Asia Pacific

North Korea gearing up with another nuclear test?

Kim Jong-un shows no sign of slowing down his nuclear programmes as suspicious movements were found in one of the tunnels used for conducting nuclear tests

Dec 18, 2017

By Nirmal Narayanan

Woman arrested for murdering daughter, chopping corpse and attempting to push body parts through drain

A woman in Hong Kong has been arrested on the charge of murdering her 12-year-old daughter and dismembering her in a Mong Kok flat on Sunday, December 17.

Dec 18, 2017

By Adrita Biswas

Changi Airport serves record 60 million passengers in 2017

Changi Airport on Monday marked a new milestone of having more than 60 million passengers in a calendar year.

Dec 18, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

Secondary 1 posting results to be declared on Dec 21: How to access the results?

Singapore N-Level results: Record students to proceed to Secondary 5

A record number of Secondary 4 Normal (Academic) students who sat for the N-Level examination this year are eligible to move on to Secondary 5.

Dec 18, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

Cave paintings treasure trove found on Indonesian island

Indonesia adds another tourist attraction: 2,500-year-old cave paintings of Kisar island

Archaeologists explore 2,500-year-old ancient cave paintings in Indonesian island of Kisar, which may soon make it to the list of top tourist destinations in Indonesia apart from Bali

Dec 18, 2017

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Ancient

SPRING Singapore to take legal action against car retailer SG Vehicles

SPRING Singapore on Monday said it will take legal action against automotive retailer SG Vehicles for engaging in unfair practices.

Dec 18, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

Men are handcuffed after they were detained by police during a police anti-illegal drugs operation in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines November 9, 2016. Picture taken November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Czar Dancel TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Singapore: Police arrest 80 suspects for illegal gambling and other offences

Bedok Police Division conducted the operation and involved enforcement officers from the Criminal Investigation Department, Singapore Customs and Health Sciences Authority (HSA).

Dec 16, 2017

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Singapore: Multi-millionaire tricked into giving away entire S$54m property to wife; Judge sets foot down

A multi-millionaire in Singapore was tricked by his estranged wife to sign his entire property over to their son in her trust, soon after the murder of his mother.

Dec 16, 2017

By Adrita Biswas

Singapore likely to have more showers in second half of June: National Environment Agency

Singapore: Met says night-time temperatures could reach 23°C in next fortnight

The Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) said that the rainfall for the month of December is expected to be slightly below normal.

Dec 16, 2017

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Indonesia: 2 killed after powerful earthquake strikes Java, tsunami alert issued

The Indonesian Meteorological and Geophysics Agency has issued tsunami warnings for regions off the southern coast of Java Island's West Java province, Central Java province and Yogyakarta Special Region.

Dec 16, 2017

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

380,000 Uber Singapore users affected by security breach; Are you one of them?

Transportation company Uber has released a statement about 2016's data hack, stating that about 380,000 users from Singapore have been affected.

Dec 16, 2017

By Adrita Biswas

Singapore: Batteries explode causing fire in e-scooter store at Delta House, 2 injured

The two injured men, aged 28 and 49, were taken to Singapore General Hospital with minor burn injuries.

Dec 15, 2017

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Scammers pretending to be from Singapore Police on prowl; Citizens lose thousands of dollars

Singapore citizens are being targeted by online scammers who are withdrawing large sums of money from their bank accounts by pretending to be officers from the Singapore Police Force (SPF).

Dec 15, 2017

By Adrita Biswas

Singapore crime

Singapore second best innovation destination after Silicon Valley: research

Singapore has emerged as the second-biggest innovation destination after Silicon Valley this year as more companies set up hubs in the city-state.

Dec 15, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

Singaporean molester sentenced to two years of jail

Indian engineer jailed for molesting woman in Singapore: report

Singapore police arrested a 33-year old Indian engineer in Singapore for molesting a woman last year, newspaper the Straits Times reported on Friday.

Dec 15, 2017

By Aastha Agnihotri

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