Philippines Becomes Regional Star As Gloom Descends Around Asia

[Coss]

Standees   it's a phenomenon 

 

City dwellers of a certain residential complex in Manila can rest easy after the shadow of a creepy intruder lurking in a condo unit’s window turned out to be nothing more than a standee of Jin, a member of the ridiculously popular K-pop boyband BTS.

The standee owner, who goes by the handle @snowlight711 on TikTok, shared that she nearly gave neighbors a heart attack after they mistook the shadow of Jin’s standee as an intruder.

The BTS fan shared that her condo building’s administrative staff called her at 11:30pm because residents from the building opposite theirs reported that they were “very concerned and bothered” as they had been seeing a strange man peering from her window for days...

https://coconuts.co/manila/lifestyle/creepy-intruder-lurking-by-condo-window-turns-out-to-be-standee-of-bts-jin/?mc_cid=7a28c19210&mc_eid=503e28128a

 

[Mekong]

WTF is a Standee?
 

STANDEE          a person who stands, especially in a passenger vehicle when all the seats are occupied or at a performance or sporting event.

STANDEE (Standy) DISPLAY (AKA Cardboard Cutout)     a large, self-standing advertising display. Often used to promote movies, products or events, or increasingly for point-of-sale advertising. 
 

Does nobody use correct English anymore, Malapropism is alive and well.

[khunsanuk]

Hi,

>WTF is a Standee?

First question I had as well. Thanks for googling it for me

Sanuk!
 

 

[Coss]

Although our collective knowledge of the corruption in the Philippines and elsewhere, is banal - this LINK

shows it to be alive and well and worth another look ...

"... Testimonies in the House and Senate have revealed an entire system of plunder and corruption that has been facilitated by the very agencies that were responsible for budgeting, planning, implementing, monitoring and checking on the financial soundness of these infrastructures, ..."

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/19/asia/philippines-flood-control-marcos-corruption-dst-intl-hnk