Trade statistics showed that India has overtaken Thailand as the biggest rice supplier to Singapore, a local newspaper reported on Saturday.
A multi-national joint venture involving those from Myanmar, India and Singapore will build a 500-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Kyauktan, Myanmar's Yangon region, official media reported Wednesday.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has invited Singapore to take part in its pilot New Colombo Plan, which aims to foster closer education links and deepen its ties with Asia, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.
Singapore is committing close to 100 million Singapore dollars (79.7 million U.S. dollars) to skin research with the announcement of the Skin Research Institute of Singapore released on Thursday.
Singapore requires employers to consider Singaporean fairly when hiring skilled professional foreigners, the city-state's Ministry of Manpower announced its new Fair Consideration Framework on Monday.
Singapore requires employers to consider Singaporean fairly when hiring skilled professional foreigners, the city-state's Ministry of Manpower announced its new Fair Consideration Framework on Monday.
Singapore's research and development investments are seeing encouraging outcomes, local broadcaster Channel NewsAsia reported on Tuesday, citing an official of the National Research Foundation.
The National University of Singapore was ranked the No. 1 university in Asia for the first time, overtaking the University of Hong Kong, according to the World University Rankings by London-based education consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Singaporean counterpart K. Shanmugam here on Wednesday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called for understanding and support from the the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on China's major concerns while meeting with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Beijing.
Singapore's River Safari will be celebrating the birthdays of the two giant pandas living here as well as the first anniversary of their arrival in Singapore, the zoo said Wednesday.
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday that the country's economic growth is expected to be between 2.5 percent and 3.5 percent this year, higher than the previous growth forecast of 1 percent to 3 percent.
The total number of new cases handled by Singapore International Arbitration Centre increased sharply from 99 cases in 2008 to 235 cases last year, Indranee Rajah, the city-state's Senior Minister of State for Law said on Tuesday.
Both Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and United States Vice President Joseph Biden are expected to be in Singapore for a visit on Friday and Saturday, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
The head of Singapore's National Environment Agency expressed concern to his Indonesian counterparts over the sudden spike in the number of forest fire hotspots in neighboring Sumatra, the agency said on Monday.
Singapore has inked an Investment Guarantee Agreement with Colombia, aiming to promote greater investment flows between the two countries, the city-state 's Ministry of Trade and Industry said on Wednesday.
Singapore shares closed 2.51 percent lower on Thursday, tracking overnight drop in U.S. equities after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke confirmed market fears that it may begin reducing its stimulus later this year as the economy improved.
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