Chairs placed in glass, diagrams of footsteps: Kim Jong Un's visits memorialized in North Korea, Asia News,PYONGYANG – At the Kim Jong Suk cosmetics factory in Pyongyang, a North Korean tour guide dressed in traditional costume gestured to a wall of photos framed in brass and red velvet. \”On th
Coronavirus: Scheme disbursing $500 to hawkers who engage food delivery platforms extended until end-2020, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – A scheme that disburses one-time grants of $500 to hawkers who sign up to food delivery platforms will be extended to the end of the year. The fund started in April a
6 lesser-known townhouses in north of Singapore for more space, Money News,Townhouses are a rare breed of having a landed home feel (and space), without having to compromise on facilities and security. If you’ve been following this series, I’ve recently covered townhouses in the West and East of Sin
Sony accelerates PC gaming push with Inzone gear, Digital News,TOKYO – Sony Group Corp said on Wednesday (June 29) that it's launching a new line of headphones and monitors targeting the growing PC market for videogames as the Japanese conglomerate looks beyond its core PlayStation console gami
'People are voting with their feet': Workers seize their moment to shift the balance of power in pandemic era, World News,It should surprise no one that the first big pandemic-era display of worker power was in air travel, according to Sharan Burrow, head of the International Trade Union C
Sinovac booster shot reverses drop in antibody activities against Covid-19 Delta variant: Study, China News,BEIJING – A booster dose of Sinovac Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine reversed a decline in antibody activities against the Delta variant, a study showed, easing some concerns about its longer-t
Japanese chiropractor offers gamer treatments for those who carry their teams too hard, Digital News,Sore muscles and stiff shoulders are some of the most common ailments gamers suffer due to extended gaming sessions, oftentimes coupled with bad posture. Too much time spent bent over your computer,
'She hoped to bring them luck': Lottery tickets given out at funeral 'party' of 38-year-old woman who died of lung cancer, Singapore News,One woman was so determined to leave this world on a happy note that she turned her funeral into a party and requested for lottery tickets to
Covid-19: Bukit Merah View market cluster grows to 16 cases, 1 unlinked case in the community, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – The Bukit Merah View market and food centre Covid-19 cluster has grown by 10 cases, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday night (June 14). This brings the total number of t
CDC says nine more people added to E.coli infection investigation, World News,The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday an additional nine people are being investigated in connection with the multistate outbreak of E. coli infections related to romaine lettuce. This brings t
India suspends coronavirus antibody tests after questions over reliability, Asia News,NEW DELHI – India has ordered a pause in testing for antibodies to the coronavirus because of concern over the accuracy, health officials said on Wednesday (April 22), complicating the fight against the epidemic as
Google overhauls Gmail to lure businesses away from Microsoft, Digital News,SAN FRANCISCO – Alphabet Inc's Google unveiled on Wednesday its first Gmail redesign since 2013, capping what the company says was an expensive overhaul two years in the making to adopt security and offline functionalit
Coronavirus: Indonesia develops ventilator that costs 5 per cent of usual ventilators, Asia News,BANDUNG – A team of Indonesian engineers working around the clock said it has produced in two months a compact ventilator to sell at a fraction of the usual cost, hoping to accelerate the fight against t
Paul Chun’s daughter didn’t tell dad about depression, scared of being labelled by others, Entertainment News,Discussing your mental health can be difficult for anyone, much less the daughter of a public figure. Veteran Hong Kong actor Paul Chun’s daughter Lesley Chiang was initially afraid of openi
Grab's Nasdaq debut to set tone for Southeast Asian tech listings, Money News,SINGAPORE – Grab, Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing and delivery firm, makes its market debut on Thursday after a record $40 billion (S$S55 billion) merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), i
Singapore sports star spotlight: This MMA fighter also makes a mean apple crumble, Lifestyle News,Kai Xiong takes fighting and food seriously. Whether it's legitimately kicking a** as a professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter or whipping up a mean apple crumble in the kitchen, the NTU Sports Sc
Microsoft Surface Pro 7 and Surface Laptop 3 now available for purchase in Singapore, Digital News,Microsoft's newest Surface devices — the Surface Pro 7 and Surface Laptop 3 — have gone on sale here. The Surface Pro 7 comes in a familiar body and features a 12.3-inch PixelSense display with a
Trio win medicine Nobel for work on how cells adapt to oxygen, World News,Three researchers from the United States and Britain on Monday shared the Nobel Medicine Prize for research into how human cells sense and adapt to changing oxygen levels, opening up new strategies to fight such diseases as ca
UOB and OctoRocket sign MOU to help small businesses in ASEAN apply for financing quickly and easily, Business Wires News,SINGAPORE – United Overseas Bank (UOB) and OctoRocket.asia (OctoRocket), a business to business e-commerce platform, announced on Thursday (Feb 28) that they have signed a Memora
