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3 weeks ago | 
channelnewsasia.com | Rachel Lim |Rachel Chan
Asia “It was pretty bad. The ground, table, lights, everything was wobbling,” a woman who is on a business trip in Thailand told CNA. New: You can now listen to articles. 28 Mar 2025 05:58PM (Updated: 28 Mar 2025 06:13PM) SINGAPORE: Singaporean Pang Xue Qiang was in a taxi to Bangkok's Thonglor district when he felt the ground shaking at about 1.30pm on Friday (Mar 28).
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1 month ago | 
thebambooworks.com | Doug Young |Rachel Chan
The company was the only passenger vehicle maker among the global top 20 to achieve over 30% sales growth for traditional and new energy cars in the nine months to last SeptemberBy Doug YoungChery Automobile Co. Ltd. filed for a Hong Kong IPO on Friday, becoming one of China’s last remaining major automakers to list in a deal that is expected to be one of the largest listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange this year.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
thebambooworks.com | Teri Yu |Rachel Chan
The livestream gaming platform unveiled new leadership more than a year after the arrest of its CEO, in a bid to overcome challenges on multiple frontsBy Teri YuOnline livestream game platform DouYu Holdings Ltd. (DOYU.US) on Thursday named a new co-CEO, filling a prolonged leadership vacuum. Simultaneously, the company also declared a massive special cash dividend in a bid to entice investors to its stock.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Rachel Chan
SINGAPORE: Seven people have been arrested in connection with a series of unauthorised attempts to change registered residential addresses through the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority's (ICA) e-services, the police said on Tuesday (Jan 14). The arrests come after ICA revealed on Jan 11 that perpetrators were exploiting stolen or compromised Singpass accounts to fraudulently alter the addresses of unsuspecting victims.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
thebambooworks.com | Teri Yu |Rachel Chan
Chinese companies continued to dominate the annual U.S. list of online and offline marketplaces with high trading in counterfeit goodsBy Teri YuDouyin Mall, the e-commerce arm of Chinese short video platform Douyin, the Chinese edition of Tiktok, was added to an annual U.S. list naming and shaming global marketplaces with high trafficking in pirated goods.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Rachel Chan
SINGAPORE: The retirement and re-employment ages for all National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) employees will be raised from Jan 1, 2025, 1.5 years ahead of the national schedule. NTUC said in a media statement on Monday (Dec 9) that the retirement and re-employment ages will be raised to 64 and 69 respectively, which is in line with the union's "commitment to age-inclusive employment practices".
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Rachel Chan
Singapore The former CEO of recycling firm Citiraya Industries and his wife were handed over to CPIB's custody. New: You can now listen to articles. SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man and his wife were arrested in Malaysia on Tuesday (Dec 3) in connection to a fraud case involving over US$51 million after being on the run for 19 years.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Rachel Chan
SINGAPORE: Singapore's local rail industry will see its first foreign operator after the contract for Jurong Region Line (JRL) was awarded to a joint venture between SBS Transit Rail and RATP Dev Asia Pacific. RATP Dev Asia Pacific is the subsidiary of the French public transport operator RATP Dev.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Rachel Chan
SINGAPORE: For its in-depth look at the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, CNA was honoured at this year's AIBs, an international awards competition organised by the London-based Association for International Broadcasting (AIB). CNA's "Israel-Hamas War - The Occupation Of West Bank" came out tops in the News Explainer category in the video section, beating competition from Bloomberg, CNN as well as Al Jazeera, which also submitted its own explainer on the Israel-Hamas war.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Rachel Chan
SINGAPORE: An unexploded World War II bomb was removed from Keppel Club on Thursday (Nov 21). The police said they were alerted to a suspected war relic at 239 Sime Road - the address of Keppel Club - at about 9.15am. They worked with the Singapore Armed Forces' (SAF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit and determined that it was an unexploded WWII bomb. "It was assessed to be safe for handling and has been moved away by SAF for disposal. No danger was posed to the public," said the police.
