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Nepal partners with TikTok to boost tourism through digital storytelling

The collaboration aims to promote Nepal’s landscapes, culture, and adventure to a global audience, while empowering local creators to tell authentic stories.

  • Published: August 20, 20251:46 pm
  • Author Sangam Prasain
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Japan’s Imperial Household Agency begins posting about branches of Imperial family on Instagram

Previous posts primarily focused on the official duties of the Emperor and Empress.

  • Published: August 20, 202510:02 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Rural craft villages embrace livestreaming and AI in Hanoi

Elderly artisans are live streaming on Facebook, young mothers are building businesses, and local leaders are driving inclusive tech adoption that’s boosting rural incomes.

  • Published: August 18, 20259:48 am
  • Author Nguyen Ha and Ngo Cuong
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Thai users top Asia, rank 2nd globally for TikTok use; Southeast Asia platform’s largest ad-viewer base: report

The latest Digital 2025: July Statshot report of London-based media company We Are Social revealed that Southeast Asia accounts for nearly one-quarter of TikTok’s global…

  • Published: August 14, 20252:10 pm
  • Author The Nation
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Korean government officials dance to K-pop song to promote global summit

The lighthearted video was made to promote the 10th APEC Food Security Ministerial Meeting. The summit will bring together officials from 21 Asia-Pacific economies in Incheon this…

  • Published: August 7, 20259:50 am
  • Author Song Seung-hyun
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Singapore-made bot matchmakes strangers virtually – without profile photos

On amble, users start out completely anonymous to each other, and do not have any idea what the other person looks like.

  • Published: August 7, 20259:35 am
  • Author Rhea Jasmine
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No age limit for Vietnamese senior TikTokers

As their follower count grows, so does the message they share that ‘age is just a number and joy doesn’t retire.'

  • Published: August 4, 202510:58 am
  • Author Viet Nam News
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Love in the Time of Monsoon: A flooded Philippine church wedding

Barefoot bridesmaids, a resolute priest, and loved ones stood firm, turning what could have been a disaster into a striking display of love, faith, and resilience.

  • Published: July 23, 20259:33 am
  • Author Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Goodbye fraudsters? Dating app Coffee Meets Bagel rolls out identity verification for Singapore users

Users first authenticate themselves through Singpass. The one-time verification process involves the CMB app retrieving users’ NRIC number or Foreign Identification Number, date…

  • Published: July 10, 20251:20 pm
  • Author Lee Li Ying and Sarah Koh
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Elderly duo travel across Malaysia for cable car ride seen in clip – only to find out it was all AI

The fake cable car is depicted in a nearly three-minute-long AI-generated video in which a journalist from “TV Rakyat” appears to introduce the attraction and interview…

  • Published: July 7, 20259:38 am
  • Author Rhea Jasmine

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