A Price Point as a Principle At Indonesian Selera Corner in Yishun, a packet of nasi lemak costs S$2. It has cost S$2 for more than a decade. The stall’s monthly rent alone runs to nearly S$10,000, and total fixed…
At a void deck in Toa Payoh, a group of elderly men gather for their morning card game before the heat sets in. The youngest among them is 68. It is an ordinary scene, repeated across the island — and…
A Banquet With One Side of the Table Set The White House state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday carries the full weight of superpower theatre — and a telling asymmetry. While an unmistakable constellation of American technology…
A Viral Incident That Exposes the Limits of Existing Law Singapore police are investigating a video circulated on social media that shows a man wearing smart glasses allegedly trailing female students near Marymount MRT station, and the case raises a…
The morning of October 20, 2024 began unremarkably at Pulau Bukom — until, at around 8am, a hole in a land-based pipeline sent approximately 40 tonnes of oily mixture pouring into Singapore waters. Nearly five hours passed before Shell Singapore…
The conditional pardon granted to former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Friday represents more than a legal accommodation for a convicted kleptocrat; it is a stress test for Malaysia’s institutional architecture, one that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim appears acutely…
A single handbag, seized from a criminal network, sold for S$87,000. That figure — more than five times its pre-auction estimate — tells you everything about how Singapore’s largest money laundering case ended its first weekend at auction. The Case…
The text message looked entirely routine. A parcel could not be delivered due to an “invalid address.” The sender appeared to be one of Singapore’s familiar courier companies. A link followed, with instructions to update delivery details within 24 hours…
Residents across the United States are mounting a sustained and increasingly sophisticated campaign against Flock Safety’s automated licence plate reader cameras — devices that photograph passing vehicles, log their location and timestamp, and render that data searchable by law enforcement…
A Fragile Truce, a Looming Summit Trade frictions between the world’s two largest economies are set to dominate global attention next week, as US President Donald Trump prepares to host Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the White House — an…
