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Vietnamese airport cleaner returns lost $55K to traveler
Tran Thi Huong, a cleaner at Da Nang International Airport, discovered a bag containing $54,900 in cash while cleaning on Wednesday and prom...
Bryan Ke
Crime
Caught on tape: Filipino airport officer stuffs money stolen from passenger into her mouth
A report by airport authorities detailed that another officer handed a bottle of water to the female officer ...
Ryan General
China
‘Is Taiwan Not China?’: Lionel Messi encounters passport mix-up at Beijing airport
Lionel Messi was recently stopped from entering China ahead of a friendly Thursday match in Beijing due to a passport mishap. Key details: M...
Business
Singapore’s Changi Airport reclaims ‘World’s Best Airport’ title
Singapore’s Changi Airport has been named the “World’s Best Airport” for 2023. On Wednesday, U.K.-based air transport research firm Skytrax ...
Michelle De Pacina
News
Chilling Facebook Live video shows final moments inside Nepal plane before deadly crash
A Facebook Live video recorded by a passenger captured the final moments inside the Yeti Airlines flight before it crashed in Nepal. On Sund...
Singapore
Video: Family gives grandmother red-carpet treatment at Singapore airport reunion
A now-viral Facebook video shows a family who literally rolled out a red carpet for a senior relative at an airport. On Sunday, 8world News ...
Isa Peralta
Travel
‘KLIA Karen’ goes viral for berating airline staff in Kuala Lumpur
A short clip of a foreign tourist berating an airline staff member at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) has gone viral on TikTok. U...
Iris Jung
Social Media
‘Unacceptable’: TikToker gets slammed for complaining about Kuala Lumpur International Airport in viral video
TikTok users have slammed a Greek travel vlogger after he complained about Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). Andreas Tomazou upload...
‘They treated me like I was a f*cking terrorist’: Pewdiepie says his worst flight experience happened in Malaysia
Swedish YouTuber Pewdiepie recently revealed in a CinnamonToastKen video that his worst flight experience happened in Malaysia. The clip, wh...
Culture
Father welcomes son at the airport with Māori Haka in viral video
A father went viral for performing a Māori Haka to welcome his son at the airport. The video was shared on the subreddit r/MadeMeSmile in ...
Philippines
Woman filmed berating Philippines airport employee after her flight is cancelled due to typhoons
A video of a woman in the Philippines berating an airport employee after typhoons in the country caused numerous flights to be canceled went...
Chandler Treon
South Korea’s largest airport to get robots that deliver your food and drinks to your seat at gate
South Korean food delivery app Baemin announced on Friday that it will be launching a robot delivery service for Incheon International Airp...
Jane Nam
Malaysian Mom Sprays Son With Disinfectant at the Airport to Prevent Coronavirus
A Malaysian mother has gone viral on social media for dousing her son with disinfectant after arriving at an airport amid fears of the 2019 ...
Chrissy Teigen Reveals How Celebrities Fly Commercial Without Being Bothered
Celebrities are regularly spotted at airports, leaving their gates upon arrival or onboard a flight in the first-class cabin. However, they ...
Jin Hyun
Filipina Airline Passenger Wears Over 5 Pounds of Clothes to Avoid Baggage Fees
A Filipina passenger decided to wear at least 10 pieces of clothing just to avoid paying for extra baggage on a flight. Gel Rodriguez’s carr...
Hong Kong Airport Shut Down for 2nd Day as Police Ordered to Clear Protesters Out
Travelers hoping to leave Hong Kong remained stuck in the city as departure flights were canceled for a second consecutive day amid escalati...
Carl Samson
Angolan Family Stuck in South Korean Airport for 6 Months After Escaping Violence
A family of six from Angola has been stuck at the Incheon International Airport for six months while seeking refuge in South Korea over fear...
Asia
Passenger Demands Airport Staff Kneel to Apologize for Flight Delay Because of Bad Weather
A plane passenger in China is being condemned online after being caught on video demanding an airport employee to kneel and apologize for hi...
Hong Kong Airport Bans LGBT Ad, Quickly Changes Their Mind After Backlash
A Cathay Pacific ad featuring two men holding hands on a beach was banned from being displayed in Hong Kong’s airport and mass transit. Hong...
Khier Casino
Man Posts on Facebook About How He ‘Escaped’ The Philippines With 3 Arrest Warrants
A fugitive from the Philippines caused a stir on social media with a Facebook post detailing how he allegedly evaded airport authorities to ...
K-Pop Star Sprints at Full Speed in Airport to Get Away from Obsessed Fangirls
A video of K-Pop star Park Woo Jin trying to escape overly-obsessive fans known as sasaengs has sparked netizens’ concerns for the former Wa...
Edison Chen Attacks ‘Fan’ Filming Him at the Airport
Hong Kong-Canadian actor Edison Chen lost his cool at a “fan” who got too close for comfort at the airport. The incident occurred over the w...
Chinese-American Man Yells ‘Trump Save Me’ After Throwing Wife Off Stairs at Taiwan Airport
A Chinese American man was arrested for throwing his wife off a stairway at an airport in Taiwan, and witnesses reportedly overheard him yel...
Chinese Man Slaps Airport Employee With Phone After His Flight Gets Cancelled
A disgruntled Chinese traveler was demerited on his “social credit” standing after he was recently caught on camera slapping an airport work...
Thai Airport Security Sparks Outrage After Punching Chinese Tourist
An airport guard in Bangkok has alarmed the highest levels of Thai government after assaulting a Chinese tourist who refused to cooperate du...
American Woman Dragged From Korean Air Flight For Refusing to Sit in Her Economy Seat
An American woman was forcibly removed from a Korean Air flight as she yelled “NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT” after it was delayed for an hour a...
Racist Woman Tells Asian Man ‘Have a Nice Trip Back to China’ at SFO
An Asian man recorded what he said was a racist encounter with a woman while he and his children were checking in at the San Francisco Inter...
Uncategorized
Ninja Cat Named ‘Little Dork’ Finally Captured After Roaming JFK Airport for a Week
After escaping from her carrier a week ago in New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, Pepper, who also answers to her Mandarin name Dai Meng ...
Civil Rights
Heathrow Airport Under Fire For Allegedly Discriminating Against Chinese Travelers
London’s Heathrow Airport is being accused of discriminating against Chinese customers in a recent Twitter thread that has sent netize...
Heather Johnson Yu
American Tourist Goes on Feces-Throwing Rampage at Thai Airport After ‘Taking too Much Viagra’
Security officers were forced to restrain a tourist who strolled around completely naked at an airport in Thailand after reportedly taking t...
Zimbabwean Family Spends Christmas at Bangkok Airport After Being ‘Stranded’ for 3 Months
A family of four from Zimbabwe spent their holidays in the departure lounge of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, afte...
Greek Model Arrested for Smuggling $307,000 of Cocaine in Hong Kong
An unnamed female Greek model was recently arrested by Hong Kong authorities after custom officials discovered she was in possession of 2.6 ...
South Korea Denies Story of Chinese Tourists Being Held After Plastic Surgery Confusion
South Korea is reportedly denying a viral story of three Chinese women being barred from flying back to their home country because airport o...
Opinion
How an Abusive Woman Turned an Entire Crowd Against My Asian Husband for Defending Me
Editor’s Note: For reasons of privacy, the author of this story wishes to remain anonymous. It seems like every day, there’s a n...
Editorial Staff
Angry Chinese Woman Caught on Video Attacking Airport Employee Over Flight Delay
While it is understandable that flight delays can sometimes bring out the worst moods, one elderly woman in China simply took it a bit too f...
American Woman Arrested In Japan for Dumping 100 Bullets in Airport Trash
Local authorities in Japan have recently arrested an elderly American woman for dumping a pile of bullets in a trash bin at Tokyo’s Haneda A...
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