Longtime readers of this blog have heard us say it before: register your trademark in China. Yet, we continue to see brands putting it off — and paying the price later when... Read more »
[SINGAPORE] Healthcare provider Thomson Medical has swung into the red with a net loss of S$34.7 million for its six months ended Jun 30, compared with a net profit of S$12.1 million... Read more »
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Mission Sudarshan Chakra in his Independence Day speech, he presented India’s most ambitious defence programme since independence—a multi-layered air defence shield to guard the nation’s skies.... Read more »
But is the fridge to blame? At about 7:00 a.m. on 24 August, firefighters were called in to a hotel in Rumoi, Hokkaido, after an employee noticed smoke coming from one of... Read more »
In 2021, Tibet Action Institute (TAI) published a groundbreaking report exposing the extensive use of colonial boarding schools to indoctrinate and forcibly assimilate Tibetan children into Han Chinese culture and society. (See... Read more »
MR PIPER’S COMPLAINT AND LAWSUIT Ms Loi is the co-founder of SGFamilies Ground-up Movement, an affiliate of SKM. On Aug 27, 2022, Mr Piper sent an email to SKM alleging that Ms... Read more »
Thailand’s suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra waves as she arrives at Government House in Bangkok on August 29, 2025. LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP Thailand’s Constitutional Court sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and... Read more »
Mystery toy chocolate eggs leave us with a surprisingly delicious dessert. Japan has a love for mystery purchases that’s perhaps unmatched in this universe. The thrill of the unknown, the joy of... Read more »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday emphasized that the partnership between India and Japan, two of the world’s largest economies and democracies, is vital not only for their own nations but also... Read more »
Reports and other media articles over the past month detail the ways in which the technology and norms underpinning China’s surveillance industry are proliferating in other countries around the world. This week,... Read more »