Sorry Lee Bee Wah, but the Government is #notmyAhGong

Hokkien is rarely heard in Parliament so when Nee Soon GRC MP Lee Bee Wah uttered the phrase si gui kia, used to describe ungrateful children, it...

An irrational fear that has fed violence

The term Islamophobia first appeared in the pages of this newspaper 21 years ago, in December 1997, in an article titled, "World faces a resurgent...

Would you ask sexually harassed people, 'What were you wearing?'

"What were you wearing?" I was asked that question by a well-meaning person when I wrote a column in The Sunday Times in 2017 about being followed...

Avoiding the success trap for a fuller life

If the home I live in (Housing Board flat), the car I drive (Toyota Altis) and where I go for holidays (staycations) do not affect the quality of...

Taste of financial freedom? Strangely, veggie What'sTrending

冤冤相报何时了！

28岁的澳大利亚男子塔兰特本月15日在新西兰基督城用犀利枪械血洗两所回教堂，夺走数十条无辜性命，举世震惊之余，应该为接下来可能发生的事情感到害怕。这个惨案叫世人谴责，但这对西方民主国家也是一个价值观和理智的考验。恐袭案凶手把枪杀过程的视频直播上网，这所将引起的恶果是多方面的。...

Huawei: A case study of high-tech, high-stakes strategic competition

If we take a step back and adopt a strategic perspective of global events, we can see that China is being harassed on several fronts by the United...

Should we regulate AI? Can we?

This week marked a grim anniversary of sorts for artificial intelligence (AI). On a Sunday night this time last year, Ms Elaine Herzberg stepped...

Are the upcoming Thai elections free and fair?

by Kiat Sittheeamorn On 24 March, over 40 million registered Thai voters are expected to go to the polls for the country’s first elections since...

机器可以取代人工翻译吗？

人工智能的发展非常迅速，翻译的准确性越来越高，以至于有人担心译员是否会失业，甚至有的家长担心孩子学习外语专业，将来找不到工作。本人的判断是：机器翻译可以极大方便人们获得国外的信息，提高专业译员的工作效率，但要想进行深度思想交流，还是必须依赖人工翻译，最好是直接学习外语。请订阅或登录，以继续阅读全文！...

'Safe zones' provide no guarantee of safety for Rohingya

Bangladesh is once again calling for the establishment of safe zones for the Rohingya in Myanmar, so that it can begin resettling some of the one...

Switching jobs? Think of it as moving your investments

OVER drinks on a Friday night, a friend was recounting how shocked she was when her boss rejected a potential candidate for switching roles every...

White nationalism is a terrorist threat, but not like radical Islam

In the aftermath of last week's massacre of 50 Muslims at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, it has become common to equate white...

Hiroshima hopes to find a new Calbee, Daiso or Mazda

Mr Kazuyuki Sueoka rues the damage to lemon trees on his family farm due to landslides triggered by unprecedented heavy rains last July that lashed...

Indonesia's pivot as a regional maritime power

The Indonesian presidential election next month will be a marker in Asia's larger quest for strategic coherence. Under President Joko Widodo, the...