BANGKOK (BLOOMBERG) – Tourism-reliant Thailand is planning to slash a mandatory quarantine period for vaccinated international travellers to seven days to boost its economy as a wider reopening is seen delayed by a low vaccination rate. The reduction in quarantine from the current 14 days will help boost Thailand’s economy and tourism, according to Dr […]
SINGAPORE – Despite its prominence today, bak kut teh was seldom thought of as a dish representative of Singapore back in the late 1960s. During that time, the clear peppery pork ribs soup was more favoured among blue-collared workers like taxi drivers and trishaw uncles, as well as the older generation, and was often overshadowed […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korean authorities warned people returning from a holiday to get tested even for the mildest Covid-19 type symptoms, especially before clocking in for work amid a new surge in coronavirus cases in and around the capital. The country, which has been grappling with a fourth wave of infections since early July, […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong said he would meet his Japanese counterpart on Thursday and hoped for progress to end a dispute that has led to tit-for-tat trade restrictions.FILE PHOTO: South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong speaks during a joint announcement with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Foreign Ministry […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he has tried to arrange a conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron but has been unsuccessful so far, a week after his cancellation of a major submarine deal sparked a diplomatic row with Paris. Mr Morrison, speaking in Washington on Wednesday (Sept 22), said he would […]
(Reuters) -European stocks rose on Wednesday after debt-laden developer China Evergrande said it would make some interest payments, while investors awaited a signal from the U.S. Federal Reserve on how and when it will rein in its massive stimulus.The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, September […]
SINGAPORE – A total of 1,457 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Singapore on Wednesday (Sept 22), said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its nightly update. Three Singaporeans have also died of Covid-19 complications, taking the Republic’s Covid-19 death toll to 68, said MOH. Before this, the highest number of new Covid-19 cases recorded […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain wants to make incremental steps on trade with the United States and still believes a bigger free trade deal can be done, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, despite little public encouragement from U.S. President Joe Biden. Johnson’s government once touted a trade deal with the United States as one […]
TOKYO – A pair of 107-year-old Japanese sisters has been certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living identical twins. Ms Umeno Sumiyama and Ms Koume Kodama, who were aged 107 years and 321 days as of Wednesday (Sept 22), broke the record set in 2000 – 107 years and 175 days by […]
SINGAPORE – Talks are on to assess the need for bus captains to be given booster shots, with most of them having taken their vaccination in the first quarter of the year, said labour MP Melvin Yong on Wednesday (Sept 22). In a Facebook post, he said that the high vaccination rate among bus workers […]