Asia Tonight: News in brief May 20
News Briefs on Asia Tonight, May 20: – Spain makes wearing of masks in public compulsory – 400 ComfortDelGro taxis…
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News Briefs on Asia Tonight, May 20: – Spain makes wearing of masks in public compulsory – 400 ComfortDelGro taxis…
COVID-19 briefs on Asia Tonight, May 21: – Parody of Tokyo Olympics logo taken down after criticism from organisers –…
News Briefs on Singapore Tonight, April 24: – Philippines has extended its COVID-19 lockdown in Manila to May 15 –…
Singapore will ease out of its COVID-19 circuit breaker, reopening in phases from Jun 2. This will be done in…
Singapore confirmed nine new cases of COVID-19 on Feb 14 , six of which are linked to the cluster from…
Channel NewsAsia’s Julie Yoo took to the streets of South Korea to find out what South Koreans think about the…
Not too long ago, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un were trading insults with “fire and fury”. How did we…
This is the video Donald Trump showed to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday (Jun 12), which illustrates…
Dr Siti Hasmah chats with Channel NewsAsia’s Sumisha Naidu about her relationship with her husband, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad…
Has Malaysia’s new Pakatan government been able to achieve all of its 10-point manifesto and usher in an era of…
More than 1000 women applied but only 103 got to take took part in Singapore’s inaugural Women’s Boot Camp, which…
While many link dementia with old age, more people under 60 are being diagnosed with early-onset dementia. We look at…
Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad spoke to Channel NewsAsia’s Sumisha Naidu in a one-on-one interview on Malaysia’s water agreement with…
Today’s headlines: ASEAN and China agree on a draft text that will form the basis of negotiations on the South…
In the headlines: Singapore’s seventh taxi operator gets its licence; the number of plastic bags that shoppers take from supermarkets…
Making “scents” of the different notes and layers in the art of perfume making. Yvonne and Steven meet a perfume…
Part 3 of Lee Kuan Yew’s historic Battle for Merger radio talks is a personal narrative. He explains how he…
She has been called one of the best action movie heroines ever. Michelle Yeoh talks to Conversation With about fighting,…
The murder of a young girl and her male house help becomes India’s biggest murder mystery. Suspicion swings from other…
Recently appointed Senior Minister of State for Law and Health Edwin Tong goes On the Record with Channel NewsAsia’s Bharati…
Fifteen internationally-renowned scientists were in Singapore recently for the inaugural Global Young Scientists Summit. Among them were Nobel Prize winners…
MK Goh heads the biggest condom manufacturing company in the world- Karex. With 35 million lives claimed by HIV Aids,…
Singapore Airlines has signed a deal to become the official title sponsor for the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix. The…
Architect and TV personality Khairudin Saharom travels to Da Lat, Vietnam for a weekend getaway filled with what he loves…
Indonesia’s outspoken Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court is standing by the country’s President, despite the ruling party being mired…
Demolition started on Singapore’s Budget Terminal to make way for the country’s fourth airport terminal. Work to tear down the…
Indonesia’s Golkar is a former ruling party which is now a member of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s coalition government. The…
The trick is to use basmati rice, low-fat coconut milk, less sugar, less salt, pan-fried fish, boiled eggs instead of…
Inland areas in Iwate Prefecture were not as badly hit by the March 2011 tsunami as the coast. But businesses…
Speaking at a press conference after a meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, President Donald Trump said the US…
While a growing number of younger South Koreans are starting to accept homosexuality in their country, the majority of Koreans…
A new Disney-animated movie similar to the 2011 film “Rango” is set to get a made-in-Singapore stamp. This was revealed…
Thailand’s Education Ministry says it will abolish a decades-old regulation on school children’s hairstyles that requires them to keep short…
A ‘Better Fathering Index’ will be set up in Singapore to benchmark the father’s involvement in bringing up children. The…
With the amount of global sovereign debt with negative yields surpassing US$10 trillion, where should investors park their money? Robert…
Sahari Ani from the Singapore Red Cross joins us in studio, to give us his first-hand account of the organisation’s…
For many Indians, Bollywood movies offer them the only chance to see exotic foreign locations. However with the drop in…
International companies often see India’s billion-plus population as one of the advantages of doing business in the country. The global…
Chinese and South African relations continue to grow, this time in the wine industry. The recent purchase of South African…
The Japanese have some of the best ideas to maximise limited space. Among them- creative designs for hotels. Channel NewsAsia’s…
It’s said that you can buy the perfect body in Thailand for relatively cheap. How far will people go for…
Speaking to media outside Sentosa’s Capella Hotel during their one-on-one walk without translators, US President Donald Trump described the meeting…
After the dangerous game of brinkmanship between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, where will…
Progress, to Channel NewsAsia’s Steve, in the current sensitive and confrontational era, means being able to discuss, debate and disagree…
WATCH: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toured the Flower Dome at Gardens by the Bay as well as the…
The summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader took place on Tuesday (Jun 12). From a historic…
US President Donald Trump on Friday (May 25) told reporters the summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un –…
Hours after cancelling a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday (May 24), President Donald Trump told…
US President Donald Trump said that there was “a very substantial chance” his Singapore summit with North Korean leader Kim…
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had a bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump at the Istana on Monday (Jun…
Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said that he was “impressed” after visiting North Korean capital Pyongyang and hopes that…
As the Jun 12 summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un nears, Talking Point…
“It’s a rough situation over there, there’s no question about it,” said US President Donald Trump when asked about whether…
We examine how North Korea’s military muscle has grown since 2016, under the leadership of Kim Jong Un. For the…
It takes a long time scientifically … but once you start the process, it means it’s pretty much over, can’t…
Ahead of the meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the South Korean community…
US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un will meet in Singapore in a historic summit on Tuesday, Jun 12.…
The abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s remains an unresolved issue to this…
“You learn to put your game face on and you learn to soldier through as a journalist, because my job…
Since China’s one-child policy was put in place in 1979, the government has managed to avert some 400 million births.…