Speaking of Asia Ep 6: Europe will not be torpedo-ed from Asia 47:54 mins Synopsis: Join The Straits Times’s associate editor Ravi Velloor, in this series of podcasts as he distils his experience from four decades of covering the continent. In this sixth episode, he has two special guests – the French ambassador to Singapore […]
SINGAPORE – An importer of Korean food products was fined $30,000 in court on Friday (Oct 8) for operating an unlicensed cold store and illegally importing assorted meat and seafood from South Korea. The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said on Friday its officers inspected Koryo Trading’s premises in February 2020 and found approximately 4,600kg of […]
SINGAPORE – A domestic helper who was asked to double up as a kitchen assistant lost four fingers while she was using an electric meat grinder. Stall operator Lim Sheng Song, now 59, was on Friday (Oct 8) sentenced to two weeks’ jail and fined $19,000 after failing to ensure her safety. The Singaporean pleaded […]
SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – A fear of energy inflation is sweeping the world. Prices have jumped not only for oil and natural gas, but also for coal, fanning inflation worries. To make matters worse, the global economy is showing signs of faltering. Negative factors caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, such as disruptions […]
SINGAPORE – An SBS bus driver who failed to keep a safe distance between his vehicle and a car had to slam on the brakes to avoid a collision. The abrupt act caused a 60-year-old passenger to fall and suffer multiple fractures, injuries to her spine and possible post-traumatic stress disorder. Ong Chuan Hai, 64, […]
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – American businesses say lobbying Hong Kong’s government about reopening its borders with the rest of the world has been fruitless, a sign of frustration with the city’s “Covid-19 Zero” strategy that could undermine the city’s future as a global financial hub. Ms Tara Joseph, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – The hit from China’s energy crunch is starting to ripple throughout the globe, hurting everyone from Toyota to Australian sheep farmers and makers of cardboard boxes. Not only is the extreme electricity shortage in the world’s largest exporter set to hurt its own growth, the knock-on impact to supply chains could crimp […]
SINGAPORE – The long working hours and constant changes to Covid-19 protocols have a taken a toll on the mental wellbeing of healthcare workers here as Singapore continues to battle the pandemic. Many of these workers are also afraid of being suddenly redeployed to another role altogether to meet the surge in Covid-19 cases, Dr […]
SRINAGAR, Kashmir — The masked militants barged into a school in Kashmir, a Muslim majority region in India, demanding to know the religious identity of its teachers. Then they separated two non-Muslim teachers and shot them at close range, a police officer said. The killings on Thursday in the city of Srinagar were the latest […]
SINGAPORE – When Nanyang Primary School pupil Janelle Ang’s mother told her that exams are cancelled and she will return to school next Monday (Oct 11), the Primary 3 pupil screamed and jumped for joy. After two weeks of virtual lessons, eight-year-old Janelle is ready to see her friends and teachers in the flesh again. […]