East Asia

Mother and son charged with lying to IRAS over 99-to-1 property purchase in first such prosecution

THE CASE The Singaporean pair charged on Friday received five charges each under the Stamp Duties Act for conspiring to…

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Anti-money laundering watchdog calls on India to speed up prosecutions

THE global anti-money laundering watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) urged India on Thursday (Sep 19) to speed up…

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Mid-Autumn Festival energizes 'Reunion Economy’

<img src='https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-09-18/Mid-Autumn-Festival-energizes-Reunion-Economy–1x082u6B39e/img/2e0ba97a70fe46b9af0298fe08488e36/2e0ba97a70fe46b9af0298fe08488e36.jpeg' alt='' China’s three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, which concluded on Monday, revealed a strengthening travel industry, with domestic trips…

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Can China achieve perfect ends in diving, table tennis at Paris 2024?

Olympians from around the world are competing in 39 gold medal events at the 2024 Paris Summer Games on Saturday.…

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How Kishore Mahbubani got US$100 million in 3 minutes from Hong Kong’s richest man Li Ka-shing

How Kishore Mahbubani got US$100 million in 3 minutes from Hong Kong’s richest man Li Ka-shing Veteran Singapore diplomat Kishore…

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TikTok, Amazon collaborate on online shopping, heating up competition with Shein, Temu

“We’re excited to collaborate with Amazon to offer a seamless and fun shopping experience,” TikTok wrote in a post on…

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Opinion | Japan stock shock shows volatility is back with a vengeance

What is going on? Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida proclaims his “new capitalism”, Japanese investors pile into stocks, driving the…

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Project woes spotlight reliability of Pakistan as an ‘all-weather’ partner for China

For that to happen, the committee said widespread human rights violations by Pakistan’s security forces and allied tribal militias, including…

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Israel airstrike on Gaza school kills more than 100, Hamas-run media office says

CAIRO: More than 100 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a Gaza school sheltering displaced people,…

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Byte-sized bandits: AI is levelling-up scammers but also helping Hongkongers fight back

Details of the deal began to unravel fast. Friends reached out on WeChat, the Chinese messaging platform owned by Tencent…

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