Singapore is launching a S$45 million (US$32.4 million) domestic tourism campaign to persuade its people to look at the island nation with fresh eyes, as it looks to boost the local economy as the …
Outcry Over Student Strangler Prompts Singapore to Review Penalties for Violence
Singapore is reviewing penalties for violent offences following outcry over a 12-day prison sentence for a student who strangled his girlfriend until she blacked out. The case of Yin Zi Qin, 23, is …
Singapore Will Review Assault Case Penalties After Public Outcry
Singapore will conduct a review on legal penalties for assault cases, the country’s Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said in a Facebook post.
Bitcoin Daily: Singapore’s MAS Looks To Expand Regulation Of Digital Token Services
The Monetary Authority of Singapore introduces new framework to regulate crypto sales overseas to help fight cybercrime.
YCP Solidiance’s New Report on Singapore’s Community Eldercare: Opportunities for Telemedicine and Assistive Technology
Singapore will have the highest percentage of elderly in Southeast Asia at 22.5%, with nearly 83,000 seniors expected to be living alone. To accommodate this, the Singapore government has introduced …
COVID-19: Turkmenistan Imposes Restrictions ‘To Prevent’ Outbreak
Here’s a roundup of COVID-19 developments in RFE/RL’s broadcast regions. Turkmenistan, the only country in Central Asia that has not confirmed a single coronavirus case within its borders, has imposed …
Crisis hits Lebanon’s hospitals, among the best in Mideast
Lebanon’s hospitals are cracking under the country’s financial crisis, just as the nation faces a surge in coronavirus cases …
Volunteers Run Makeshift Emergency Service As Kyrgyzstan’s Medics Overwhelmed By COVID-19
He’s one of some 200 volunteers who are running their own service to bring oxygen to the critically ill, as Kyrgyzstan’s ambulances and hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients. “These young …
Sonu Sood arranges flight for Indian students in Kyrgyzstan; to take off tomorrow
Hi students from Kyrgyzstan, this is to inform you that the flight from Kyrgyzstan to Varanasi has been postponed due to bad weather,Sood wrote from his official twitter handle.
Laos focuses on fight against dengue fever
VIENTIANE (Xinhua): Lao health authorities focus on fight against dengue fever, as the number of confirmed cases in the country continues to rise. All provinces have set up special taskforces to …