Commentary: How well did TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi hold out against US Congress grilling?
2023-03-26
Chew Shou Zi’s performance at a hostile congressional hearing was a missed opportunity for TikTok, says NTU’s Mark Cenite.Continue Reading
Online trolls are taking a toll in China
2023-03-26
A collectivist culture and the lack of pressure on social media companies have made online abuse rampant.Continue Reading
Every HDB flat will be a valuable nest egg for retirement, says PM Lee
2023-03-26
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong adds that all public housing towns and estates will be good places to live in, and that “property values will reflect that”.Continue Reading
Progress Singapore Party chief Francis Yuen steps down in leadership shake-up
2023-03-26
The duo were re-elected to the CEC, alongside treasurer Peggie Chua, assistant treasurer Phang Yew Huat, women’s wing head Wendy Low and 2020 general election candidate Ang Yong Guan. Ms Low also contested Tanjong Pagar GRC at the polls, on a PSP slate that included Mr Harish Pillay and Mr AbasContinue Reading
Police monitor first Hong Kong protest since 2020
2023-03-26
Participants were given number tags and their banners were vetted by police ahead of the march.Continue Reading
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to make first official visit to China since pandemic
2023-03-26
He will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Continue Reading
61-year-old man tasered after starting fire, allegedly charging at police officers with knife
2023-03-26
A Swiss Army knife and a hammer were also seized from him.Continue Reading
The photo tradition at Christian funerals in Kerala
2023-03-26
Why Christians in the southern state of Kerala photograph funerals.Continue Reading
Technology has become the double-edged sword of Asia’s protests
2023-03-26
The same tools that are empowering dissent are also hobbling protests.Continue Reading
Inside the investigation bureau in Singapore that examines data from a ‘black box’ after a plane crash
2023-03-25
When Nepal’s Yeti Airlines plane crash happened in February, Singapore’s Transport Safety Investigation Bureau was roped in to help Nepalese authorities retrieve and process the data from the flight recorders – commonly called “black boxes”.Continue Reading