Outbreaks in France and South Korea have people across Asia on high alert for bedbugs. Exterminators in the region say business is booming.
Category: Singapore
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From Watch Fan to Watch Strap Maker, in 2 Years
Philip Chuah, who used YouTube videos to learn the skill, now creates bands in everything from calfskin to tilapia.
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F1 Schedule Continues to Grow With New Races
There will be 24 races next season, the most in the sport’s history, putting strain on the drivers and crews, even as travel has been reduced.
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How the Travel Desk Chose 17 Walks Around the World
For a new Travel package, 13 writers took scenic, personal, inventive and multicultural strolls, often getting advice from locals along the way.
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In Singapore, Strolling Geylang Road For Food and Flavor
Mud crabs, skewers, frog porridge and more: Expect an overload for your taste buds along Geylang Road, in the city-state’s red light district.
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Comedian’s Malaysia Joke Prompts Threats and a Diplomatic Incident
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.
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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.