COE prices for cars close lower in latest bidding exercise, Open Category premium falls

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SINGAPORE: Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums for cars and those in the Open Category closed lower in the latest bidding exercise on Wednesday (Sep 21).  Premiums for Category A cars, or those 1,600cc and below with horsepower not exceeding 130bhp, closed at S$84,000, down from S$86,000 in the previous exercise. PremiumsContinue Reading

Dae-Sook Suh, Kim Il Sung’s biographer, dead at 90

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Much used to be made of the fact that the man who became known as Kim Il Sung had been named Kim Song Ju at birth. Kim Il Sung was his nom de guerre, acquired in the 1930s in Manchuria. Some reports suggested that other anti-Japanese figures before him may have called themselves Kim Il […]

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Threat of terrorism remains ‘high and increasingly fluid’ as networks have grown in sophistication: Ng Eng Hen

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SINGAPORE: The threat of terrorism remains “high and increasingly fluid” as terror networks have grown in sophistication, said Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen.  Dr Ng was speaking at the inauguration ceremony for the opening of the Counter-Terrorism Information Facility (CTIF) on Wednesday (Sep 21). The multilateral, inter-agency facility bringsContinue Reading