Chang May Choon
Assistant Foreign Editor
May Choon is assistant foreign editor at The Straits Times. Her journalism journey started The New Paper in 2000, video news in 2008, and finally ST in 2014. The NTU alumna was posted to South Korea for eight years, where she covered news ranging from geopolitics to inter-Korea ties and domestic affairs. She returned to Singapore in June 2023 and now covers world news with a multimedia focus while dabbling in writing. She finds joy in travel and telling stories.
Latest articles
How the Chinese minority navigates identity and politics in PAS’ Kelantan
The tariffs that stole Christmas: How Trump’s trade war is remaking America’s toy aisles
Floods, storms upended their lives in Bangladesh; work in Singapore gives them chance to rebuild
Debt and diplomacy: China’s growing influence in Laos
How’ve you been? Looking beyond wrinkles at class gatherings
Riding the rails: Malaysia rediscovers allure of train travel
‘Unresolved pain’: Last surviving comfort women in Asia seek closure, 80 years on
India-Pakistan Partition’s last generation: Will their memories of home survive them?
In a retro cafe, I stepped into the past and shared it with my daughter
Lights dimmed at South-east Asia’s scam hub but ‘pig butchering’ continues
