More job options for Singapore’s ex-offenders, but acceptance by society remains an issue
The career retention rate among former offenders who got a job with the help of Yellow Ribbon SIngapore has dropped over the years.
The Straits Times
‘Having 3 kids is the coolest’: China ramps up push for more babies, but are couples biting?
China’s State Council in late October detailed 13 measures to build a “birth-friendly society”. Incentives include mandating better maternity insurance and leave, improving…
US House to vote to provide $4 billion to remove Chinese telecoms equipment
Washington has aggressively urged US allies to purge Huawei and other Chinese gear from their wireless networks.
Syria’s Assad in Moscow after fleeing country, will be given asylum: Russian state media
Russia's Foreign Ministry said earlier that Mr. Assad had left Syria and given orders for a peaceful transfer of power, after rebel fighters raced into Damascus unopposed on Dec…
Singapore’s Bird Paradise welcomes two baby gentoo penguins and a rescued northern rockhopper
The first chick, which hatched on Nov 25, thrived under its parents’ care, but keepers noticed that the second chick was being underfed.
Talking tteokbokki and therapy with Korean author Baek Se-hee and BTS translator Anton Hur
South Korean author Baek Se-hee, who had an impression of Singapore as a glamorous country, did not think her two therapy memoirs about mild depression would become a bestseller…
Record number of young Chinese compete for ‘iron rice bowls’ in toughest job market in years
Youth joblessness has remained persistently high as opportunities dwindle – the figure, at 17.1 per cent in October, is above the global level and does not account for students…
China slaps sanctions on 13 US military firms over Taiwan arms sale
The move comes after the US arranged for Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te to transit through its territory.
Singapore among preferred destinations for billionaires, with 47 in the country
Their combined wealth is at US$155.5 billion.
Curfew, propaganda song, canned manga shows: Life during Marcos’ martial rule
President Ferdinand Marcos placed the Philippines under martial rule in September 1972 and lifted it in 1981.