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Foreign domestic maids in Singapore are susceptible to being victims of forced labour, despite them being documented workers with legal rights such as paid medical insurance and a rest day each week, ... ( read original story ...)

Changi prison, Singapore. ‘Judicial corporal punishment has been a long-time fixture, and was first introduced by British colonialists in the 19th century.’ Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA Any day now, ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Singapore officials say it isn't in the country's interest to nab — or even name — the perpetrators behind a cyberattack that breached 1.5 million health records, including those of Prime ... ( read original story ...)

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Singapore must overhaul its rules and systems for the hiring of foreign domestic workers to put a stop to forced labour in the wealthy city-state, c... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, Jan 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A social enterprise model for some of Singapore's hawker centres has been criticised over high costs and poor management, as the wealthy nation tries t... ( read original story ...)

Singapore (AFP) - Singapore insisted Tuesday it would still cane a British man convicted of drug smuggling despite a plea from London not to proceed with the punishment. Yuen Ye Ming was sentenced by ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A social enterprise model for some of Singapore’s hawker centers has been criticized over high costs and poor management, as the wealthy nation tries to revita... ( read original story ...)

Private-home sales in Singapore halved in December from the month prior as developers marketed fewer projects and buyers decamped from the city-state on holiday. Developers sold 602 units last month v... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The leader of Singapore's only opposition party with members in parliament said there is a real risk it could lose all its seats as the city-state prepares for an electio... ( read original story ...)

A feathery passenger was discovered 12 hours into a 14-hour flight between Singapore and London. The stowaway, a mynah bird, appeared in the business class section of a Singapore Airlines flight last ... ( read original story ...)

Mynah bird ends up flying from Singapore to London after somehow getting onboard SIA flight PM Lee to call for early election? LOL: Woman looks like she jumped from a flat but she’s actually just dryi... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is looking to strengthen its adoption laws after a gay man won an appeal to legally adopt his biological son in a landmark court ruling last year, its social affairs mi... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The leader of Singapore’s only elected opposition party said there is a real risk it could lose all its seats as the city-state prepares for an election in the coming years. Sing... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s foreign minister says there will be “consequences” if neighbouring Malaysia continues to escalate a dispute over waters that are claimed by Singapore. In a speech to Parliament ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore warned Malaysia Monday it was ready to defend its interests after a flare-up of maritime tensions, the latest sign of fraying ties since a change of government in Kuala Lumpur. The neighbour... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s ties with neighbouring Malaysia could face a “downward spiral” over a series of maritime and airspace disputes, the wealthy city-state’s foreign minister ... ( read original story ...)