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Biden team's China focus puts S.Korea on the spot
News, Hyonhee Shin & Josh Smith, Published on 18/03/2021
» For the first time in years there are liberal presidents in South Korea and the United States, but the change in US administrations hasn't made it any easier for Seoul to balance its alliance with Washington and its economic reliance on China.
Virus breaks down social barriers in Singapore
Oped, Shin Lin, Published on 26/06/2020
» On any other day, 20-year-old Singaporean student Caris Ng and Abdul Kader, a 31-year-old Bangladeshi construction worker, would have almost zero chances of crossing paths. But in the nearly two months of Singapore's "circuit-breaker" lockdown until June, the pair has been coming together through social media, and finding much to bond over common interests in food and music.
A snapshot of life in self-quarantine
News, Shin Lin, Published on 07/03/2020
» The Covid-19 outbreak appears to have passed its peak in China, more than two months after it took over global headlines. However, life remains far from normal in the Chinese capital Beijing, as Shin Lin of Reporting Asean tells us in these thoughts scribbled during her time in self-quarantine.
Despot Kim pivots toward economy
News, Hyonhee Shin and Jeongmin Kim, Published on 23/07/2018
» North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's strident rebukes of officials during recent trips to industrial sites were aimed at rallying support at home for his economic drive and convincing outsiders about his willingness to denuclearise.