SINGAPORE — The increase in the contribution ceiling for Central Provident Fund (CPF) was announced in Singapore’s Budget 2023 as a measure to help middle-income employees...
by Jalees Andarbi Independent Indian journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta is being sued by tycoon Gautam Adani’s business empire in six different courts — and he is...
OSAKA, JAPAN — Kuma no Te Cafe is a pop-up cafe in Osaka, Japan, that provides employment opportunities and support for people who have faced mental...
CHINA —China’s banking and insurance regulator, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC), has issued administrative penalties against five financial institutions, including Bank of China,...
India’s foreign minister on Saturday hit out at “scaremongering” critics who claim the country’s democracy is being corroded, singling out billionaire George Soros — a popular...
by Augustine Low The recent call by “expert” observers to Singaporeans to step out of our comfort zone and venture overseas for work has understandably struck...
It was reported on TOC that Singaporean economist and academic, Mr Li Shengwu, 38, has been awarded the prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship for 2023. Shengwu, who is...
MALAYSIA — An opposition member of parliament in Malaysia has alluded that consuming low-quality food could risk people being exposed to illnesses, such as cancer and...
BEIJING, CHINA — China’s financial sector was jolted Friday by reports that Bao Fan, the billionaire chairman of investment bank China Renaissance, had gone missing. No...
HANOI, VIETNAM — Vietnamese police have discovered around 2,000 dead cats intended for use in traditional medicine, state media said Friday. The bodies of the felines...
MALAYSIA – The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) has welcomed the government’s decision to place children held in immigration depots under the care of non-governmental...
SINGAPORE — The Singapore Budget 2023 was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong on 14 February, with media such as the state-funded...
ISTANBUL, TURKEY — Five Syrian children and their parents died on Friday in a fire that struck a Turkish home they moved to after surviving last...
by Maryke Vermaak, with Aishwarya Kumar in Bengaluru NEW DELHI, INDIA — Just weeks after the BBC aired a documentary examining Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...
SINGAPORE — Former senior executives of offshore structure builder Keppel Fels, Wong Kok Seng and Tan Seng Cheh, have been fined after being charged with corruption...