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Eileen Ng

Correspondent

Eileen started her career in Malaysia, where she worked for major publications and news portals, covering politics and current affairs. She joined Singapore publication Today in 2016. She signed on with The Straits Times in 2019 as its regional correspondent and is now with its breaking news team, where she writes about current issues, as well as quirky and human interest stories. Eileen de-stresses by watching horror movies, but nothing makes her happier than traipsing around the world with her backpack.

Latest articles

Britain’s Victoria and Albert Museum displays first-ever YouTube video and watch page

Museum curators worked with YouTube to rebuild the design and experience of the watch page, using internet archives from Dec 8, 2006 - the oldest available.

Minor ground motions detected in Singapore during Sabah earthquake, says Met Service

Although the Feb 23 earthquake in Sabah was thousands of kilometres away, some in Singapore felt tremors because of the large amount of energy released, experts said.

Fart for a cause: US researchers develop ‘smart underwear’ that tracks farts to explore gut health

A 2025 study found out that healthy adults fart an average of 32 times per day, roughly double previous estimates.

Stowaway raccoon from US finds new home in Belarus

The raccoon, named Senya, is now housed in an animal park in Baranovichi city in western Belarus.

Lonely no more: ‘Britain’s loneliest sheep’ gives birth for the first time

Fiona the sheep welcomed two healthy lambs - a boy and a girl - on the night of Feb 10 at the Dalscone Farm in Dumfries, Scotland.

Artist sues AirAsia over unauthorised use of his iconic Penang artwork

Penang-based artist Ernest Zacharevic alleged that AirAsia had illegally used his iconic artwork Children On A Bicycle on one of its aircraft between October and November 2024.

‘Unbelievable’: Iguana pizza makes its debut in Florida

Iguana trapper Ryan Izquierdo brought some iguanas to the Bucks Coal Fired Pizza restaurant at North Palm Beach where they unveiled The Everglades – pizza topped with iguana meat.

‘She’s an absolute blessing’: US teacher, 90, gets Guinness World Record for 67-year career

Guinness said the record honoured Mrs Beverly Hannett-Price's lifelong commitment to her students, school communities, and the teaching profession.

A tiny Australian town is up for sale but locals fear it could die out

Licola consists of a couple of weatherboard buildings, a general store, a caravan park and a petrol station.

Raccoon stows away from US to Belarus in shipped car

Belarus custom officials discovered the furry stowaway napping on the dashboard while the brand-new vehicle was being unloaded.