US Treasury ‘monitoring list’: The Singapore puzzle LAST week, the US Treasury placed Singapore on its so-called Monitoring List for currency practices of major trading partners, implicitly flagging the Republic as a potential currency manipulator. […]
Royal Thai Police Move to Scrap Cash Sharing of Collected Fines By Police Officers Thailand’s Royal Thai Police are considering stopping cash rewards for traffic police for collected traffic fines and will instead give them […]
Cambodia’s PM Hun Sen Dismisses Calls For Resignation, Vows to ‘Wage War’ on Opposition Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday brushed aside calls by members of the Cambodian diaspora in Japan to resign, pledging […]
Stakeholders share ideas for a zero-waste S’pore Stakeholders joined forces yesterday to devise ways to boost low recycling rates, which are failing to keep up with the rising amounts of waste produced here. — Straits […]
Endangered: Thai dissident band calls on musicians worldwide to help #SaveFaiyen (video) In February this year Australian football player Hakeem al-Araibi reached out to, and gained support from football players, sporting bodies, and fans globally […]
In February this year Australian football player Hakeem al-Araibi reached out to, and gained support from football players, sporting bodies, and fans globally over his detention in Thailand. Now a dissident Thai band in exile […]
Generators from Europe to help combat energy woes: PM Two generators from Europe will help Cambodia deal with the power crisis, Prime Minister Hun Sen said during a conference in Japan yesterday. — Khmer Times […]
Real wages up 4.2% in 2018, but face squeeze this year More employees in Singapore received wage increases last year, as the economy and labour market remained healthy. — Straits Times (annoying popups) US puts […]
Bhumjaithai will follow if Democrats don’t join Palang Pracharat group Bhumjaithai party will not join the Palang Pracharat party in forming a government if the Democrats decide to part with the pro-Prayut party, said Bhumjaithai […]
Cambodian Government Denies Allegations of Political Intimidation Cambodian political observers say intimidation has been a widely used tool in the government for decades but that recently, there has been a shift in the practice to […]
Singapore tops in world competitiveness ranking SINGAPORE emerged tops in an annual world competitiveness ranking of 63 economies for the first time since 2010, moving up two spots to trump the US. — The Business […]
Court hands Weerawut 50 years for G2G scam The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions today handed down stiff prison sentences to two more figures involved in the bogus G2G rice deal […]