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New Samsung phone hits sour note with users
Some users are going mad over Samsung's new phone - and not in a good way.Some people who bought the latest Samsung Galaxy Note7 after its launch here last week have had their new phones randomly...
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Nathan Hartono chosen by Jay Chou again despite losing voice a week before
Nathan Hartono is the first Singaporean to make it past the "battle" round of the popular reality TV singing competition Sing! China, which is a rebranded version of The Voice Of China.The 25-year-old...
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Scarlet Heart actor Kang Ha Neul is reel different
Sorry to destroy the fantasies of K-drama fan girls - the truth is, real life hardly imitates reel life.Take it from South Korean actor Kang Ha Neul.The 26-year-old is in town to promote Scarlet Heart,...
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1974 Laju ferry hijack: The magnificent 13
After the passing of former president S R Nathan, there has been much talk about the 1974 Laju hijack and the bravery of the 13 men who traded places with the hostages. Who are these men?In 2011,...
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Pregnant woman: Zika in Singapore is what I've always feared
The first case of locally transmitted Zika virus was reported yesterday at Block 102, Aljunied Crescent. HARIZ BAHARUDIN (harizbah@sph.com.sg) visited the block to find out how residents feelWhen she...
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Kang Ha Neul meets Singapore fans for hugs, serenades and hair tying
South Korean actor Kang Ha Neul obliges fans at Punggol mallFor many K-drama fans, getting to see their favourite idols in the flesh would already be a huge treat.Yesterday evening, five lucky local...
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OBS instructor: Some students can't even peel an orange
Take a 15-year-old teenager's video games away, put him in an overnight camp, and you may be surprised to find out how little he knows of the world."I've seen students not know how to peel an orange or...
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Captains take their hats off to him
A piece of cloth and a pair of sharp scissors are all Mr Ken Chow needs to carve out the parts of a ship captain's jacket.He runs maritime uniform and tailor shop Ken Fashions for Men, which opened at...
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Singaporean boy makes Top 5 in Pokemon Championships
He started playing Pokemon competitively last April and was taking part in a national competition within two months.By August, Singaporean Corey Elliot Yuen was good enough to compete with the world's...
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Bobby Tonelli recalls time when car was hit by truck going 80kmh
Bobby Tonelli has crashed cars in his reckless youth, but was lucky enough to escape unscathed."In my late teens and 20s, I was in two major accidents (in the US)," the Singapore-based US actor and...
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He lost 20kg so he could fulfil policeman dreams
For four years, the Chongfu School pupil would drink bottled coffee or tea after school almost every day.His weight ballooned, tipping the scale at over 70kg.Mr Kagen Lim, now 18, also neglected his...
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Allan Wu: 'Cool' to have women coaches
Allan Wu has no problems receiving driving advice from women.The 44-year-old Singapore-based US actor-host, one of six contestants on Celebrity Car Wars, felt that it was "kind of cool" to have female...
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Meet the Manhunks
One does not expect public displays of affection at a pageant for hunks.So it was a surprising but touching scene when 36-year-old Stanley Nam, who won the title of Senior Manhunt Singapore 2016 on...
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Tanya Chua gushes over French beau
Local singer Tanya Chua has admitted to Taiwanese media that she's in a relationship at her Lemuria concert tour celebration party in Taipei last Saturday.The 41-year-old is currently dating Mr Johann...
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She is afraid to wait for lift alone
She was chatty and bright and had a positive outlook on life.But all that changed overnight when Sarah, then 25, fell victim to an incident that stripped away her self-worth.At about 3.20am on July 26...
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Cancer patient stages art exhibition, goes on family holiday before dying at 23
Last January, he was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer and his doctors told him then that he had only two months to live. But young artist Muhammad Khairul Ikhwan defied the odds.He staged an art...
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'Medically fit' teacher had TB
She was new on the job at the pre-school and had tuberculosis (TB).But she did not tell the school immediately. By the time the school found out, the trainee teacher had come into contact with about 30...
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He taught me to value life and be strong
Khai just left us.The text on Sunday night tore me to bits. It broke the news I had been dreading about an interviewee-turned-friend, Muhammad Khairul Ikhwan.Khai was many things. Performer, artist,...
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Actress Kate Pang's a gold star mum
Many mothers would hesitate to bring their newborns to work with them.But actress-host Kate Pang did just that on Wednesday, showing up to the launch of local pawnbroker Maxi-Cash's new LeGold...
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Aljunied resident who contracted Zika describes what she went through
When her face broke out in rashes and her eyes became red on Saturday, Ms Wat thought the cause was the haze.But on Sunday morning, more rashes started appearing on the administrative assistant's...
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