South Korean alcohol exports to Singapore reached US$6.1 million in 2024, making it the eighth-largest global market for South Korean spirits by value.

The convergence in timing of China’s recent flurry of diplomatic efforts with neighbours, as well as outreach towards Taiwan, has reinforced its broader effort to shape the ground ahead of the Trump-Xi summit, say analysts.

China's energy markets are steady owing to government measures to safeguard domestic oil supply to cope with the global price shock, said the state planner. 

Susanto allegedly received 1.5 billion rupiah (US$87,309) from a nickel company when he was a board member with Indonesia's ombudsman office from 2021 to 2026.

In a video posted on her Instagram page on Thursday (Apr 16), Malaysian singer Siti Nurhaliza provided an update on her health, following reports that she was involved in an accident earlier that day.