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Singapore’s biggest airport launches biometric system clearing travelers in 10 seconds
Singapore’s Changi Airport has rolled out a fully passport-free clearance system that drastically reduces processing time for traveling resi...
Bryan Ke
Changi Airport to begin biometric processing
Singapore’s Changi Airport has begun implementing a biometrics trial for Singaporeans arriving at the airport as of Monday. Travelers can no...
Singapore
Singapore passport overtakes Japan’s as world’s most powerful
Singapore has recently dethroned Japan to claim the title of having the world’s most powerful passport, according to a new ranking. About th...
Isa Peralta
China
‘Is Taiwan Not China?’: Lionel Messi encounters passport mix-up at Beijing airport
Lionel Messi was recently stopped from entering China ahead of a friendly Thursday match in Beijing due to a passport mishap. Key details: M...
Culture
What really happened to the man from a ‘parallel universe’ who bewildered Japan
It was a hot summer day in July 1954. A businessman, whom people say looked just like any other traveler, arrived at Haneda Airport in Tokyo...
Carl Samson
News
Asian countries top ranking of world’s most powerful passports in 2023
Before you read: Report: Japan, Singapore have 2021’s most powerful passports, the US fails to crack top five ...
Report: Japan, Singapore have 2021’s most powerful passports, the US fails to crack top five
This year, Japan and Singapore are tied for the world’s most powerful passport, while South Korea and Germany share the second spot, accordi...
Ryan General
Lifestyle
Taiwan is Currently Choosing an EPIC New Passport Design
Taiwan is seeking a new passport design that will “convey the identity of Taiwanese” and the motif choices include images of bears, butterfl...
Japan and Singapore Now Have the World’s Most Powerful Passports
Japanese and Singaporean citizens hold the world’s most powerful passports in the final quarter of the year, being able to visit a respectiv...
Asia
Another Asian Country Bumps Singapore Off the No. 1 Spot For Most Powerful Passport
Singapore and South Korea are no longer the countries with the most powerful passports in the world after being bumped from their No. 1 spot...
Singapore Isn’t the Only Asian Country With the World’s Most Powerful Passport
Singapore is now tied with another Asian country for having the most powerful passport in the world. Passport Index, an organization that ra...
Civil Rights
American Pedophiles Will Now Have a Harder Time Molesting Kids in Asia
The State Department announced that new U.S. law now requires registered child sex offenders to apply for a new passport that identifies the...
Kyle Encina
Singaporeans Now Hold the World’s Most Powerful Passport
The world’s most powerful passport now belongs to the citizens of Singapore, according to Arton Capital’s Global Passport Power ...
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This Country’s Passport is Now the Most Powerful in the World
We used to think that the most powerful passport to have in the world was that of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, but in 2016, ...
Editorial Staff
Misc
This Country May Soon Have the Most Futuristic Passport Ever
Passports are boring because they are designed to be. Usually colored in ugly shades of plainness, these small traveling booklets are creat...
This App Will Help You Skip the U.S. Customs Line at Airports
If you want to skip the lines at U.S. immigration and customs at some airports, all you need is your smartphone. Mobile Passport is a free a...
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