Jocelyn Chia’s line about the 2014 missing airliner was part of a Comedy Cellar set in April. But when video was posted this week, outrage poured in.
Category: Singapore
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Founders of Three Arrows, Failed Crypto Fund, Are Living Large
The implosion of Three Arrows Capital, a cryptocurrency hedge fund, devastated the industry. Its two founders spent the next year surfing, meditating and traveling the world.
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Forests, Band from Singapore, Played On After U.S. Robbery
Forests, a band from Singapore, ended its tour in New York in high spirits, two weeks after being robbed in California.
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British American Tobacco Pays U.S. $635 Million for North Korea Cigarette Scheme
Prosecutors in the United States said the firm secretly did business with North Korea through an intermediary, violating sanctions. The company apologized.
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Entrepreneurs Flee China’s Heavy Hand: ‘You Don’t Have to Stay There’
The New York Times – Business:Weary of crackdowns and lockdowns, businesspeople are moving out of China and taking their wealth with them. Many have found a new home in Singapore.
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As China Reopens Its Borders, Mixed Feelings at Home and Abroad
The New York Times – Business:Friends and families are planning reunions; tourists are booking flights. But amid the anticipation, there’s a whiff of anxiety.
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As China Lifts Pandemic Border Controls, Mixed Feelings at Home and Abroad
The New York Times – Business:Friends and families are planning reunions; tourists are booking flights. But amid the anticipation, there’s a whiff of anxiety.
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Can Cultural Identity Be Defined by Food?
The New York Times – Travel:Cuisine is one of the few ways to characterize Singapore’s Peranakan culture, a hard-to-pin-down blend of ethnic and racial identities.
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How Do You Visit a Vanished World?
The New York Times – Travel:For T’s Winter Travel issue, we look at three cultures that have all but disappeared — or been resurrected.