SINGAPORE — Member of Parliament Jamus Lim in a recent update of his regular walkabouts in Seng Kang GRC, shared an account of a family noting...
by Matthew Walsh TANGSHAN, CHINA — Understaffed and underfunded clinics stand half-empty in parts of the Chinese countryside even as hospitals in major cities heave under...
SINGAPORE — Members of Parliament have filed questions about the Manpower for Strategic Economic Priorities (M-SEP) scheme in the upcoming Parliament sitting on 9 January next...
BEIJING, CHINA — The publicised deaths of celebrities in China raise questions about China’s transparency in informing about deaths due to COVID-19. In December, a 40-year-old...
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Indonesia is relocating its capital city from Jakarta to a site more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) away in the rainforests of Borneo...
SINGAPORE — A 26-year-old Singaporean has made his way around the world, but not in the fashion of the adventure novel, “Around the World in Eighty...
Ng Ser Miang, a board member of the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC), has been found guilty of failing to act with integrity as a former...
by Marchio Gorbiano with Dessy Sagita in Jakarta JAKARTA, INDONESIA — The twisting road that leads to Indonesia’s future capital is lined with dense rainforest and...
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES — TikTok faces an uncertain year ahead in the United States as anti-China Republicans take greater control in Congress demanding tighter scrutiny...
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — 137 out of 194 imported cases reported on Thursday (5 Jan) in South Korea are from China for a short-term visit or...
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — Sweden’s government announced Thursday that it would be requiring negative COVID tests to allow entry for travellers arriving from China, describing it as...
BERLIN, GERMANY — Germany said Thursday it would ask arrivals from China for a negative coronavirus test as infections rose steeply following Beijing’s abrupt decision to...
by Jing Xuan Teng BEIJING, CHINA — China on Thursday insisted it had been transparent with the international community about its COVID data, as it hit...
On 4 January 2023, Singapore’s iconic tech entrepreneur, Mr Sim Wong Hoo, passed away peacefully at the age of 67, much to the sorrow of his...
by Simone Galimberti Though it was a possibility, few really believed that the chairman of the Maoist party, officially the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center),...