Indonesian Crop Circles: Was A UFO Responsible?

Human experience sometimes crashes into the dynamic cosmos of the unknown and the unexplained, casting doubts but leaving little in the way of explanation. Such is the case with this crop circle th…

Indonesian Tax Man: New Charges and New Trial Over Bogus Passport

Gayus Tambunan, aged 32, has achieved a level of notoriety in Jakarta as the “tax man.” Convicted in January for bribery and abuse of power and supposedly in detention in Jakarta awaiting sentenci…

Bags Of Cobras Cause Panic on Vietnamese Train

Straight out of the plot of a bad horror movie comes this true tale of a recent skirmish between train passengers in Hanoi and venomous king cobras lying in see-through bags under one of the seats. Th…

Illegal Immigrants Crash New York City Onboard Luxury Liner

We all know that the Statue of Liberty is a lady who welcomes all who pass by her gleaming grace, but even Lady Liberty might have given a stone double take if she had seen the nine Chinese immigrants…

Indonesian Shame: Parliament Member Caught Watching Porn

In an ironic twist of fate, after an Indonesian member of parliament helped to pass one of the strictest anti-porn laws in the nation, a photographer captured an image of him watching pornography on a…

The Magnum Café: Luxury Ice Cream For Indonesia

Jakarta is a city of dynamic change and burgeoning growth particularly among the rapidly growing middle classes. There is much competition in all things, whether it is watching the latest Hollywood fl…

The World’s Hairiest Girl: Popularity at A Price

The Guinness Book of Records has dubbed an eleven-year-old girl from Thailand with the dubious honor of being the “World's Hairiest Girl.” Supatra Sasuphan has lived a life of isolation and…

Thai Woman Attempts to Smuggle Tiger Cub Through Airport Security

People often try to smuggle rather odd objects across borders: drugs, exorbitant amounts of money, and in the case of one Thai woman, a live tiger cub. How she planned on getting the tiger cub …

Battle For World’s Shortest Man Title Heats Up

Almost exactly a year ago, we brought you the story of Khagendra Thapa Magar, a then 17-year-old Nepalese boy slated to take over as the world’s shortest man. Upon turning 18, Khagendra, who is only…

Samsung Washing Machine: Time for Laundry or Zen?

Samsung, in its never-ending quest to go beyond utility and captivate consumers with sleek looks and sophisticated technology, has created the concept of the Eco Bubble. This procedure, in which the d…

Malaysian Woman And Soup Ladle Saves Husband From Tiger Attack

We have all heard that old expression about being “saved by the bell,” but how many of us can claim to have been saved by an angry woman and a soup ladle? Such is the weird tale of a Malaysian …

Thailand Air Line Hires Transsexual Flight Attendants

In Thailand today there is a growing tolerance for a group of citizens who by some standards may be considered a little different from others. Ladyboys is the current moniker for transsexuals, and eve…

Beautiful Weather + Beautiful Girls = Friggen Beautiful!

In 2010 we introduced you to Japan's Bijin Tokei Hot Girls Clock and China's bra-removing contest, but now it's time for Taiwan's 2011 Bunny Wonderland Weather Girls Forecast. Hosted on NextTV,…

Singapore Launches Toilet Manners Campaign

A civic group in Singapore has launched the LOO Campaign (Lets Observe Ourselves) and is striving through public awareness to make 70% of the city’s 30,000 public restrooms at least “three-star”…