Singapore, South Korea to deepen AI, start-up cooperation as strategic partners
Both countries have many attributes in common, Wong added. “We were both ‘Asian Tigers’ that successfully transformed our economies,” he said.
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North Korea ‘becoming a military superpower’, Kim Jong-un claims
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“It’s a logical move forward for a country that finds itself at the fulcrum of geopolitical shifts and volatilities,” he said.
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Japan real wages down again after summer bonus bump, spending falls
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Thai headline inflation quickens in September, still below central bank target
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