Singapore is the happiest country in Asia according to the 2024 World Happiness Report. Matthew Ng | E+ | Getty Images Singapore is the happiest country in Asia for the second year in a row, according to the 2024 World Happiness Report released Wednesday. The city-state ranked 30 out of the 143 places surveyed for … Read more
For the first time in about a decade, the number of marriages in South Korea last year increased from the previous year, according to data revealed by the country’s statistics office on Tuesday. The same thing occurred in China, according to data released earlier this month by the country’s civil affairs ministry. The upticks were … Read more
2024 is set up to be the biggest global election year in history. It coincides with the rapid rise in deepfakes. In APAC alone, there was a surge in deepfakes by 1530% from 2022 to 2023, according to a Sumsub report. Fotografielink | Istock | Getty Images Ahead of the Indonesian elections on Feb. 14, … Read more
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk, began at sunrise Tuesday in much of Asia, a day after many Muslims in the Middle East began their fasts. In the Muslim lunar calendar, months begin only when the new moon is sighted, which can lead to … Read more
We’re starting the week strong here at TMZ, and that always kicks with fire TV segments! TMZ Live Play video content TMZ.com Let’s begin on “TMZ Live,” where Charles and Babcock talked about a brewing international incident out in Southeast Asia — where Taylor Swift is currently performing in Singapore for a string of 6 … Read more
Until the 1970s, women in the most prosperous Asian economies like South Korea, Japan, and China were having more than five children on average. Today, that trend is starkly different. For the sixth consecutive year, South Korea has recorded the world’s lowest fertility rate. In the latest figures released by the government on Feb. 28, … Read more
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is touring Asia countries this week, said in a meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday that Meta wants to beef up its cooperation with Samsung Electronics for AI chips to offset geopolitical risk issue in Taiwan, where TSMC, the world’s biggest contract chip manufacturer, is headquartered. … Read more
Gilas Pilipinas begins its bid to qualify for the Fiba Asia Cup 2025 as the first window of competition kicks off on February 22. The national team looks to give coach Tim Cone a winning start in the Fiba Asia Cup qualifiers in a road game against Hong Kong before Gilas Pilipinas hosts Chinese Taipei … Read more
As conflicts rage in Ukraine and the Middle East, countries around the world are spending more on their militaries. In 2023, total global defense expenditure reached $2.2 trillion, a 9% increase from the previous year, a new report from the think tank International Institute for Strategic Studies revealed on Tuesday. The major drivers of this … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Governments across East Asia — from China and Taiwan to Japan and South Korea — have been trying to convince women to have more babies. It’s getting existential: China is fast running out of the workers needed to power its manufacturing-focused economy and is forecast to lose as many as 200 million … Read more