Singaporeans

‘Grateful’: Singapore man who lost and found bag containing $4.7k thanks Malaysian immigration officers

Singaporean Tan Zheng Guang (centre) with the immigration officers who helped him return his bag.

Singaporean man linked to international scam syndicate caught hiding in Myanmar

He is believed to have been part of an online scam and gambling syndicate operating out of Shwe Kokko, a town in the south-east of Myanmar.

US charges 2 Singapore men, 6 others in global insider trading scheme

Ge Zhi was apprehended on July 3 and brought to the State Courts the next day, where he was ordered to be held under the Extradition Act.

Singaporean designer Debbie Teo crafts quiet luxury handbags from German countryside

Singaporean Debbie Teo was inspired to start her handbag label Dbteo after moving to the slow-paced German countryside.

‘Spend first, worry later’: Why Buy Now, Pay Later is making a comeback in 2025

Once a niche offering, Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services are now everywhere in Singapore's retail landscape.

S'porean woman sentenced to more than 31 years’ jail in Taiwan for helping scam syndicate

CCTV footage of the Singaporean woman withdrawing cash from an ATM in Yunlin.

Finding Joy

Clippers, chatter and curry: A kampung echo at my heartland barber shop

From the radio’s croon to debates on what to have for lunch, the barber’s chair offers small joys and homely comfort.

Singaporean among 24 arrested in Thai police raids on scam group hiding in hotel, luxury pool villa

Thai authorities question a Singaporean man during a raid at a luxury pool villa in Samut Prakan province near Bangkok on Oct. 29.

Family steps away from Singapore’s education ‘arms race’

(From left) Mr Joash Liang and Ms Corrine Ang with their daughters Eleora and Elise. In pursuit of a slower, different lifestyle, they relocated first to Thailand, then to Malaysia in recent years.

Singaporean Megumi Lim’s award-winning docu captures the mundane and the menacing in Ukraine

Singaporean documentary maker Megumi Lim (extreme right, behind camera) interviewing police officers on patrol in Kharkiv for her documentary Night Shift.

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