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Singapore
Singaporean man uses Google Maps to ‘visit’ late grandma whenever he misses her
A Singaporean TikTok user went viral after sharing that he uses Google Maps to “visit” his late grandmother whenever he misses h...
Iris Jung
Video: Father puts coins in piggy bank for daughter for over 28 years, racks up over $5K
Singaporean actor and online personality Xenia Tan recently went viral for breaking an almost three-decades-old piggy bank from her father a...
Isa Peralta
News
Woman claims friend ran away with her winning lottery ticket worth $152,000
A Singaporean woman is seeking help after she was allegedly betrayed by a friend who ran away with her winning lottery ticket worth $200,000...
Michelle De Pacina
Singaporean man sues woman for $2.3 million over ‘trauma’ of being friend-zoned
A Singaporean man has sued a woman for 3 million Singaporean dollars (approximately $2.3 million) for causing him “trauma and depression” af...
Food delivery driver goes viral for delivering his girlfriend’s order
A food delivery driver from Singapore has gone viral for delivering his girlfriend’s order. On Jan. 12, TikTok user Khaii (@kha1zuran) poste...
Video: Family gives grandmother red-carpet treatment at Singapore airport reunion
A now-viral Facebook video shows a family who literally rolled out a red carpet for a senior relative at an airport. On Sunday, 8world News ...
Business
Sim Wong Hoo, co-founder and CEO of Singapore’s Creative Technology, dies at 67
Creative Technology co-founder, chairman and CEO Sim Wong Hoo died on Wednesday at the age of 67. The board of directors of the Singaporea...
Ines Shin
Singaporean couple go viral after boyfriend surprises girlfriend with Paris trip
A video of a Singaporean boyfriend surprising his girlfriend with a trip to Paris has recently gone viral. On Dec. 28, 2022, the couple post...
Watch: Singaporean couple conjure up lavish Harry Potter-themed wedding
A Singaporean woman finally got the Harry Potter-themed wedding of her dreams after 20 years of waiting. On Friday, Angeline Tan, 30, posted...
Singaporean couple go viral for announcing Christmas Eve pizza party for lonely people
A Singaporean couple has gone viral for announcing their upcoming Christmas Eve pizza party for lonely people. David Loh and Esther Chua (@...
Entertainment
‘King of Mandopop’ Jay Chou slammed by Singaporean concertgoers for ‘poor vocals’
Fans who attended Taiwanese singer-songwriter Jay Chou’s recent concert in Singapore are now criticizing him online. Chou, also known as the...
Fashion
Singaporean woman buys Louis Vuitton bag, receives empty box
A woman in Singapore was left in shock after realizing that the box of her recently purchased Louis Vuitton bag was empty. TikTok user @anna...
Bryan Ke
Singapore repeals gay sex ban but blocks same-sex marriage
Singapore’s colonial-era Section 377A, which prescribed a prison sentence of up to two years for men who engaged in any kind of sexual acti...
Ryan General
OnlyFans star Titus Low explains his ‘honest prison experience’ after 3 weeks behind bars
Titus Low, a Singaporean OnlyFans creator who was sentenced to three weeks in jail in October for posting pornographic images on the platfo...
Khier Casino
Environmental
Singapore serves lab-grown meat to world leaders at COP27 climate conference
Singapore hosted a dinner co-organized with The Good Food Institute APAC and meat company Good Meat that served lab-grown meat on Nov. 14 d...
Tourist sparks outrage for saying Singapore is ‘dirty,’ ‘smells like garbage’
A foreign tourist sparked outrage in Singapore after calling the country “dirty as f*ck” and mocking a local 7-Eleven employee. The touris...
Carl Samson
Crime
4 men plead guilty to conspiring to sexually assault sedated wives
Four men pleaded guilty to conspiring with other men to drug their wives with a sedative and have other men rape them afterward on Monday. ...
Lego Singapore’s Halloween-themed gaming PC promises scary fast loading times
Lego Singapore created a custom Halloween-themed gaming PC with over 20,000 bricks in collaboration with Aftershock PC. On Sunday, the toy...
12-year-old math and music prodigy in Singapore is already taking up 2 college degrees
Nathanael Koh, 12, of Singapore, has caught national attention for pursuing two bachelor’s degrees in separate institutions simultaneously....
‘British people shouldn’t live in Singapore’: Tiktoker describes screaming during encounter with night jogger
TikTok user @ilibabyyyy, a 22-year-old woman who moved from the U.K. to Singapore, was fighting tears of laughter in a recent video she upl...
‘Milkshake’ singer Kelis shares video of fascinated women touching her braided hair in Singapore
"Milkshake" singer Kelis, whose full name is Kelis Rogers-Mora, shared a video on Instagram on Saturday showing two women in Sing...
Singaporean couple go viral for high school-themed pre-wedding photoshoot
TikTok user Jacinda Tan and her fiance went viral for their high school-themed pre-wedding photoshoot. The couple showcased snippets of th...
William Yuk
Civil Rights
After announcing plans to repeal gay sex ban, Singapore bans LGBTQ-plus film from screening
Local authorities have banned LGBTQ-plus movie “#LookAtMe” from screening in Singapore due to its “potential to cause enmity and social div...
Singaporean OnlyFans star Titus Low sentenced to 3 weeks in jail, fined $2,000
Singaporean influencer Titus Low was sentenced on Wednesday to three weeks in jail and ordered to pay 3,000 Singaporean dollars (approximat...
Singapore Airlines will no longer end contracts of pregnant flight attendants after they give birth
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is now allowing pregnant cabin crew to apply for temporary ground positions until before their delivery. Once the...
Singaporean restaurant justifies controversial $7 ‘noisy child’ surcharge
Singaporean restaurant Angie's Oyster Bar & Grill sparked controversy after a customer complained about its $7 surcharge to custom...
Singapore mulls laws against cancel culture after gay sex decriminalization
After announcing its plan to decriminalize gay sex, Singapore is now considering laws against cancel culture to protect citizens’ freedom o...
Singaporean man sentenced for selling videos of sex acts with women he met on Tinder
Singaporean Chan Xin Kai, 23, was sentenced to 24 weeks of prison time after pleading guilty to five charges that include insulting a woman...
Food
Singaporean man goes full ‘Super Saiyan 3’ for free McDonald’s ice cream in viral video
A TikTok video of a Singaporean man who screamed his heart out in exchange for free Hershey’s chocolate ice cream from McDonald’s has gone ...
Rebecca Moon
Singaporean OnlyFans creator Titus Low opens ‘Only Creamery’ cafe on ‘6/9’
Titus Low, a Singapore-based influencer who sparked controversy for producing NSFW content on OnlyFans, opened a cafe business on Tuesday. ...
Shopee revokes Chinese engineer’s job offer right after he relocates for almost $10,000
A 28-year-old Chinese engineer found himself stuck in Singapore with his wife and their dog after e-commerce company Shopee rescinded his j...
Public housing units in Singapore now sell for $1 million
Government-built apartment units in Singapore, known as Housing & Development Board (HDB) flats, are now selling for over 1 million Sin...
‘You will be my miracle’: Singaporean woman with stage 4 cancer delays urgent treatment in order to save her unborn daughter
TikTok user Missquraishani, 29, shared in a post on Sunday that she was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer and advised to terminate her ...
Singapore to end colonial-era ban on sex between men
Singapore is set to repeal Section 377A of its penal code, a colonial-era law that criminalizes sex between men. Prime Minister Lee Hsien ...
Culture
American woman living in Singapore says she got ‘offended’ by the ‘rude’ phrase ‘Wait awhile’
American expatriate Alison Emerick took to Twitter to talk about hearing the phrase “Wait awhile” for the first time after moving to Singa...
Singaporean TikTok user orders food with remote-controlled car in viral video
TikTok user Steve Ho, 35, wowed the internet after ordering food using a remote-controlled car to stay safe amid the recent surge of COVID-...