World : Top News Headlines In Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Oct 27, 2025

CAMBODIA 1.REMOVING MILITARY EQUIPMENT ALONG DISPUTED BORDER -- FRESH NEWS Cambodia and Thailand began removing heavy military assets along the disputed border on Sunday night, following the signing of the Joint Declaration in Malaysia. The ASEAN...

A Tech Leader will be a Board Position in the next 2 to 5 years – Mohit Sagar

🏎️ The Digital Boardroom Grand Prix: Who Will Take Pole Position? Back in 1991, I sat in a classroom full of IBM veterans – seasoned professionals, in a Master’s class, trying to bridge the chasm between business and technology. That gap hasn’t...

Singapore, China sign MOUs to boost cooperation in areas such as green development, digital economy and maritime connectivity

Singapore and China hold regular high-level exchanges. Both sides concluded new MOUs on Saturday and also renewed existing ones. Green development: An MOU on Enhancing Cooperation in Green Development was signed by Singapore’s Ministry of Trade...

Singapore, China to establish national green and digital shipping corridor; pledge to deepen ties

Planned national shipping corridor is an elevation of current arrangements between Singapore and Tianjin municipality [SINGAPORE] Singapore and China have agreed to work together to decarbonise and digitalise shipping routes between the two...

CFO enhances cybersecurity skills

​THE Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) said it sent a delegation to the GovWare Conference in Singapore early this month to learn about advanced cybersecurity incident response. ​CFO Secretary Dante Ang II said the initiative was in alignment...

Singapore employers face new era of accountability under Workplace Fairness Act

Singapore is preparing for a significant shift in employment law as the Workplace Fairness Act approaches implementation within the next two years. The legislation will introduce comprehensive protections against workplace discrimination across 11...

Karl Mayer launches HKS 2-SE TWO

Karl Mayer has unveiled its latest innovation, the HKS 2-SE TWO, at ITMA Asia + CITME 2025 in Singapore. Compact, powerful, and cost-efficient, the new two-bar tricot machine delivers double production output while reducing space, energy, and...

Deepfake interviews, forged credentials: Why AI-driven candidate fraud needs urgent attention

The quest to hire the best talent is now riskier as AI-enabled deception and fake identities rise IMAGINE this: A tech firm hires a promising software engineer through a remote recruitment platform. The resume looks sharp, references check out,...

Labor rules out AI copyright carveout for big tech companies

The federal government has ruled out giving big tech an exemption that would have opened the door to training artificial intelligence models on copyrighted material without legal consequences. Some AI proponents have been calling on the government...

Chinese premier's Singapore visit strengthens ties, expands practical cooperation

SINGAPORE, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang concluded his official visit to Singapore on Sunday, reaffirming the two countries' commitment to deepening cooperation and jointly promoting stability and prosperity in the region and...

Li Qiang’s Singapore visit strengthens ties, expands practical cooperation

Analysis SINGAPORE – Premier Li Qiang concluded his official visit to Singapore yesterday, reaffirming the two countries’ commitment to deepening cooperation and jointly promoting stability and prosperity in the region and beyond. During the...

China ready to tap potential of economic and trade cooperation with Singapore: Premier

Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with Singaporean Acting President Eddie Teo on October 26, 2025. Photo: Xinhua Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Singaporean Acting President Eddie Teo and business leaders from the two countries on Sunday, and...

Singapore: Building Global Resolve for Cyber Resilience

At the opening of the 5th International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) Summit held in Singapore, Minister Josephine Teo emphasised the growing urgency of ransomware threats and underscored the importance of a coordinated global cybersecurity...

Local tech companies that are engineering the future

HardwareZone celebrates Singapore’s 60th birthday with a series of articles showcasing local tech brands that have helped build our nation and put us on the world stage. Some of these brands have become household names, while others lesser known...

On this date in 2001, Singapore's first infill MRT station, Dover, was opened

You might have passed through it a hundred times, but did you know that Dover was Singapore's first infill MRT station? An infill station is a train station built on an existing rail line. Dover was opened to the public on Oct 18 in 2001, 13 years...

Digital identity and digital minimalism: a cultural divide

A growing divide between digital identity and minimalism is emerging. On one side, governments and tech giants are accelerating efforts to integrate national digital ID systems and frictionless authentication into everyday transactions. On the...

singapore The Megan Khung report was painful to read, but offers hard lessons to prevent another tragedy

SINGAPORE - I found it painful to read what an independent review panel had found on Megan Khung, a four-year-old girl who died in February 2020 after suffering more than a year of abuse. The account of her injuries inflicted by her mother and the...

Singapore’s bioethics advisory committee urges caution on heritable gene editing

SINGAPORE – Recent advancements in gene-editing technologies have made it easier to modify a person’s DNA, offering hope for treating serious inherited conditions or diseases like cancer. But complex ethical issues are raised. Among these...

First steel cut for Singapore-bound LNG floater

First steel has been cut at Hanwha Ocean’s flagship yard on Geoje Island in South Korea for the liquefied natural gas floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) that will be Singapore’s second LNG import terminal. Singapore LNG Corporation...

singapore Updated Covid-19 vaccines available at GPs and polyclinics from Oct 27: MOH, CDA

From Monday (Oct 27), the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) will roll out two updated Covid-19 vaccines at over 600 GP clinics, 10 polyclinics, and through mobile vaccination teams. In a statement on Friday (Oct 24),...