Compiled by GERARD GIMINO, R. ARAVINTHAN and JAROD LIM

       FANS of Lisa, from the female K-pop group Blackpink, are furious that her debut single album Lalisa earned only a second placing in South Korean music TV show Inkigayo despite dominating the international charts, Nanyang Siang Pau reported.

       The show had instead crowned South Korean singer Lee Mu-jin for his digital single Traffic Light, followed by Lisa’s Lalisa and South Korean K-pop group Aespa’s Next Level.

       During the show, Lee earned 5,636 points, beating Lisa who scored 4,973 point; Aespa scored 4,908 points.

       Lisa’s overseas fans took it out on Lee, saying Lisa is “the world’s number one singer”.

       Inkigayo is a music programme aired by the Seoul Broadcasting System that awards the best performing singles weekly.

       Lee, 21, rose to fame after claiming third spot in the music audition show Sing Again last year.

       > A man in China’s Guizhou province wanted to pull a prank on his colleague but ended up killing him, the Sin Chew Daily reported.

       Identified only as Chan, the man shot his workmate in the buttocks with a high pressure air gun at a car workshop in Qingzhen city.

       His colleague, Zhou, was then repairing a car at the workshop.

       However, the prank turned lethal when Zhou collapsed after being shot.

       The car repair shop owner rushed him to a nearby hospital where he died due to multiple organ injury.

       Chan pleaded guilty to his offence and was sentenced to three years in jail.

       He was also fined 60,000 yuan (RM38,845).

       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.