Compiled by JAROD LIM, BENJAMIN LEE and R. ARAVINTHAN
AGENCIES for South Korean actor Song Joong Ki and actress Kim Tae-Ri denied they are in a romantic relationship, Oriental Daily reported.
A photo of a man and woman, who resemble the couple from the back, on a date in Paris, France, had gone viral online and fuelled fan speculation that the Space Sweepers co-stars were dating.
Song’s agency HighZium Studio and Kim’s agency Management mmm said “the dating rumours are baseless”.
It was not the first time that both Song and Kim have been rumoured to be seeing each other.
Although the two companies denied the stars’ romantic involvement, many fans still hope both they would get together.
> Three luxury cars were stolen in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur in one night, Sin Chew Daily reported.
The owner of a Nissan GTR Prestige went on Instagram to say that his car was stolen along with a Mercedes E-class and a Toyota Land Cruiser.
“My car was originally kept in a workshop but was moved to a nearby parking lot by the workshop technician the day before the incident because he wanted to wash the car.
“According to the workshop’s CCTV, the cars were stolen by four thieves at 5.50am on Oct 30. I spent RM23,060 to repair the car,” he said.
The car owner has lodged a report at the Damansara police station.
Brickfields district police chief Asst Comm Amihizam Abdul Shukor said the stolen cars were estimated to be worth RM940,000.
> A man who went camping at the outskirts of ZhengZhou in Henan, China, could not return home as the city had implemented a lockdown due to a Covid-19 outbreak.
Sin Chew Daily reported that the man was trapped at his camping grounds for about two weeks as he could not enter the city due to the lockdown.
His plight came to light when the man shared a video of him setting up a tent and surviving on the limited amount of food he had with him.
According to the video, he braised noodles and fried eggs and gathered resources from his surroundings, such as firewood to make a fire.
The man said the most difficult part was the harsh weather.
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.