SINGAPORE – About 120,000 Merdeka Generation (MG) welcome folders have been mailed to eligible Singaporeans as of last Thursday (July 4), Senior Minister of State for Health Amy Khor said on Sunday (July 7). Since the process started on June 28, efforts are on track to have more than 400,000 folders sent out by the […]
BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – An official in charge of the Office of the Commissioner of China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry Hong Kong has condemned Mr Chris Patten, former British governor of Hong Kong, over “absurd” remarks on the Hong Kong situation, urging him to respect the facts and stop “lying and misbehaving”. “Since Hong […]
TOKYO • US President Donald Trump’s meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the demilitarised zone (DMZ) between the Koreas last Sunday was planned ahead by the two sides, the Asahi has reported, citing unnamed US and North Korean diplomats. Mr Trump suggested the DMZ meeting in a letter to Mr Kim, which […]
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Officials in Kyrgyzstan knew they could no longer put off the decision. An aging plant that provided nearly all the heat and electricity for the country’s capital was on its last legs. As the officials were weighing rival bids to reconstruct the plant, letters arrived at the Kyrgyz Energy Ministry and Foreign […]
Sigley was caught spreading anti-Pyongyang propaganda and engaged in spying, North’s official news agency reports. North Korea said an Australian student who it detained for a week spread anti-Pyongyang propaganda and engaged in spying by providing photos and other materials to news outlets with critical views towards North Korea. Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency […]
SINGAPORE – Sixteen seconds. That’s about how long the crowd at the National Day Parade (NDP) gets to see the state flag in all its glory during the flypast each year. But for the flight crew from the Republic of Singapore Air Force behind the feat, it’s a different experience. The Straits Times went on […]
North Korea says an Australian student who had been detained for several days before being released had been “spying” for news outlets. Alek Sigley, 29, was reported missing in late June, but was freed on Thursday after Swedish officials in Pyongyang met the North Korean government. NK News, one of the websites to publish his […]
SINGAPORE – A new animal clinic promising quality subsidised treatment for rescued animals, strays being managed in community programmes, and pets belonging to lower-income households was opened officially on Saturday (July 6) by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). The not-for-profit clinic, located at Sungei Tengah Road near Choa Chu Kang, […]
BANGKOK (AFP) – A South Korean actress faces up to five years in a Thai jail for catching endangered giant clams in a reality TV stunt, an official said on Saturday (July 6), despite the show’s extensive apology. Lee Yeol-eum was filmed diving for giant clams at a Thai marine park for a June 30 […]
(Reuters) – Cruise, a U.S. self-driving vehicle company majority-owned by General Motors Co, told Reuters on Friday that a U.S. national security panel approved a $2.25 billion investment in the firm by Japan’s SoftBank Corp. SoftBank has come under increasing U.S. scrutiny over its ties to Chinese firms in the face of an escalating trade […]