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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore on Tuesday added its southern resort island of Sentosa to a special event area designated for next week’s summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, the government said in its online gazette. ( read original story ...)

As Singapore prepares for a much-anticipated summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, its bars are offering cocktails featuring the Korean spirit, soju, to mark the event. Dhruv Tikekar reports. As Singapore prepares ... ( read original story ...)

The three gold, silver, and base-metal medallions commemorate the summit as a "momentous step to world peace" and show Singapore's role as a "neutral host, and an economic and security gateway between the East and the West," according to a news release ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is setting up a debt facility and creating investment benchmarks to attract institutional investors who can provide the billions of dollars needed for the region’s infrastructure projects, the central bank chief said on ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore on Tuesday unveiled a commemorative medallion ahead of next week’s summit between the U.S. and North Korean leaders in the wealthy city-state, carrying the inscription ‘World Peace’ in large letters on one side. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - When U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet for their historic summit in Singapore later this month, they will be protected by men from one of the fiercest warrior tribes in the world - the Gurkhas of Nepal. ( read original story ...)

In the race to deploy driverless public transport, Singapore has built a mini town that could vault it into pole position. The 2-hectare complex, unveiled in November, has intersections, traffic lights, bus stops and pedestrian crossings, all built to the ... ( read original story ...)

A few years ago, Quek Siu Rui huddled with the board of his Singapore startup to consider whether to sell. Quek was only 26 and the $100 million offer would have made him wealthy beyond his dreams. But he said no: He wanted to keep building the business. ( read original story ...)

When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump hold their summit at an exclusive venue in Singapore, one of the priciest destinations in Asia, they will no doubt run up quite a bill. And if past precedent is any indication ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Elon Musk, chief executive of U.S. electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla Inc, defended his view that Singapore was not supportive of EV ownership after a commentary in the city-state’s biggest newspaper criticized the billionaire’s so ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has designated a central region of the wealthy city state as a “special event area” from June 10 to 14, for the planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the government said ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore (CNN)It was billed as the pre-summit summit. A gathering of regional defense chiefs in the very same city where the two leaders of the United States and North Korea are due to meet in a mere 10 days' time. But rather than offering a preview of ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE—Of all Singapore’s big hotels, only one shows all its rooms and restaurants are blocked out for the week surrounding June 12, when U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are due to meet in the city. The booking crunch ... ( read original story ...)

(CNN)In the early days of the Iraq War, the director of the Secret Service was summoned to the White House Situation Room for a meeting with Joe Hagin, then serving as President George W. Bush's operations chief. Bush, Hagin told him, wanted to spend ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - For the region's military officers, diplomats, weapons manufacturers and spies, there are few livelier places than the lobby of Singapore's Shangri-La hotel around mid-year. Here, beneath pillared ceilings and chandeliers, they gather ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. planners, the people told the Post, are considering asking Singapore to foot the bill. A White House official told CBS News Saturday evening, "we aren't paying for hotels" but did not offer any further details. State Department spokesperson Heather ... ( read original story ...)