TXT: K-pop’s next ‘idol’ sensation?

Image copyright Big Hit Entertainment Image caption TXT are only the second idol group to come from the agency that launched BTS in 2013 I was told that the next big thing in K-pop were nervous backstage before the showcase of their first studio album. No wonder. These teenagers may feel that they have a […]

India disability activist ‘told to remove trousers’ by airport security

Image copyright Courtesy: Kuhu Das Image caption Disability activists Kuhu Das (standing left) and Jeeja Ghosh (seated) said they felt “insulted and humiliated” at Kolkata airport Authorities at India’s Kolkata airport have apologised to two disability activists, one of whom says she was asked to remove her trousers. Polio survivor Kuhu Das was told to […]

Thai king strips consort of titles for ‘disloyalty’

Image copyright EPA Image caption Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi, pictured here piloting a fighter jet, was appointed the king’s royal consort in July Thailand’s King Vajiralongkorn has stripped his royal consort of her rank and titles for “misbehaviour and disloyalty against the monarch”. An official announcement said Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi had been “ambitious” and tried to “elevate herself […]

TXT: K-pop’s next ‘idol’ sensation?

Image copyright Big Hit Entertainment Image caption TXT are only the second idol group to come from the agency that launched BTS in 2013 I was told that the next big thing in K-pop were nervous backstage before the showcase of their first studio album. No wonder. These teenagers may feel that they have a […]

India disability activist ‘told to remove trousers’ by airport security

Image copyright Courtesy: Kuhu Das Image caption Disability activists Kuhu Das (standing left) and Jeeja Ghosh (seated) said they felt “insulted and humiliated” at Kolkata airport Authorities at India’s Kolkata airport have apologised to two disability activists, one of whom says she was asked to remove her trousers. Polio survivor Kuhu Das was told to […]

India disability activist ‘told to remove trousers’ by airport security

Image copyright Courtesy: Kuhu Das Image caption Disability activists Kuhu Das (standing left) and Jeeja Ghosh (seated) said they felt “insulted and humiliated” at Kolkata airport Authorities at India’s Kolkata airport have apologised to two disability activists, one of whom says she was asked to remove her trousers. Polio survivor Kuhu Das was told to […]

India disability activist ‘told to remove trousers’ by airport security

Image copyright Courtesy: Kuhu Das Image caption Disability activists Kuhu Das (standing left) and Jeeja Ghosh (seated) said they felt “insulted and humiliated” at Kolkata airport Authorities at India’s Kolkata airport have apologised to two disability activists, one of whom says she was asked to remove her trousers. Polio survivor Kuhu Das was told to […]

Thai king strips consort of titles for ‘disloyalty’

Image copyright EPA Image caption Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi, pictured here piloting a fighter jet, was appointed the king’s royal consort in July Thailand’s King Vajiralongkorn has stripped his royal consort of her rank and titles for “misbehaviour and disloyalty against the monarch”. An official announcement said Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi had been “ambitious” and tried to “elevate herself […]

India disability activist ‘told to remove trousers’ by airport security

Image copyright Courtesy: Kuhu Das Image caption Disability activists Kuhu Das (standing left) and Jeeja Ghosh (seated) said they felt “insulted and humiliated” at Kolkata airport Authorities at India’s Kolkata airport have apologised to two disability activists, one of whom says she was asked to remove her trousers. Polio survivor Kuhu Das was told to […]

Thai consort stripped of titles for disloyalty to crown

Image copyright EPA Image caption Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi, pictured here piloting a fighter jet, was appointed the king’s royal consort in July Thailand’s King Vajiralongkorn has stripped his royal consort of her rank and titles over disloyalty, just months after her high-profile appointment. An official announcement said Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi was “ambitious” and had “attempted to elevate […]

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