13+ hour, 30+ min ago   (135+ words) SEOUL — North Korea held a live-fire drill to test long-range artillery and missile units of its army, state media KCNA reported on Monday (Sept 14). The "joint firepower attack drill" on Saturday involved five army units and tested several weapon systems,…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (201+ words) JAKARTA — Indonesian rescuers were searching on Sunday (Sept 13) for 140 people from a passenger ship that was earlier reported missing in the Java Sea after 103 others were evacuated, one of whom died, a search and rescue agency official said. An Indonesian…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (501+ words) The adjustment to political salaries enables Singapore to continue attracting capable people into politics, which, in turn, provides the quality of Government Singapore deserves, said Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Taking to social media on Thursday (Sept 10) after MPs debated…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (708+ words) "There is never going to be a politically convenient time to adjust political salaries," said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in Parliament on Thursday (Sept 10) as he wrapped up the debate on a revised political salary framework and the Government's response…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (368+ words) MANILA — A Philippine court on Monday (Sept 7) ordered the arrest of a former House speaker and cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on charges of plunder, after allegations he took about US$118 million (S$149 million) in kickbacks from government flood-control…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (249+ words) JAKARTA — The Indonesian agency responsible for the country's free meals programme has temporarily closed nearly 2,000 kitchens for failing to register for hygiene checks, its chief said. The National Nutrition Agency suspended 1,999 kitchens across Indonesia because they did not register with…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (379+ words) A Singaporean actor is reportedly spotted at a Nanning Ponzi scheme event. Shin Min Daily News reported on Sunday (Sept 6) that they had contacted several Singaporeans who had come into contact with the alleged pyramid scheme over the years. The…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (569+ words) SEOUL — China could see recent cuts to US-South Korean military exercises as an opportunity to reassert itself in the Indo-Pacific, Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Monday, though he said Washington had assured Manila that its commitments to the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (340+ words) China handles cases involving illegal or criminal activities by foreign nationals on Chinese soil in accordance with the law, said Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun on Friday (Sept 4). He was responding to a question from Singapore state broadcaster CNA....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (309+ words) JAKARTA — Around 1.4 million students in six Indonesian provinces have shifted to online learning due to poor air quality triggered by forest and land fires, an official said on Wednesday (Sept 2). As of Sept 2, around 1.43 million students from 12,874 schools in six…...