An impressive Best Asian Drama 2020 win for Singapore’s Last Madame
Local drama Last Madame’s Best Asian Drama win at the Busan Film Festival Asia Contents Awards 2020 was impressive because it received top billing with […]
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The ‘dark’ reaches of Singapore Internet culture: the trolls and the anti-establishment
Somewhere from the 1960s to the 80s, the culture of ‘hacking’ subsisted in the dark reaches of the Internet. Hacking was borne out of this […]
Southeast Asia’s lucrative e-commerce landscape is a battle between China Tech firms Alibaba & Tencent
Investors outside of Asia may be familiar with major China Tech firms – the famous BAT: Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent – and their business operations […]
TikTok owner’s billions and what it means for Singapore and the region: All you need to know in byte-size portions
This includes the real reason why TikTok is targeted by US President Trump Chinese tech unicorn, ByteDance, says it “plans to invest billions of dollars […]
Two takeaways and one criticism of Mr Baey’s parliamentary address hailing the BTS business model
Member of Parliament, Baey Yam Keng, made an address in parliament recently that drew headlines because he referenced K-pop boyband, BTS’s profit-churning virtual concert. He […]
Singapore’s Zouk Group is sold for its 2nd time in history
Singapore nightclub operator, Zouk Group, is being sold by parent company Genting Hong Kong for $14 million, in a move that will provide much needed […]
Singapore invests in the next wave of entrepreneurship
Singapore is desperate for innovation, and it has been looking at its startups to power the next wave of economic growth. The old guard, government-linked […]
COMMENTARY: Could this Singapore virtual fashion festival be the future of luxury retail?
Over the past two decades, the trend in main street fashion appear to be moving towards dressing down and being casual. This is inspired by […]
Editor’s top reads: Singapore’s K-pop links, OMG Tesla, financial gurus’ content marketing
Yesterday over dinner, my wife and I watched the latest episode of South Korean variety show, Omniscient Interfering View, and guess what? We heard Sezairi’s […]
Tesla 5-for-1 stock split and what it means for retail investors
Tesla announced a 5-for-1 stock split late on August 11, “to make stock ownership more accessible to employees and investors”. Why it matters: Tesla’s stock has […]