Chasing the island dream
More and more urbanites are leaving busy cities to chase an idyllic dream of laidback island living. But many are finding that turning islands like Bali into a home is not free of…
Fewer marriages in 2023 in Singapore after surge in 2022
Professor Jean Yeung, the director of social sciences at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s Institute for Clinical Sciences, said that young adults are more…
Adults with autism: Will supported living in the community be the answer?
Bernard Chew, chief executive of St Andrew’s Autism Centre, said a different model of care could involve two to three adults with autism living together in a Housing Board flat…
NATO ramps up pressure on China. What does it mean to South Korea?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's joint declaration issued Wednesday in Washington signaled a change from the Western military alliance's traditional focus on Russia with…
‘The customer is not always right’: Japan fights growing scourge of customer harassment
On July 9, Takashimaya became the first major department store to announce measures against such harassment – kasuhara in Japanese. It warned that it will ban recalcitrant…
How this ‘cat detective’ finds missing felines
Every case begins with a thorough examination of both the interior and exterior surroundings of the home. He sifts through heaps of items, carefully inspecting every nook and…
She’s a hit: Singapore’s only female pro wrestler vows to fight on
Lion City Hit Girl, as Alexis Lee is known in the ring, is Singapore’s only professional female wrestler. Since her first pro outing here in 2013 when she was just 18, she has…
In the name of development: The Baloch library in Karachi on the brink of demolition
The library faces the threat of demolition as the Sindh government plans to build an interchange of the Malir Expressway. While no notice has been issued to the library, a survey…
1 in 5 South Korean women threatened with sexual extortion: study
Across all 16,693 respondents, irrespective of gender, 14.5 per cent reported being victims of sexual extortion, while 4.8 per cent admitted to being perpetrators. The most common…
Chinese man travels 82,000 kilometres in a wheelchair
Born in 1969, Zhang was affected by genetic factors and at the age of 6, he developed Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a condition that affects one in 2,500 people. Despite his…