SINGAPORE: A 25-year-old maid was sentenced to a month’s jail on Friday (Sep 2) for stealing about S$4,600 from her employer’s family. She sent most of it home to Indonesia and used a portion to buy clothes, cosmetics and mobile phones. Bela Kharisma Lut Fitriana made restitution of about S$3,500Continue Reading
Yaowarat Road in Bangkok’s Chinatown has been rated the world’s eighth “coolest” street to visit, for its history, food and activities, by Time Out magazine.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: For more than three years, the discipline master of a secondary school took more than 100 upskirt videos of his female colleagues and students. He took 12 upskirt videos of at least seven female students using modus operandi such as inviting them into the discipline room. On one occasion,Continue Reading
On Oct 15, under the title BTS ‘Yet To Come’ In Busan, the K-pop septet will hold a concert in Gijang-gun of Busan as part of an effort to support the coastal city in its bid to host the 2030 World Expo. Read full storyContinue Reading
PHUKET: Hours of heavy rain battered Thalang district on Friday morning causing serious flooding in many areas, including in front of Phuket airport.Continue Reading
The Garden Pod offers four two-storey suites located at Serene Garden, each comprising 70 sqm of space. Continue Reading
The 2017 Chinese film Wolf Warrior II has been a runaway success – even though it contains controversial expressions of Chinese nationalism and racist stereotypes of Africans. It is one of the most commercially successful Chinese movies, having grossed over US$800 million at the Chinese box office. Only Star Wars: The Force Awakens has performed […]
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Announcing the trial sandboxes at Land Transport Industry Day, Transport Minister S Iswaran also says that the renewed compact for the sector must be guided by key imperatives of choice, cost and climate.Continue Reading
World leaders have begun to hold what are now called “offline” meetings to return to the “normal” ways of conducting diplomatic relations where personal chemistry remains the key to success. So after the whirlwind six-hour visit by President Vladimir Putin on December 6, New Delhi will be hosting next week (September 5-8) a four-day visit […]
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The particular highly anticipated Singapore-South Korea feature film is produced by Cannes Film Festival plus Golden Horse champion Anthony Chen and sees the directorial debut of filmmaker He Shuming.Continue Reading