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Local news outlets have reported that the value of one of actress Song Hye Kyo’s properties has appreciated by 6 billion won (US$4.5 million) since its purchase in 2021. According to Znews, South Korean newspaper News1 cited Building Road Real Estate property developer, disclosing that Song acquired a building in the luxurious Hannam the Hill apartment complex in Seoul for 19.5 billion won in 2021. The property, encompassing a land area of over 494 square meters, is now assessed at 25.5 billion won, boosting the actress’ real estate assets within a few years. Reports indicate that the 1989-constructed building owned by Song underwent multiple renovations and was completely...

A Chinese man with cerebral palsy has inspired many by chasing his dreams with perseverance, becoming a primary school student at 16 and then entering medical school at 25. Now 37, Li Chuangye, from central China’s Henan province, has opened a small clinic in Yunnan province in southwestern China, fulfilling his dream of becoming a doctor. Li contracted cerebral palsy at the age of one. Unfortunately, due to a lack of timely treatment, he had to walk with a squat gait for his entire life. Li’s parents exhausted the family’s savings on his treatments. After a failed surgery at the age of nine, Li decided he did not want to burden his family any more and sought out a man...

From sky-high prices to rooms with barely enough space to breathe in, the rental market can be absolutely brutal. But how would you feel about moving into a cupboard under the stairs – much like Harry Potter – for less than £200 per month? This isn’t a theoretical scenario: it’s an actual CraigsList listing in San Jose, California, where the current tenant is looking for the company of a ‘nice nerdy gamer’ to live under his stairs for £192 ($250). Minecraft stans, assemble. Measuring just 3ft by 10ft, the advertised area is currently without a door. However, the listing says the nook ‘can be blocked off with some jury-rigging’...

Actor Hyun Bin has put up the luxury penthouse he purchased in 2020 for sale. The penthouse, located in the Achiul neighborhood of Guri, Gyeonggi province, was purchased in 2020 at 4.8 billion KRW (~ $3.5 million USD). It's believed that the penthouse served as the honeymoon home of Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin for the last 2 years. It has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, a rooftop garden, and is 330㎡. Now, 4 years after its purchase, Hyun Bin has put up the penthouse for sale at 7 billion KRW (~ $5.1 million USD). If the penthouse sells at the requested price, Hyun Bin will make 2.2 billion KRW. Meanwhile, the top star couple Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin married in March of 2022. The couple...

An off-grid upstate New York sanctuary built over two decades by the installation artist Matt Bua was put on the market this month, Gothamist and Artnet reported. For just $269,000, buyers can obtain nearly 27 acres of woodlands dressed with more than 30 DIY structures made of upcycled scrap materials. Located in a hollow near the town of Catskill, the sculpture park is an amalgamation of creations made by Bua and friends. The repurposed city consists of bizarre, fairy-tale-like structures, including a tower lined with LP shingles, a bear made out of weaved barbed wire, a tudor-style church and a bunker made out of dirt-filled bags. Bua told The Post in 2023 that he found the plot of...

Speculation has been rife about turbulence in the marriage of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who have been together since 2007. Amid the ongoing buzz, many old interviews and clips of the Bachchan family have gone viral on the internet. One such clip featured Amitabh’s statement from an interview in 2011.In the conversation, Big B spoke about his decision to distribute his assets equally between his two children—Abhishek and Shweta Bachchan Nanda. As a result, Abhishek’s wife, Aishwarya, would also hold equal rights over his inheritance. Amitabh’s 2024 net worth was reportedly Rs 1,600 crore. During the 2011 interview with Rediff, the veteran...

Many people struggle to hike using their legs, but one Chinese man has become famous for climbing his country’s most popular mountains on his hands. 38-year-old Sun Guo Shan only started practicing handstand climbing in May of 2023, but last year he embarked on a monumental challenge – to climb the 50 most popular mountains in China by Spring 2025. Sun Guo Shan began his unusual challenge in May 2024, but he only went viral in November 2024, when a clip of him tackling Haibat – the highest peak of Wudang Mountain at 1,612 meters – using his hands went viral.     (Sun Guo Shan (pictured, right), 38, started practicing 'handstand climbing' in May 2023...

Unable to pay their landlord S$6,800 in rental fees, a Singaporean family reportedly simply up and left their rented apartment in Yishun instead. Speaking to Shin Min Daily News, the landlord said his tenants had signed a two-year lease for the two-bedroom condominium unit in December 2023. At first, the family dutifully paid their monthly rent of S$4,300. But their punctual rent payments soon went down the drain. Trouble with rentAfter three months of living in the apartment, the family apparently started feeling the pinch of the rental price. They would pay the landlord different amounts each month. Each time their payment fell short, they would come up with various excuses,...

The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) has crowned Argentine superstar Lionel Messi as the best player in football history while placing Cristiano Ronaldo in the top five on the list. The recently released list put Messi at the top, followed by legends Pele and Diego Maradona above Ronaldo. Johan Cruyff rounds out the top five. The next five positions are held by Ronaldo Nazario, Zinedine Zidane, Franz Beckenbauer, Alfredo Di Stefano and Ronaldinho. Lionel Messi, one of the most decorated football players worldwide, made a surprising move to Major League Soccer's (MLS) Inter Miami CF, co-owned by David Beckham, earlier this year. He...

In a peculiar turn of events that has both amused and alarmed social media users, a seemingly harmless mosquito turned out to be the unlikely cause behind the destruction of a high-end smart TV worth several lakhs. (The man destroyed his high-end TV swatting a mosquito with a badminton racket. (Source: Instagram/@bhala_studios) The incident unfolded in the living room of a young man’s home, where his son was peacefully watching cartoons. As the child remained engrossed in his favourite show, a mosquito buzzed into the room and landed squarely on the television screen. Irritated by its presence and lacking any mosquito repellent at hand, the father decided to take matters into...