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Kimberly Lim
Kimberly Lim
Kimberly Lim is a reporter for the Asia Desk, covering social issues, politics and economy in Singapore and the region. She graduated from Nanyang Technological University, where she majored in Public Policy and Global Affairs, with a second major in English Literature. She previously wrote for TODAY and The New Paper.

Experts say there is still much left to iron out, such as copyright issues and ethical code of conduct as artists learn to utilise generative AI tools.

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Risks of the side hustle culture include overwork, stress and legal implications of holding a second job in addition to the full-time one, but some Gen Z say it helps keep their passion and interests alive.

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Singapore last year lifted restrictions on egg-freezing, allowing women aged 21-35 to do so, and recently raised the age limit to 37. But only those married are allowed to use them.

The price of a certificate of entitlement, or COE, for vehicle ownership in the land-scarce city state has ballooned to US$75,000 – making it ‘impossible for the middle class’.

Singapore’s education ministry says schools can explore ways to help students manage the heat, such as allowing pupils to wear physical education attire.

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Although China has eased its strict pandemic restrictions, it has not resumed the ability for Singaporeans to visit the country visa-free for 15 days.

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Record springtime temperatures have left millions across the region sweltering from India to Indonesia and Malaysia, as the first El Nino event in three years threatens to fan the flames.

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Singapore is feeling the impact of geopolitics shifting the flow of direct investments and cannot ‘afford to outbid the big boys’, says country’s No 2 leader.

Soaring rents are driving a boom in subdivided housing units in the city state, with an en suite room now costing tenants as much as US$1,870 per month.

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The surprise ‘draconian’ rate hike – one of the harshest tightening moves in recent years – will impact some 10 per cent of private property transactions.

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TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi has garnered a new online following among Singapore’s Gen Z – earning the title ‘zaddy’ – for the way he handled US lawmakers during a congressional hearing.

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Chinese envoy to Singapore Sun Haiyan said strong government coordination and policy stability ensured quick roll-outs of infrastructure and development projects in China.

Critics worry that the deal could set a dangerous precedent that can be used by other states to hide highly enriched uranium or plutonium from international oversight.

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Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam said Western powers are not ‘uninvolved bystanders who had no role to play’ in the ongoing conflict, citing the West’s decision to expand Nato, as an example.

Myanmar’s troubles with national unity have been going on since WWII and the coup only exacerbated that, Singapore’s foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan says.

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Even as mutual suspicion between the US and China deepens over the spy balloon saga, Singapore will not be a ‘proxy or a stalking horse for any superpower’, Vivian Balakrishnan says.

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After garnering two million downloads within two weeks of its launch, Bondee, Singapore’s home-grown avatar-based app, has now quickly fallen off the charts.

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