Yeo was on Thursday (Aug 18) sentenced to 12 weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to a charge of using his mobile phone to observe his neighbour showering and another of filming her. Read full storyContinue Reading
Singapore’s biggest mobile apps have set aside their rivalry to form an unlikely partnership, hoping to strengthen their influence with the local government as it considers laws that could transform the gig economy. Read full storyContinue Reading
Hanae Mori symbolised the rise of Japan as a modern, fashionable nation and the rise of the working woman. Read full storyContinue Reading
Gregory Poling of Washington think-tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has tried to justify current US policy and conduct in the South China Sea by detailing its historic “investment” there. Although he has publicly admitted his bias by stating that it is his job “to advance the interests of the United States,” it is not in […]
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Singapore influencer Naomi Neo has clapped back at netizens who criticised her parenting skills over a TikTok video she shared on Aug 11 of her son. Read full storyContinue Reading
Nearly three years after Vietnamese authorities shuttered cafés along Hanoi’s famous “Train Street” and banned selfie-snapping tourists from visiting, vendors have cautiously returned in recent months. Read full storyContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: Facing stress at work, a lawyer climbed into his neighbour’s balcony to film a video of the young woman showering through her toilet window. The 32-year-old man was on Thursday (Aug 18) jailed for 12 weeks after pleading guilty to two counts of voyeurism. Two more charges of criminalContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: Singapore-headquartered cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com, which earlier this year obtained in-principle approval from the country’s central bank to provide digital payment token services, has appointed a former top government employee to lead its office here. Mr Chin Tah Ang was announced as general manager of Crypto.com’s Singapore office in aContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI lost its early lead to end slightly lower at midday as investors awaited new leads from corporate earnings results. Read full storyContinue Reading
One year since conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi rose to the presidency, his campaign promises to shield the Iranian economy from sanctions and lift it to new heights have gone wholly unfulfilled. As street protests against the dire state of the economy spread across the country, political stability is being put to a potential make-or-break test […]
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