In the wake of a record antitrust fine slapped on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd by China, Mr Jack Ma’s fortunes increased by S$3 billion (US$2.3 billion), Bloomberg reported. The depositary receipts of Alibaba in the US rose by 9.3 per cent on Monday (Apr 12), marking its biggest increase in nearly four years, and causing […]
A Chinese company with a history of dubious claims in its advertisements has found itself in hot water with authorities after it said that new hires would be getting high pay, cars, new homes, as well as be pursued by “beautiful girls or handsome boys” once they became part of its management training programme, the […]
Singapore— China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi after talks with his Singapore counterpart, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, is also meeting the foreign ministers of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines this week. However, questions are being raised because he is meeting his counterparts from the four Asean nations separately, according to an article in the South China Morning […]
Singapore—K-pop supergroup BTS has spoken out against anti-Asian discrimination, saying they themselves have been victims of such prejudice. BTS’ March 30 tweet in both Korean and English has been liked over 1.5 million times and shared over 800,000 times. #StopAsianHate#StopAAPIHate pic.twitter.com/mOmttkOpOt — 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) March 30, 2021 The hashtags #StopAsianHate and #StopAAPIHate (Asian Americans and […]
Singapore—Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan called the crisis in Myanmar “an unfolding tragedy” in remarks to the press on Mar 26 after he met with Indonesian leaders in Jakarta. “It’s not a happy topic. It’s a tragedy that is unfolding,” he said. He also expressed the belief that the crisis will not ease any time […]
Singapore—Anti-Asian violence has been growing in some parts of the world, with this week seeing the especially grievous killing of eight people in three spas in Atlanta, six of whom were women of Asian descent. On Tuesday (Mar 16) research released by reporting forum Stop AAPI Hate showed that there were nearly 3,800 anti-Asian hate incidents in […]
Singapore—In a new interview with the BBC, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong noted that tensions between the two global superpowers, the United States and China, have escalated from five years ago. However, he said the possibility of military conflict is “not yet high”. But if the two countries continue with their hardline policies, they may […]
On Wednesday (Feb 17), forces opposed to the coup in Myanmar called for more large-scale protests to debunk claims from the army that there is little support for leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to a Reuters report. The junta held its first media conference on Tuesday to announce that a fair election would be […]
Singapore—It’s a widely-known fact that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has the highest salary of any national leader. While we’ve written about this before, we’ve never taken a look at how his salary measures up to how much kings and queens are given annually, nor have we compared PM Lee’s salary to such respected world […]
