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National University of Singapore (NUS)

National University of Singapore (NUS): A prominent Singapore-based public research university, NUS is dedicated to providing world-class education and high-impact research with a focus on Asian perspectives. Headquartered in Singapore across three main campuses, it offers diverse undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in fields like engineering, medicine, law, and business. NUS is renowned for its significant contributions to research in areas such as Smart Nation initiatives, biomedical science, and sustainability. Consistently ranked among the top global universities, NUS is recognised for nurturing leaders and driving societal impact through its commitment to innovation and enterprise.

Singapore

Singapore’s young graduates feel the heat in ‘draining’ job hunt

A dearth of entry-level jobs has forced some young Singaporeans to pivot to stopgap roles and entrepreneurship.

24 Dec 2025 - 1:00PM

US-ally trade wars

Mexico’s 50% tariff shock shuts Asia’s North American trade bypass

20 Dec 2025 - 1:30PM

Singapore

Can Singapore’s cyber laws keep pace with speed of borderless online threats?

9 Dec 2025 - 10:30AM

India

India’s strong economic growth impresses amid doubts on ‘overstated’ data

Questions about India’s latest 8.2 per cent GDP quarterly growth have been raised by ANZ Bank and analysts.

2 Dec 2025 - 6:45PMvideocam

Workers scan packages ahead of dispatch from the Flipkart fulfillment centre in Haryana. Domestic consumer demand is a key pillar of India’s economy. Photo: AFP

Singapore

Like a ‘debt collector’? US ambassador irks Singaporeans by justifying tariff

While Anjani Sinha has called on Singapore to help ‘rebalance’ trade, the US also benefits from its ties with the city state, analysts say.

1 Dec 2025 - 9:02PM

India

India’s looming BrahMos missile deal with Indonesia challenges US-China binary

New Delhi is emerging as a serious alternative security partner for Southeast Asia, offering hi-tech arms without ‘hegemonic baggage’.

1 Dec 2025 - 3:51PM

Singapore

Singapore-based AI start-ups draw most funding in Southeast Asia: report

A total of 495 AI start-ups secured US$1.31 billion in funding in Singapore in the first half of this year.

11 Nov 2025 - 8:10PMvideocam

Some 680 AI start-ups attracted more than US$2.3 billion of investments across Southeast Asia in the first half of this year, according to a report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company. Photo: Shutterstock

China’s Communist Party

Communist Party discipline key to meeting China’s 5-year plan goals: Cai Qi

‘Self-governance’ is essential if the country is to tackle challenges and opportunities, ideology chief says.

3 Nov 2025 - 5:22PMvideocam

China-Asean relations

Premier Li Qiang to visit Singapore as China looks to shore up ties

He is the first Chinese leader to travel to the city state since 2018 and the trip comes as rivalry heats up between Beijing and Washington.

24 Oct 2025 - 4:53PM

Pakistan

Will plan for port in Pakistan with US involvement fuel regional tensions?

Under the plan, the port in Balochistan will be used to access Pakistan’s critical minerals in a region where China has a strong presence.

12 Oct 2025 - 5:00PMvideocam

The Gwadar port in Balochistan, Pakistan, a flagship project under China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Photo: Xinhua

Singapore

‘I’m scared he’ll snap’: Singapore’s high-rise noisy neighbour feuds turn deadly

A fatal dispute, reportedly over noise, has sparked a debate on the existing rules and enforcement measures for community dispute resolution.

12 Oct 2025 - 8:00AM

The eastern town of Tampines, Singapore. More than 80 per cent of Singapore’s population lives in public housing flats. Photo: Kolette Lim

Israel

Asian leaders hail US-led Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal amid cautious optimism

US President Donald Trump’s efforts to bring about peace in Gaza could improve Washington’s standing in Asia, analysts say.

11 Oct 2025 - 11:37AMvideocam

Accidents and disasters in China

How China was ready for Super Typhoon Ragasa – and what still needs to be done

Chinese cities have been hit by a series of deadly storms over the decades, but this time no one died on the mainland.

2 Oct 2025 - 5:00PMvideocam

Foreigners in China

Critics take aim at China’s new K visa for foreign STEM talent

Online commenters raise concerns about the programme’s impact on local employment in a tight job market.

30 Sep 2025 - 11:30PM

The K visa is aimed at young foreign graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also known as STEM fields. Photo: Shutterstock

India-Pakistan tensions

Pakistan-Saudi Arabia defence pact tests India’s Gulf outreach

Analysts say the deal exposes the limits of New Delhi’s ambitions in a region where Beijing is also deepening its economic and military ties.

29 Sep 2025 - 5:42PMvideocam

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embrace after signing a defence agreement in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on September 17. Photo: Saudi Press Agency/Reuters

China manufacturing

Why weak links in China’s unrivalled supply chains may not exist in 5 years

While China’s manufacturing resilience remains formidable, vulnerabilities in high-end technologies, geopolitical tensions suggest that there are still chokepoints.

3 Oct 2025 - 5:53PM

China travel

What will China’s travel warnings about the Philippines mean for business ties?

China has issued four travel advisories in five months, but Philippine police say serious crime is down 16.5 per cent this year.

14 Sep 2025 - 2:05PMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

The end of IMEC? US-backed answer to China’s belt and road falters

A grand economic vision to link India and Israel to Europe is crumbling, a casualty of the carnage in Gaza and shifting US priorities.

13 Sep 2025 - 4:00PMvideocam

Protesters attending a pro-Palestinian rally in Mumbai last month hold a poster showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: EPA

US-China relations

Trump, a trail of diplomacy and a possible trip to China to resolve the trade war

Chinese and American officials met this week for meetings that could pave the way for a US-China summit.

11 Sep 2025 - 10:42PMvideocam

Belt and Road Initiative

China weighs risks as social unrest rocks strategic partner Nepal

Regional instability, political upheaval test China’s Belt and Road Initiative, casting uncertainty over key infrastructure projects.

11 Sep 2025 - 10:33AMvideocam

Corruption in China

China’s financial anti-graft drive not a quick fix but good in long run: analyst

Challenge lies in how the campaign can create real deterrence, rather than drive the corruption ‘deeper underground’, observer says.

6 Sep 2025 - 10:00PMvideocam

China aims to clean up the financial system and build a “financial superpower”, under a blueprint laid out by President Xi Jinping in January last year. Photo: Reuters

India

India’s ‘dead economy’ growth hailed, but Trump’s tariffs pose risks

While the 7.8 per cent first-quarter growth is a positive sign, experts warn the impact of US tariffs could be felt later in the year.

1 Sep 2025 - 5:40PMvideocam

Members of a trade association holding a poster of US President Donald Trump protest on Saturday against the recent tariff increases imposed by the US on India in New Delhi. Photo: AFP

Chinese overseas

Why Chinese students are flocking to Southeast Asia for degrees, employment

With Europe and the US growing expensive, more Chinese students are opting for Malaysia, Thailand or Indonesia for education and employment.

1 Sep 2025 - 11:10AMvideocam

Singapore

Will Singapore’s PAP rule forever?

The People’s Action Party may have found a lasting formula for governing, with Singaporeans wanting it to remain in power, analysts say.

30 Aug 2025 - 8:00AM

China manufacturing

China scrambles to fix price wars – by updating a law from 1998. Here’s why

As disorderly competition fuels a ‘race to the bottom’ across Chinese sectors, Beijing takes aim at pricing legislation that has gone untouched for 27 years.

22 Aug 2025 - 10:11AMvideocam

China’s Communist Party

The big shift in ethnic affairs exposed by China’s corruption crackdown

Several former regional chairmen and women have come under investigation this year, pointing to a major change in elite politics.

17 Aug 2025 - 10:00PM

Qizhala, the ethnic Tibetan former chairman of the Tibet autonomous region, was expelled from the Communist Party in July. Photo: Handout

Climate change

Letters | Give Southeast Asian youth a formal role in climate decision-making

Readers discuss the need for an Asean youth climate envoy, the sustainability of claw machines, and Japanese war crimes.

8 Aug 2025 - 11:30AM

Singapore

Singapore’s next K-pop idols get grooving in first Southeast Asian academy

SM Entertainment, the company behind Girls’ Generation and Exo, plans to use the academy as a ‘scouting ground’ for regional talent.

6 Aug 2025 - 9:34AM

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National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore’s young graduates feel the heat in ‘draining’ job hunt

A dearth of entry-level jobs has forced some young Singaporeans to pivot to stopgap roles and entrepreneurship.

Mexico’s 50% tariff shock shuts Asia’s North American trade bypass

Can Singapore’s cyber laws keep pace with speed of borderless online threats?

India’s strong economic growth impresses amid doubts on ‘overstated’ data

Questions about India’s latest 8.2 per cent GDP quarterly growth have been raised by ANZ Bank and analysts.

Like a ‘debt collector’? US ambassador irks Singaporeans by justifying tariff

While Anjani Sinha has called on Singapore to help ‘rebalance’ trade, the US also benefits from its ties with the city state, analysts say.

India’s looming BrahMos missile deal with Indonesia challenges US-China binary

New Delhi is emerging as a serious alternative security partner for Southeast Asia, offering hi-tech arms without ‘hegemonic baggage’.

Singapore-based AI start-ups draw most funding in Southeast Asia: report

A total of 495 AI start-ups secured US$1.31 billion in funding in Singapore in the first half of this year.

Communist Party discipline key to meeting China’s 5-year plan goals: Cai Qi

‘Self-governance’ is essential if the country is to tackle challenges and opportunities, ideology chief says.

Premier Li Qiang to visit Singapore as China looks to shore up ties

He is the first Chinese leader to travel to the city state since 2018 and the trip comes as rivalry heats up between Beijing and Washington.

Will plan for port in Pakistan with US involvement fuel regional tensions?

Under the plan, the port in Balochistan will be used to access Pakistan’s critical minerals in a region where China has a strong presence.

‘I’m scared he’ll snap’: Singapore’s high-rise noisy neighbour feuds turn deadly

A fatal dispute, reportedly over noise, has sparked a debate on the existing rules and enforcement measures for community dispute resolution.

Asian leaders hail US-led Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal amid cautious optimism

US President Donald Trump’s efforts to bring about peace in Gaza could improve Washington’s standing in Asia, analysts say.

How China was ready for Super Typhoon Ragasa – and what still needs to be done

Chinese cities have been hit by a series of deadly storms over the decades, but this time no one died on the mainland.

Critics take aim at China’s new K visa for foreign STEM talent

Online commenters raise concerns about the programme’s impact on local employment in a tight job market.

Pakistan-Saudi Arabia defence pact tests India’s Gulf outreach

Analysts say the deal exposes the limits of New Delhi’s ambitions in a region where Beijing is also deepening its economic and military ties.

Why weak links in China’s unrivalled supply chains may not exist in 5 years

While China’s manufacturing resilience remains formidable, vulnerabilities in high-end technologies, geopolitical tensions suggest that there are still chokepoints.

What will China’s travel warnings about the Philippines mean for business ties?

China has issued four travel advisories in five months, but Philippine police say serious crime is down 16.5 per cent this year.

The end of IMEC? US-backed answer to China’s belt and road falters

A grand economic vision to link India and Israel to Europe is crumbling, a casualty of the carnage in Gaza and shifting US priorities.

Trump, a trail of diplomacy and a possible trip to China to resolve the trade war

Chinese and American officials met this week for meetings that could pave the way for a US-China summit.

China weighs risks as social unrest rocks strategic partner Nepal

Regional instability, political upheaval test China’s Belt and Road Initiative, casting uncertainty over key infrastructure projects.

China’s financial anti-graft drive not a quick fix but good in long run: analyst

Challenge lies in how the campaign can create real deterrence, rather than drive the corruption ‘deeper underground’, observer says.

India’s ‘dead economy’ growth hailed, but Trump’s tariffs pose risks

While the 7.8 per cent first-quarter growth is a positive sign, experts warn the impact of US tariffs could be felt later in the year.

Why Chinese students are flocking to Southeast Asia for degrees, employment

With Europe and the US growing expensive, more Chinese students are opting for Malaysia, Thailand or Indonesia for education and employment.

Will Singapore’s PAP rule forever?

The People’s Action Party may have found a lasting formula for governing, with Singaporeans wanting it to remain in power, analysts say.

China scrambles to fix price wars – by updating a law from 1998. Here’s why

As disorderly competition fuels a ‘race to the bottom’ across Chinese sectors, Beijing takes aim at pricing legislation that has gone untouched for 27 years.

The big shift in ethnic affairs exposed by China’s corruption crackdown

Several former regional chairmen and women have come under investigation this year, pointing to a major change in elite politics.

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}Letters | Give Southeast Asian youth a formal role in climate decision-making

Readers discuss the need for an Asean youth climate envoy, the sustainability of claw machines, and Japanese war crimes.

Singapore’s next K-pop idols get grooving in first Southeast Asian academy

SM Entertainment, the company behind Girls’ Generation and Exo, plans to use the academy as a ‘scouting ground’ for regional talent.

Letters | Give Southeast Asian youth a formal role in climate decision-making