Joyce Lim

3 days ago | straitstimes.com | Joyce Lim

SINGAPORE – While veteran Singaporean artist Koeh Sia Yong was away in Indonesia for nearly two months earlier in 2025, his bedroom drawers back home were emptied of more than $50,000 in valuables. The 87-year-old returned to his two-bedroom unit at The Interlace condo in Depot Road on March 15 to find his home had been broken into. “When I stepped into my apartment, I saw my master bedroom door, which I had locked, was open,” Mr Koeh told The Straits Times in Mandarin.

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Joyce Lim

SHENZHEN/CHONGQING – China and the United States are finally ready to talk trade, after weeks of tough posturing aimed at strengthening their hand ahead of what analysts expect to be protracted negotiations over tariffs. Chinese Vice Premier and economic czar He Lifeng will meet US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer this week in Switzerland, officials from both countries said on May 7.

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Esther Loi |Joyce Lim |Sarah Stanley

Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE – The PAP team has retained East Coast GRC with 58.76 per cent of the vote, in a closely watched match-up against the WP. The ruling party also kept its hold on the single seat of Mountbatten. In East Coast, the PAP’s vote share is up from 2020’s when it won 53.39 per cent. This is the fifth election in a row that it has faced down the WP in East Coast GRC. Of the 135,576 valid votes cast on May 3 for East Coast GRC, 79,664 went to the PAP.

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Joyce Lim

SHENZHEN – A prominent Chinese business leader and lawmaker has stirred controversy by saying that her company will not groom foreign-educated talent for fear of spies in their midst. The comments and ensuing uproar point to the mixed attitudes confronting some Chinese who have returned home after spending time abroad, amid rising geopolitical tensions and growing attention to national security.

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Magdalene Fung |Walter Sim |Joyce Lim |Bhagyashree Garekar

Follow our live coverage. HONG KONG/TOKYO/SHENZHEN/NEW YORK – Back home in Singapore, Mr Julian Chang, 24, used to pay little attention to politics, calling himself “apolitical”. But since coming to Tokyo as an exchange student a month ago, he has been gripped by election fever, even though he has had to watch election rallies online instead of attending in person.