by Tomohiro Osaki TOKYO, JAPAN — The former president of a major Japanese advertising firm pleaded guilty Friday to bribing an Olympics official to secure a...
BANGKOK, THAILAND — Thailand’s economy expanded by 2.6 per cent last year on the back of a tourism recovery and strong consumer confidence but an export...
TURKEY — The 68-member Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) team that had been providing aid in Turkey since 8 February, is preparing to depart later today...
SINGAPORE — Singaporeans lost a total of $660.7 million to scams in 2022, an increase from $632 million in 2021, the police have reported. This brings...
SINGAPORE — Singapore-based fashion technology start-up Zilingo has faced enforcement action from the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) for not filing its annual returns for...
On Monday (13 Feb), Singapore online magazine Goody Feed published an article raising the question of whether a Singaporean family can survive on a monthly household...
KENDAL, INDONESIA — A video of a police officer damaging his own car in a fit of rage has gone viral on social media. The officer...
NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND — A New Zealand mum has recounted the heartbreak of watching her two-year-old daughter being swept away in floodwaters unleashed by Cyclone Gabrielle,...
BEIJING, CHINA — France has dropped Covid testing restrictions imposed on travellers from China, the French embassy in Beijing said. Since January, visitors aged 11 and...
JAKARTA. INDONESIA — Dozens of individuals from the Executive Board of the Indonesian Young Activity Community held a demonstration on Wednesday (15 Feb) in front of...
A scientist from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has developed a new ultra-thin material made from recycled fruit waste that has exceptional light-to-heat conversion efficiency and...
Many women have painful periods, but only a handful of countries, most of them in Asia, allow them to take time off work to recover. That’s...
Cambodia is one of the countries that have seen a rapid decline in civic freedoms, according to the CIVICUS Monitor, an online platform that tracks the...
Paraguay’s outgoing leader hailed Taiwan as a “beacon of democracy” Thursday, ahead of a presidential vote that could see his country cutting ties with the island....
SINGAPORE — A heartwarming story of kindness emerged from a recent Facebook post, which stands in stark contrast to a recent post made by former Nominated...