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Korea to File Complaint Against Skating Judges at Sochi chosun / Mar. 24, 2014 12:06 KST Kim Yu-na Korean sports bodies will file a complaint with the International Skating Union over dubious judging at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics that cost figure skater Kim Yu-na a gold medal. The...

First shark killed in Australia cull AFP January 26, 2014, 11:20 pm Sydney (AFP) - The first shark caught under a controversial new Australian culling policy aimed at reducing fatal attacks was shot dead Sunday after being snared, angering conservationists. The three-metre (10-feet)...

Published on Oct 12, 2013 <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/YroReSw6ock?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"></iframe> A US citizen pleads not guilty to charges of attempting to provide support to al Qaeda. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Updated: 08/13/2013 18:59 | By Channel NewsAsia Appeals Court grants application for re-sentencing of murder case SINGAPORE: The Appeals Court has granted an application for a murder case to be re-sentenced after the defence filed the request in Singapore's highest court on Tuesday. The...

Police looking for man involved in loanshark harassment case AsiaOne Saturday, May 04, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police are looking for the man shown in the above picture to assist with investigations into a case of loanshark harassment at Blk 276A Jurong West Street 25 on April 8. The person...

Med student mocks patient with 3 abortions on Twitter Monday, Apr 22, 2013 The New Paper By Judith Tan SINGAPORE - A medical student could be in trouble after mocking a young patient for apparently getting pregnant five times and undergoing three abortions. The 22-year-old woman, who...

2 charged with living off earnings of prostitutes By Leong Wai Kit POSTED: 17 Apr 2013 4:35 PM Two India nationals have been charged with living off the earnings of four India national women who worked as prostitutes in Singapore. SINGAPORE: Two India nationals have been charged with...

Russian billionaire's daughter buys Onassis island Skorpios MOSCOW/ATHENS | Sat Apr 13, 2013 9:33am EDT (Reuters) - The daughter of Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev has bought the Greek resort island where shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis famously married Jacqueline Kennedy in the...

Gambling den busted at Indus Road AsiaOne Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested one person for operating a gambling den at Indus Road on April 9, 2013. Eight others aged between 33 and 71 were also arrested for gaming in the gambling den. Officers raided the 2-storey HDB...

Earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude strikes eastern Indonesia: USGS SYDNEY | Sat Apr 6, 2013 1:28am EDT (Reuters) - A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia's mountainous West Papua province on Saturday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake hit 256...

$2.4m bribery case: Businessman sentenced to 70 weeks in jail Gary Lim Kim Seng, 55, was convicted of 80 charges of bribery and sentenced to 70 weeks in prison on Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013. -- ST FILE PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW By Maryam Mokhtar A businessman convicted of 80 charges of bribery...

Police looking for this man to assist in ATM theft case AsiaOne Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012 Police are looking for the man shown in the photo above to assist with investigations in a case of theft from an ATM machine using a stolen card at Sembawang Road on June 19. The man is described to be a...

Sent to jail for 17 years, he appeals 10 years later By Selina Lum The Straits Times Saturday, Nov 24, 2012 SINGAPORE - After spending more than a decade in jail, a 43-year-old man decided to appeal against his sentence of a total of 17 years of corrective training. Koh Thian Huat's...

Two men jailed for voluntarily causing grievous hurt By Kimberly Spykerman | Posted: 22 November 2012 1845 hrs SINGAPORE: Two men received jail sentences separately on Thursday for voluntarily causing grievous hurt. In the first case, 42-year-old delivery man Lim Kheng Heng was...

5 cleaners jailed for paid sex with 14-year-old girl Published on Nov 20, 2012 By Khushwant Singh AT 14 years of age, she started prostituting herself for amounts ranging from $10 to $100. Her clients were Bangladeshi cleaners and they would have sex at staircase landings in Hougang. The...

Maid jailed for stealing from employer By Alvina Soh | Posted: 17 October 2012 1955 hrs SINGAPORE: An Indonesian maid has been jailed six weeks after she stole cash and jewellery from her employer and hid them in her private parts. Forty-one-year-old Siti Nur Herlina was found guilty...

Seller on Facebook is a cheat, netizens allege October 2, 2012 - 1:07am By: Audrey Tan HE GOES by at least four different names on Facebook, such as Hong Gadget, Sumiko Gadget, Loewe Sim and Ruth Sim. And he allegedly offers items for sale, then becomes uncontactable after payment is done...

Teacher pleads guilty to string of upskirt video offences by Kimberly Spykerman Updated 06:39 PM Sep 26, 2012 SINGAPORE - A secondary school teacher pleaded guilty today to a string of offences that involved him using his mobile phone to take upskirt videos. Seow Swee Hong, 39, who taught...

Teacher grabbed my butt when we did stunt, ex-cheerleader claims September 21, 2012 - 1:46am By: Chai Hung Yin Fresh allegations of misbehaviour by an ITE lecturer accused of molest has emerged, a week after the coroner's inquiry into the death of a student who had taken her own life...

Man charged with helping to steal S$4.3m worth of gold By Alvina Soh | Posted: 05 July 2012 1428 hrs SINGAPORE: A 28-year-old man was charged on Friday with helping an employee of a security escort and transport service company steal S$4.3 million worth of gold. Teo Wen Wei was accused of...