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(31 May)   Singapore will lift a ban on food imports from Fukushima Prefecture imposed amid the nuclear meltdowns crisis, Premier Lee Hsien Loong said Saturday at a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In response, Abe expressed his gratitude and said, “It gives Fukushima great courage,” government officials said. Singapore... 

From China to Singapore, a good girl in a bad business (02 Jun)   She calls herself Jia Wang; pimps and customers call her so. “I serve the low and the medal class,” said the round-faced blonde with gray eyes. “If the guys have money, they can have me for a night or an hour.” Depending on the nature of the service,... 

A woman by her mother's grave in Dongtan: in recent years local governments across China have demolished tombs as part of a national campaign encouraging cremation. (Photo: How Hwee Young/EPA) (28 May)   Six elderly people in China are said to have killed themselves to ensure they died before new regulations banning coffin...