Sarah Koh

Jan 24, 2025 | asiaone.com | Sarah Koh |Osmond Chia

SINGAPORE - When asset manager Look Ru Shin noticed her daughter, then aged 10, glued to her phone, something felt off. “She was trying to hide it,” Madam Look, 46, recalled. A closer look revealed that her daughter, Claire, had received inappropriate messages from a stranger on Minecraft. “I immediately deleted her account and the app,” she said.

Jan 24, 2025 | straitstimes.com | Osmond Chia |Sarah Koh

SINGAPORE - Just as age verification is mandatory for pub entry, app stores will soon need to check the age of young users before allowing them to download apps for grown-ups. Come March 31, Singapore’s media regulator will roll out a new code requiring, among many things, that app stores screen and prevent users aged below 18 from downloading apps meant for adults, such as dating apps or those with sexual content. App stores have one year until March 2026 to roll out the measures.

Jan 24, 2025 | straitstimes.com | Sarah Koh |Osmond Chia

SINGAPORE - When asset manager Look Ru Shin noticed her daughter, then aged 10, glued to her phone, something felt off. “She was trying to hide it,” Madam Look, 46, recalled. A closer look revealed that her daughter, Claire, had received inappropriate messages from a stranger on Minecraft. “I immediately deleted her account and the app,” she said.

Jan 14, 2025 | straitstimes.com | Sarah Koh

SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong received seperate phone calls from United States vice-president Kamala Harris on Jan 14. In a statement on Jan 14, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) spokesperson said that Ms Harris gave PM Wong and SM Lee an update about the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles, which led to the cancellation of her working visit to Singapore that was supposed to take place on Jan 15.

Jan 14, 2025 | straitstimes.com | Sarah Koh |Ang Qing

SINGAPORE - Nearly 100 potholes were detected in the first 12 days of 2025 amid prolonged rainfall across Singapore, though overall annual figures have seen a significant dip in recent years. These included several along a stretch of Tanah Merah Coast Road in the past few days, which were captured on video by a cyclist on Jan 11. In the four-minute long clip shared on Facebook, more than 20 potholes can be seen across three lanes in Tanah Merah Coast Road.