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TikTok e-commerce grows fourfold in ASEAN, narrows gap with Shopee
SINGAPORE -- TikTok, the viral short video app owned by China's ByteDance, is becoming one of the largest e-commerce platforms in Southeast Asia, a market long dominated by local players like Shopee and Alibaba's Lazada, an annual study released Tuesday showed.
Dismembered body of missing Chinese TikToker found outside Bangkok, suspect has fled country: Thai police
The dismembered remains of a Chinese TikToker, who was missing for nearly two weeks, have been found. But the suspect, who is also Chinese, has fled the country, according to Thai media.
Temasek aims to invest up to $10 billion in India as China weighs
Singapore state investor Temasek plans to invest up to $10 billion in India over three years in sectors such as financial services and healthcare, a top executive said on Monday, favoring the South Asian nation as it turns cautious on China.
Singapore’s latest internal security cases show alarming speed of radicalisation
Two Singaporeans have been issued restriction orders under the Internal Security Act (ISA) after being found to have been separately radicalised by online content on the Gaza war, with one of the cases involving a 14-year-old marking the youngest-ever individual to be dealt with under the ISA.
Homes sales in Singapore hit 2-decade low in first 6 months of year
Developers sold 228 units last month, up from 221 in May, figures from the Urban Redevelopment Authority showed on Monday.
China’s Communist Party will signal its approach to the country’s challenges at a meeting this week
BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party started a four-day meeting Monday that is expected to lay out a strategy for self-sufficient economic growth in an era of heightened national security concerns and restrictions on access to American technology.
Singapore startup's stores and apps connect world's music fans
SINGAPORE -- The new Swee Lee music store in Singapore's Clarke Quay entertainment district is popular with young people and families on weekends. In addition to selling musical instruments and equipment plus fashion items, it also offers a cafe space where customers can enjoy coffee while playing guitar or listening to vinyl records of their choice.