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K-pop idols detained in Bali for filming without permit
Several prominent K-pop idols, including Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon, have found themselves entangled in a legal issue while filming a reality TV show in Bali, Indonesia.
The cast and crew of the show, named ‘Pick Me Trip in Bali’, are reportedly facing detention after local authorities discovered they were filming without the necessary permits.
The cast comprises Hyoyeon, Apink’s Bomi, Secret Number’s Dita, and former I.O.I member Im Nayoung.
K-pop cast & crew allegedly filmed without permit in Bali
According to South Korean news outlet SPOTV, the group arrived in Bali for filming on 21 April with plans to depart by 25 April.
However, their departure was halted when authorities intervened, citing the absence of proper filming permits.
Approximately 30 members of the production team allegedly had their passports confiscated, leaving them stranded in Bali while investigations ensued.
At that time, they were expected to only be able to return to South Korea the following week.
Cause of detention unclear
While the exact cause of the detention remains unclear, speculation has arisen regarding visa issues.
An anonymous source with alleged links to the show suggested to SPOTV that the cast and crew may have failed to secure appropriate visas for their activities in Bali.
Despite efforts to ascertain more information, representatives of the detained individuals have expressed frustration over the lack of communication from the production team regarding the situation.
In light of the predicament, cast members who had prior commitments in South Korea now have to rearrange their schedules hastily.
KBS Joy releases response
Addressing the events, KBS Joy — the TV channel set to air the reality show — released a statement to South Korean media outlet Xportnews.
However, the statement neither confirmed nor denied the programme’s fate, stating that official broadcast arrangements were still under consideration. It also hinted at the channel’s lack of affiliation with the production company involved in the Bali filming.
As the investigation unfolded, fans and industry observers awaited developments regarding the fate of the K-pop stars and the reality show.
Cast released from investigations
On Saturday (27 April), K-pop website Koreaboo reported that local police had released the idol cast, including Hyoyeon and Bomi, after conducting investigations.
The cast have since returned to their accommodations and are awaiting the next step.
Koreaboo also cited News1, which reported that as of 27 April (Korean Standard Time, KST), most of the cast were preparing to return home. These excluded those with additional personal schedules.
Some of the members who headed home were due to arrive via Incheon Internation Airport on Saturday (27 April) morning.
In fact, a fan account on X has shared footage of Bomi in Korea.
Crew still detained
However, the crew—including the production director—remains under investigation for filming without prior permission.
They face around ₩100 million or S$98,875 in fines.
As to which part of the filming didn’t sit well with the authorities, is a question that remains a mystery for now.
https://mustsharenews.com/kpop-idols-detained-bali/
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A giant 3D printer, which is big enough to make a house, has been unveiled at the University of Maine.
The university says it has beaten its own record for the world's largest polymer 3D printer - with the new printer four times bigger than the previous machine.
The Factory of the Future 1.0 (FoF 1.0) can print objects 96ft (29m) long - approximately the length of a blue whale.
But experts say, despite the breakthrough, most of us will continue to live in homes made of bricks and mortar.
University of Maine
Large 3D printers, such as that unveiled in Maine, are more like to be used to make parts of houses rather than full homes, says Dr Eujin Pei, who is an expert in additive manufacturing at Brunel University.
He says they can be used for historical restoration, "not to print a house, but sometimes to print decorative parts, or sometimes to restore some parts."
They may become useful after natural disasters to manufacture parts of destroyed buildings, he told the BBC.
Maine University says it hopes the printer can be used to make affordable housing, as well as bridges, boats and wind turbines.
It can print up to 500lbs (227kg) of material per hour.
While 3D printers often print using plastic, the university hopes to include more sustainable materials and prioritise recycled polymers.
Maine is also home to large forests - and the hope is to use residual wood from sawmills as material to feed into the printer.
"The downside is that those kind of materials are not so durable," says Dr Pei.
Wood is "not so robust, but it's more environmentally friendly," he says.
The 3D printing process saves on time and waste by only using the materials needed, but there are still some environmental impacts.
"Sometimes the materials being used are not fully being able to be recycled because of contamination" in the production process, Dr Pei adds.
However, as products are designed on a computer first, their energy efficiency can be calculated beforehand - and they can be printed in a way which takes less time.
"There are definitely cost savings with respect to energy efficiency [and] resource efficiency," says Dr Pei.
The university's previous 3D printer made this home in 2022University of Maine
Partly funded by the US military, the giant printer in Maine uses "sensors, high-performance computing and artificial intelligence" to help manufacture large products, said Habib Dagher, who is head of the university's Advanced Structures and Composites Center.
FoF 1.0's record-breaking predecessor built a bungalow as a prototype, but the hope is to help solve Maine's housing shortage with the new FoF 1.0.
It also used wood as a material which was fed into the manufacturing process.
The university says the two printers can work together in manufacturing the same object too.
It has long been hoped that 3D printing will transform manufacturing, both large and small scale.
It has been used in a wide range of fields, from space rockets to human cells to puppets.
But it also has a dark side - with criminals using the technology to manufacture weapons.
Last year, in what was thought to be the first case of its kind in the UK, two men were jailed for making sub-machine guns using a 3D printer.
Later in 2023, a man in Birmingham was sentenced to five years in prison for making 3D-printed assault rifles.
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A wave of exceptionally hot weather has blasted the region over the past week, sending the mercury as high as 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) and forcing thousands of schools to tell students to stay home.
The Philippines announced on Sunday the suspension of in-person classes at all public schools for two days after a record-shattering day of heat in the capital Manila.
In Thailand, where at least 30 people have died of heatstroke so far this year, the meteorological department warned of "severe conditions" after temperatures in a northern province exceeded 44.1C (111.4F) on Saturday.
And in Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, India and Bangladesh, forecasters warned that temperatures could exceed 40C in the coming days as people endured searing heat and stifling humidity.
"I dare not go out in the daytime. I am worried we would get heatstroke," said a 39-year-old cashier in Myanmar’s Yangon who gave her name as San Yin.
She said she has been going to a park with her husband and four-year-old son at night to escape the heat of their fourth-floor apartment.
"This is the only spot we can stay to avoid the heat in our neighbourhood," she said.
Global temperatures hit record highs last year, and the United Nations weather and climate agency said Tuesday that Asia was warming at a particularly rapid pace.
Extensive scientific research has found climate change is causing heat waves to become longer, more frequent and more intense.
No relief
Myanmar has recorded temperatures that are 3-4C higher than the April average, its weather monitor said last week.
And on Sunday, the national forecaster predicted temperatures in the central city of Mandalay could rise to 43C.
The ministry of water and meteorology in Cambodia warned that temperatures could also hit 43C in some parts of the country in the week ahead, while the health ministry advised people to monitor their health "during hot weather related to climate change".
Temperatures in Vietnam were also forecast to remain high during a five-day national holiday, with forecasts as high as 41C in the north.
Forecasters there said it would remain intensely hot until the end of April, with cooler conditions expected in May.
India's weather department said Saturday that severe heatwave conditions would continue through the weekend in several states, with temperatures soaring to 44C in some locations.
"I have never experienced this heat before," Ananth Nadiger, a 37-year-old advertising professional, told AFP from Bengaluru.
"It's very unpleasant and it takes the energy out of you."
The world’s biggest democracy is in the middle of a six-week general election that saw millions of voters queue up in searing temperatures on Friday.
India's election commission said it had formed a task force to review the impact of heatwaves and humidity before each round of voting.
And in Bangladesh, millions of students returned to schools that had been closed due to extreme temperatures, even though its weather bureau said Sunday the heatwave would continue for at least the next three days.
"I went to the school with my 13-year-old daughter. She was happy her school was open. But I was tense," said Lucky Begum, whose daughter is enrolled at a state-run school in Dhaka.
"The heat is too much," she told AFP. "She already got heat rashes from sweating. I hope she does not get sick."
School closures
The suspension of in-person classes in the Philippines came after Manila witnessed its highest temperature ever recorded, with jeepney drivers also planning a nationwide strike on Monday and Tuesday.
The temperature in the capital hit a record 38.8C (101.8F) on Saturday, with the heat index reaching 45C, data from the state weather forecaster showed.
The heat index measures what a temperature feels like, taking into account humidity.
Many schools in the Philippines have no air-conditioning, leaving students to swelter in crowded, poorly ventilated classrooms.
The hot weather persisted on Sunday, with many flocking to air-conditioned shopping malls and swimming pools for relief.
"This is the hottest I've ever experienced here," said Nancy Bautista, 65, whose resort in Cavite province near Manila was fully booked.
"Many of our guests are friends and families. They swim in the pool to fight the heat."
March, April and May are typically the hottest and driest months of the year in the region but this year's conditions have been exacerbated by the El Nino weather phenomenon.
"All places in the country, not necessarily just Metro Manila, are expected to have hotter temperatures until the second week of May," Glaiza Escullar of the state weather forecaster told AFP.
Camiling municipality in Tarlac province, north of Manila, recorded a temperature of 40.3C (104.5F) on Saturday -- the highest in the Philippines this year.
As the mercury rose, Gerise Reyes, 31, planned to take her two-year-old daughter to a shopping mall near Manila.
"It's hot here at home. This is the hottest I've ever experienced, especially between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm," she said.
"We need a free aircon to cut our electricity bill."
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3 minutes ago, coffeenut said:
Cina really got these weird genres .. this one mianyangliaoli theme
Ya, think this vtuber started after mianyang, her style started to shift towards mianyang style after a while.
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10 minutes ago, ManOfTheHour said:
Not my fault look like mah.
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34 minutes ago, The_King said:
i guess that me
24 minutes ago, coffeenut said:You create a daily check-in service. Online.
If don't checkin everyday with face recognition, or finger recognition - then the service send out alert emails to mata/relatives/family/closest contact/neighbour
Might work out for ageing Sinkies
If you want, moi create a dead man's trigger online, you do a cover of this
and upload to the server, click on it everyday or it will send straight to every government email and media outlet after 2359.
I only scare you forget to do it one day and end up in changi chalet. Though that will solve the problem too.
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2 minutes ago, noobmaster said:
I will nu-nu-nu that ranger whole
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