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WORLD8h agoSingapore court rejects 90-year-old’s spousal support claim against ex-wife, 89A Singapore family court rejected a 90-year-old man’s claim for spousal maintenance from his 89-year-old wife, noting that both of them are in the twilight of their lives. The court also noted that the man would receive more than S$2 million (US$1.6 million) from the matrimonial pool, comprising the couple’s assets to be divided in the divorce, and his wife was a retiree living on a pension. The former couple were married for more than 64 years and have three children, all aged above 60, a...South China Morning Post
POLITICS15h agoSingapore ministers earn millions. What do other Asian leaders make?Singapore’s ministers are among the world’s highest paid, a system its leaders have defended as necessary to attract capable people into public service and reduce the temptation of corruption. Its latest salary review has once again put the spotlight on that approach, while highlighting a wider regional divide over how Asian governments value political leadership and public service. Under the city state’s formula, the prime minister’s salary is pegged at twice the benchmark for an entry-level...South China Morning Post
POLITICS1d agoThais stage rare Israel protest; Singapore ministers get pay rise: 7 Asia highlightsWe have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘Not for sale’: Thais take to streets in rare protest against Israel Hundreds of Thais, led by a veteran political activist, rallied outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok in a rare public protest against a group of foreign nationals. 2. Singapore ministers set for pay...South China Morning Post
BUSINESS1d agoMercosur-Singapore: the Government promulgated the law approving the free trade agreementThe measure was announced through Decree 1010/2026 published in the Official Gazette this Tuesday. The initiative became law on August 26 after receiving the support of 234 deputies, with only four votes against.Clarín
SCI & TECH1d agoTop Singaporean chemist Lu Yixin to join Chinese university EIT next yearSingapore’s most decorated chemist has confirmed he will leave his present position to join the fledgling Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, eastern China. Lu Yixin, a professor with the National University of Singapore (NUS), said he planned to move to the private research institute in early 2027, in a full-time role. Lu is a fellow of the Singapore National Academy of Science and president of the Singapore National Institute of Chemistry, in addition to his...South China Morning Post
DISASTER1d agoAir quality across Singapore reaches unhealthy levels from Indonesian wildfiresSingapore was shrouded in haze on Tuesday, with smoke from wildfires in neighbouring Indonesia raising island-wide pollution to levels that pose a health risk. All five regions of the city state recorded unhealthy air quality levels, the first time that has happened since September 2019, according to the National Environment Agency. Singapore’s air currently ranks among the 10 most polluted cities in the world, according to IQAir data, with the capitals of Malaysia and Indonesia also among the...South China Morning Post
WORLD1d agoSingapore jails armed Malaysian gang for US$3.9 million ‘lightning heist’ at bungalowAfter learning that a woman regularly hosted high-stakes poker games at her home in Singapore’s affluent Bukit Timah area, two men plotted to rob the house, recruiting a group of people from Malaysia and conducting surveillance before carrying out the plan. Prosecutors said seven men entered the King Albert Park good class bungalow in the early hours of April 18, 2024, in a “lightning heist”, some of them armed with machetes and baseball bats. They tied up the people inside and stole about S$4.9...South China Morning Post
POLITICS2d agoSingapore’s Chan Chun Sing to visit China, speak at defence forumSingapore’s Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing is set to visit China from Tuesday to Thursday at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun and will speak at the Beijing Xiangshan Forum for the second consecutive year. His visit comes as defence analysts tell This Week in Asia that ties with Beijing are important for the city state’s balancing strategy with Washington. Singapore and the United States are close strategic partners with deep defence cooperation. Singapore’s defence ministry...South China Morning Post
HEALTH2d agoSingapore is open to chemical castration, but what are ethical, health concerns?Singapore’s openness to chemical castration for sex offenders has cast light on the ethical questions surrounding the treatment, with the discussion centred on whether it would fill any gap left by existing legislation. Experts point to how safeguards would be set regarding who receives the treatment, the duration of the process and if resulting medical consequences would be proportional to the offence. The debate comes after Senior Minister and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam’s written...South China Morning Post
DISASTER2d agoTwo taken to hospital, 20 evacuated after fire in bedroom of Pasir Ris HDB flat in SingaporeSINGAPORE: Two people were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in the bedroom of a Pasir Ris HDB flat on Sunday (Sept 13) morning.thestar_my · malaysia
POLITICS3d agoBenchmarking and bonuses: why Singapore pays its politicians like bankersThe city-state has some of the best-paid ministers in the worldFinancial Times
CONFLICT4d agoIs Singapore psychologically prepared for a terror attack ? The article questions Singapore's psychological readiness for a terror attack. This assesses public resilience and preparedness for potential security threats.channelnewsasia.com · United States
POLITICS5d agoAs Singapore weighs joining China-led AI body, does it risk US retaliation?As Singapore considers joining a China-led body on artificial intelligence, analysts say membership would give the city state a bigger say in global governance matters related to the technology but may invite an unfriendly response from Washington. Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo revealed in parliament earlier this week that Singapore had received an invitation to join the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (Waico). Singapore would consider the...South China Morning Post
WORLD5d agoSingapore and mainland China top global student assessment as OECD scores hit record lowSingaporean and Chinese students led the world in educational performance in 2025, according to an assessment by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, as average scores across OECD countries reached a record low. The 2025 Programme for International Student Assessment comprised 760,000 15-year-old students across 91 countries and economies, including OECD members and partners. This edition of the survey was the largest since the OECD first administered the triennial...South China Morning Post
CYBER6d ago22-year-old Singaporean pleads guilty to $245m crypto heistVanguard Nigeria
POLITICS6d agoPool of capable Singaporeans will narrow if personal cost of public service is too high : Tan See LengTan See Leng states that the pool of capable Singaporeans in public service could shrink if the personal costs are too high. This highlights a potential challenge for future public administration in Singapore.straitstimes.com · Singapore
POLITICS6d agoSingapore PM increases his salary by $1.1 million amid first government pay raise in 15 yearsPrime Minister Lawrence Wong announced the salary increases in parliament on Tuesday, the first for ministers in 15 years. Wong's own benchmark paycheck is set to rise 64 percent to 3.6 million Singapore dollars (€2.4 million) a year.EuroNews [en]
CYBER6d agoCBI secures return of accused in Singapore scam case from U.S.Harnek Singh, absconding since 2013 in a case involving spoof calls targeting Indian nationals in Singapore, deported from the U.S. and taken into CBI custodyThe Hindu
POLITICS6d agoPritam Singh questions if high pay attracts top private talent to Singapore politicsWorkers’ Party chief Pritam Singh has called for a more modest increase to Singapore’s ministerial salaries, challenging the argument that a higher pay was needed to attract top talent from the private sector. At Thursday’s parliamentary debate on changes to the political salary framework, Singh questioned if the city state’s high earners in the private sector were deterred from politics by lower pay or whether the issue was political responsibilities. He argued that most of the city state’s...South China Morning Post
BUSINESS6d agoGrab Singapore apologises over microdrama ad that raised passenger safety fearsGrab Singapore has apologised after a new promotional series formatted like popular Chinese microdramas raised concerns over personal boundaries and passenger safety in the city state. Titled I Fell In Love With My Grab Driver, the video campaign stars local actress-model Regina Lim as Emily, a widow stretched thin by the demands of her children and mother. The campaign’s trailer, released on Friday, shows Emily meeting Grab driver Henry – played by Singaporean actor-singer Glenn Yong – when he...South China Morning Post
WORLD6d ago4 Chinese nationals charged over Singaporean man’s Malaysia airport kidnappingFour Chinese nationals, including a woman, claimed trial at the Sessions Court in Balik Pulau, Malaysia’s Penang state, on Thursday to charges of kidnapping a Singaporean man. The accused: Liu Ting Jun, 46; Huang Jin, 39; Wang Hao Yu, 32; and Guan Siqi, 24, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read to them in Mandarin before Sessions Court Judge Ahzal Fariz Ahmad Khairuddin. According to the charge sheet, the four are alleged to have acted jointly to abduct and wrongfully confine 72-year-old...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSSep 9Singapore’s DBS sued for US$1 billion in alleged 1MDB-linked claimSingapore’s DBS Bank is being sued for an estimated S$1.298 billion (US$1.03 billion) in damages linked to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, Southeast Asia’s largest lender DBS Group has said. The claimants include the liquidators of four companies: BlackRock Commodities (Global), Platinum Global ‌Luxury Services, Affinity Equity International Partners and TKIL Global Investments. The liquidators did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for ‌comment. DBS on ⁠Wednesday rejected the...South China Morning Post
CYBERSep 9Man in Singapore gets protection order against wife who sent AI obscene imagesA family court has granted a man a personal protection order (PPO) against his wife, who had abused him emotionally or psychologically with text messages about him having sex with his sister. The court found that the sending of fake images and videos of the husband and his sister engaging in sexual acts, generated by artificial intelligence, amounted to family violence. The man had sought the PPO alleging that his wife had inflicted emotional or psychological abuse on him by accusing him of...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 9Singapore-flagged vessel fire off Kerala coast: Pollution risk assessment warns of future shoreline impact from lost containersAssessment done by International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation on the vessel’s containers that fell into the sea in June 2025 incidentThe Hindu
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