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It took 400 unpaid workers before the alarm was sounded in Singapore

Over 100 migrant workers from KPA Engineering and SK Industries were seen entering the Ministry of Manpower in Bendemeer Road in small groups on June 22, to report unpaid wages.

How Singapore’s population has evolved in 5 years

Think you’ve been ‘lowballed’? This NUS grad built a tool that lets you compare salary offers

Luqman Naqib built Lowball, a website designed to help job seekers determine whether they are being “lowballed”.

Philippines sets record pay hike for Manila workers on inflation

A trade union said the hike is inadequate in the face of inflation faced by the Philippines.

About 1 in 7 S’pore families has income of at least $30k a month; share almost doubled in 5 years

In 2025, 13.4 per cent of resident households have a monthly market income of $30,000 or more, up from 7.4 per cent in 2020.

Unpaid wages: Director behind firms linked to case back in S’pore, assisting in MOM probe

Minister of State for Manpower Dinesh Vasu Dash (right) with migrant workers from KPA Engineering, SK Industries and VVR Plant Engineering at Kranji Recreation Centre on June 28.

Forum: Consider early intervention to help foreign workers before delayed salaries accrue

Unpaid workers: KPA Engineering showed signs of financial woes since 2023, still owes DBS money

Migrant workers affected by the alleged unpaid wages involving KPA Engineering and SK Industries at Tuas View Dormitory on June 24.

Singapore Airlines CEO’s pay package rises to $9.7m as revenue hits record $20.5b

Nearly half of Goh Choon Phong’s total pay was in shares, while 35 per cent comprised bonuses awarded.

New Sudanese notes circulate in RSF areas, deepening de facto split

FILE PHOTO: A view of damaged tanks in front of the Central Bank of Sudan building, after the Sudanese army deepened its control over Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in Khartoum, Sudan April 27, 2025. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig/File Photo

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