cb42d8cf84df3_P1.jpg
  • EAST ASIA
  • EAST ASTA - Main
  • + 7 more
    • Entertainment & the arts
    • GEOPOLITICS
    • Home Page
    • Lifestyle
    • Today Highlights
    • Top News
    • Top Row

China-Japan tensions ripple into K-pop, as Japanese members sidelined from events in China

In recent weeks, multiple concerts and fan events featuring Japanese artists or multinational K-pop groups with Japanese members have been canceled in China.

  • Published: December 15, 20258:45 am
  • Author Lee Jung-joo

Posts pagination

Page 1 Page 2 … Page 780 Next page

SPECIAL REPORTS

Double-click to read

Sign up ANN Newsletter

Follow Us

Copyright © 2018 - 2024 Asia News Network. All rights reserved.
scroll to top