Compiled by C. ARUNO and ASHLEY TANG
JAY Chou (pic) caused a stir at a cafe in Japan recently when his appearance caused other customers to quickly leave the shop, reported Oriental Daily.
Not only did they fail to recognise the King of Mandopop, but he was also mistaken for a Yakuza boss.
Chou, 41, was dressed in a dark print shirt along with a beanie and sunglasses. The outfit is reportedly commonly worn by local gangsters and his appearance raised the alarm.
As he sat down and ordered drinks, other customers started to quickly settle their bills and leave, leaving Chou alone in the cafe.
He is reported to be on vacation in Japan before his concert tour starts in October.
> A Japanese social media influencer was assaulted after ignoring a man’s advances during her holiday in Seoul, reported China Press.
A video of MiyuRin being beaten up by a man went viral and sparked concerns over the safety of female travellers in South Korea.
The man was seen grabbing her hair, punching and kicking her even when she was on the ground.
MiyuRin, whose Twitter handle is @miyurindarukoro, posted on Aug 23 that the incident happened after she ignored the man who was trying to hit on her.
She wrote that the man became angrier as she and her friends walked away and that he began to follow them while hurling expletives at them.
The post received more than 211,200 likes and 133,900 retweets.
> A man in China came home looking like a “terracotta warrior” after being dragged through a mud-filled drain by his three dogs, the same daily reported.
Unable to fight the tugging force of the three dogs, the man ended up being dragged through the mud.
A 19-second video of the man returning home covered in mud went viral.
“(I) should not have taken all three out for a walk. I was careless and fell into the drain,” he later wrote.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
JAY Chou (pic) caused a stir at a cafe in Japan recently when his appearance caused other customers to quickly leave the shop, reported Oriental Daily.
Not only did they fail to recognise the King of Mandopop, but he was also mistaken for a Yakuza boss.
Chou, 41, was dressed in a dark print shirt along with a beanie and sunglasses. The outfit is reportedly commonly worn by local gangsters and his appearance raised the alarm.
As he sat down and ordered drinks, other customers started to quickly settle their bills and leave, leaving Chou alone in the cafe.
He is reported to be on vacation in Japan before his concert tour starts in October.
> A Japanese social media influencer was assaulted after ignoring a man’s advances during her holiday in Seoul, reported China Press.
A video of MiyuRin being beaten up by a man went viral and sparked concerns over the safety of female travellers in South Korea.
The man was seen grabbing her hair, punching and kicking her even when she was on the ground.
MiyuRin, whose Twitter handle is @miyurindarukoro, posted on Aug 23 that the incident happened after she ignored the man who was trying to hit on her.
She wrote that the man became angrier as she and her friends walked away and that he began to follow them while hurling expletives at them.
The post received more than 211,200 likes and 133,900 retweets.
> A man in China came home looking like a “terracotta warrior” after being dragged through a mud-filled drain by his three dogs, the same daily reported.
Unable to fight the tugging force of the three dogs, the man ended up being dragged through the mud.
A 19-second video of the man returning home covered in mud went viral.
“(I) should not have taken all three out for a walk. I was careless and fell into the drain,” he later wrote.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
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