Magdalene Fung

magfung@sph.com.sg
HONG KONG: Temperature screening outside a Hong Kong wet market on Friday. VIETNAM: Healthcare workers (left) spraying disinfectant at Vietnamese nationals after their Covid-19 repatriation flight landed at Can Tho Airport in the Mekong Delta region

The coronavirus is winning - for now

Aug 9, 2020, 5:00 am

Asian Insider, July 23: Spying, slander and speculation in latest US-China spat, Sabah govt set to fall to PN, HK loses to S’pore, China’s Mars mission

Jul 23, 2020, 6:55 pm
Pupils clapping along instead of singing a song during a music class at a school in Funabashi, east of Tokyo, yesterday. Tokyo reported a daily high of 286 new cases yesterday. The uptick has complicated a multibillion-dollar plan to boost domestic t

Virus resurgence sending chills across region

Jul 17, 2020, 5:00 am

A coronavirus resurgence is threatening Asia's hopes for reopening economies

Jul 16, 2020, 10:29 pm
A man getting an injection during a clinical trial for a potential Covid-19 vaccine at the Baragwanath hospital in Soweto, South Africa, on June 24. The world faces problems of how to produce enough vaccines to meet global demand, and how to ensure i

WEF aims to make vaccine for Covid-19 a global public good

Jul 1, 2020, 5:00 am

A brave new way to bring the coronavirus vaccine to the masses

Jun 30, 2020, 5:25 pm

Asian Insider, June 25: India plans new tariffs on China imports, Mahathir-Anwar stalemate, Singapore telcos finalise 5G vendors, Jack Ma no more China’s richest

Jun 25, 2020, 7:35 pm

Asian Insider, June 18: China-US study shows asymptomatic spread, Trump ‘asked Xi to help him win’, and Muhyiddin may emerge victor after all

Jun 18, 2020, 7:41 pm

Asian Insider, June 11: Australia won’t give in to China, airport transit for SIA travellers, Rosmah’s handbags ruined by ‘careless’ police

Jun 11, 2020, 7:46 pm

Asian Insider, June 4: Big UK banks endorse HK security law, China eases flight curbs, a united Umno, India’s viral anti-China app, BreadTalk delists and Grab expands

Jun 4, 2020, 8:05 pm

Asian Insider, June 2: US mulls welcoming Hongkongers, SIA set to fly to 27 cities but CEO bails on bond subscription, and new Covid-19 clusters in northeast Asia

Jun 2, 2020, 8:12 pm

Asian Insider, June 1: China slams US hypocrisy, S’poreans don’t have enough savings, and Australian universities want their foreign students back

Jun 1, 2020, 8:10 pm

Asian Insider, May 26: Singapore’s Fortitude Budget, Stanley Ho dies, rich Chinese snap up Asia’s luxe homes, and Hong Kong quakes over new laws

May 26, 2020, 8:00 pm

Asian Insider, May 19: Is a new trade war a-brewing, horse-trading in Malaysia, and how Philippines’ decades-old policy has put its people’s lives on the line

May 19, 2020, 7:15 pm

Asian Insider, May 14: Is Muhyiddin’s power slipping, China slams US ‘lies’, SIA’s 95% profit plunge, and how Alibaba turned wasted crops into a business

May 14, 2020, 8:38 pm
Above: Workers cleaning a shop's glass panel in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, when the Malaysian government allowed certain economic and social activities in the country to resume after 47 days of a movement control order. Right: Seats in a train marked ou

Asian Insider, May 5: M’sia charts way forward, China’s losing friends, social unrest hits India, and Asia’s deadly hornets arrive in US

May 5, 2020, 7:08 pm

A world stricken and altered by a disease

May 3, 2020, 5:00 am

Asian Insider, April 30: Spotlight on coronavirus testing, Beijing flight bookings soar, China rebutts Trump, and Anwar not crazy to be PM

Apr 30, 2020, 10:55 pm
An empty campus at Georgetown University, closed weeks ago due to the coronavirus, on April 3. College administrators in the US are increasingly fearful that their schools may not reopen for the autumn semester.

Planning overseas college education amid pandemic

Apr 26, 2020, 5:00 am

Asian Insider, April 23: ‘Second wave’ fears, US-China information war, looming staff cuts and iPhone flaws

Apr 23, 2020, 7:03 pm

Asian Insider, April 16: Negative growth for Asean-5, Asia’s newest billionaires, Abe’s wife under fire

Apr 16, 2020, 7:00 pm
A food delivery rider in Jakarta yesterday. Indonesia's partial lockdown reflects the competing priorities between its central and local governments. A deserted street in Makati, south of Manila, last week. The Philippines has put a third of its coun

Coronavirus: How S'pore's circuit breaker compares with other countries' lockdowns

Apr 12, 2020, 5:00 am

Anger, denial, resignation: Covid-19 control measures spark debates globally

Apr 11, 2020, 5:00 am

Coronavirus lockdowns are sparking outrage, debate globally

Apr 10, 2020, 9:02 pm

Asian Insider, April 9: War of words over WHO and more

Apr 9, 2020, 8:03 pm