Pheu Thai, the main opposition party, held a campaign rally in Chiang Rai on Saturday wooing voters with promises to bump up farmers’ income threefold if it is elected into power.Continue Reading
Some 10,000 to 20,000 troops comprising the Ukrainian army in Bakhmut are now trapped. Reports say that the city is operationally encircled with diminishing chance of a breakout. To the west of Bakhmut is a lot of open country and not much to prevent a Russian advance all the way to the Dnieper River. There is no hard evidence […]Continue Reading
Kim has said the housing projects faces “unprecedentedly harsh challenges”. He mobilised the young labour units, called dolgyeokdae or “Shock Brigade”, in his pet infrastructure initiatives which have often faced lacklustre progress amid resources shortages, including a massive housing campaign in the northern alpine town of Samjiyon. In Sopo, heContinue Reading
A revived post-Covid party scene offers space to unwind in the socially conservative city-state.Continue Reading
With Singapore’s public transport system levelling up and ride-hailing apps now the norm, driving your own car is no longer the symbol of freedom and independence it once was, says Annie Tan.Continue Reading
Being a digital nomad is next on the work horizon – Spain is one of the latest countries to launch a visa allowing non-EU nationals to live and work remotely from there for up to five years. Our guest on this edition of the Work It podcast tells us how he oversees a completely remote team that’s scattered across the Asia Pacific. Continue Reading
In the third part of a series where CNA reporters shadow various school professionals for a day, a counsellor talks about the problems students come to him with, and what happens when they beg him not to tell their parents. Continue Reading
The only way to stop Hong Kong’s talent exodus is to reverse its political course, but this will not happen, says a former Hong Kong Legislative Council member.Continue Reading
The trio are experimenting with using local red seaweed to make bioplastic that can degrade in four to six weeks, instead of hundreds of years like conventional plastic.Continue Reading
Meritocracy was conceived to break unfair aristocracies, but what happens after some people gain the means to game the system? The documentary Measuring Meritocracy explores how education in Singapore can become more inclusive and remain a key leveller.Continue Reading