🌿 South Korea's young shamans revive ancient tradition with social media

With statues of the Buddha and local gods, candles and incense sticks, Ms Lee Kyoung-hyun's shrine looks similar to those of Korean shamans from centuries past.

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🇸🇬National monuments of Singapore: Former Thong Chai Medical Institution https://bit.ly/3KBpL6A

🐾The most paw-some pet-friendly hangouts in Singapore https://bit.ly/4eaJPdr

📊Best fixed deposit rates in Singapore (June 2024): Rates up to 3.75 per cent, minimum deposits from $500 https://bit.ly/3V89g6Q

🚗 4-car collision at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park: 89-year-old driver suspected of failing to brake in time

The collision was caused by one of the cars that was exiting the car park. The driver allegedly failed to brake in time and charged up the slope, colliding with the nearby cars.

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🚆 'Signalling fault': No train service at Punggol and Sengkang LRT on Sunday morning

"We are repairing it and will update when service resumes. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused," SBS Transit said in a follow-up post at 6.15am.

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🤔 Bold or simply inappropriate? Circles.Life steamy ad receives mixed reaction

In the ad, a young man is seen watching pornography on his phone, with the noises from the video waking up his mum in the process.

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Punggol and Sengkang LRT service resumes after 4-hour disruption on Sunday morning

Train operator SBS Transit added that free regular and bridging bus services, which were available at designated bus stops near affected stations and at Sengkang Bus Interchange, ceased at 10.20am.

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Ransom demand of almost $1m surfaces for missing Chinese tourist in Bangkok; she reportedly had flight booked to Singapore

Thai Examiner reported that several hours after the report was filed, the Chinese interpreter informed Thai police that Lu's father had discovered that a flight ticket to Singapore had been reserved in Lu's name.

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🍼 Singapore's greatest baby drought: Rising share of women staying single is a major reason

The analysis, published in the DOS newsletter in May, comes after Singapore's resident TFR fell to 0.97 in 2023 — which is among the lowest in the world. The TFR refers to the average number of babies each woman would have during her reproductive years.

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💩 Man in China poops in restaurant's storeroom after being denied toilet, washes hands in soup

Feeling something amiss, the employee checked surveillance footage and saw the man in action - he took off his pants, defecated in the storeroom, washed his hand with sour plum soup and left.

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🍺 Back for 'revenge': Man assaults elderly Jurong coffee shop cleaner who cleared his glass of beer

Subsequently, he dragged the defenceless cleaner about 10 metres away before continuing to kick and punch him in the face and stomach.

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🏍 Singapore motorcyclist dies after collision with car in Malaysia

A video posted on the Singapore Roads Accident.com Facebook page shows a person lying in the middle of the road, with traffic coming to a standstill on two out of three lanes of the bridge.

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☔ More rain expected in second half of 2024, but Singapore's hot weather may not let up

This is because the weather phenomenon – “Little Girl” in Spanish – is not expected to overlap with the lingering effects of her brother El Nino, which has contributed to record-breaking temperatures globally in 2023 and 2024.

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😰 Motorists flag concerns about migrant workers drinking alcohol, sleeping on roads near dorms

Motorists driving near workers’ dormitories have flagged concerns over migrant workers eating and drinking alcohol at night by the roads near their residences, saying the men are at risk if an errant driver mounts a kerb.

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🥳 PAP to create 2 new groups to address cross-cutting issues of mental health, climate change

The party will also step up its engagement efforts through its government parliamentary committees (GPCs) – party organs organised along ministry lines – he said at an event to cap a six-month exercise to refresh and strengthen the PAP.

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Singaporean arrested at abandoned Bangkok mall for selling vape liquid mixed with drugs

He was nabbed during an undercover operation by officers from Thailand's Narcotics Suppression Bureau, who had posed as interested buyers and arranged to meet at an abandoned mall called the Major Hollywood.

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🐍 Swallowed whole: Woman in Indonesia goes missing, found in bulging belly of python

Her husband "found her belongings ... which made him suspicious. The villagers then searched the area. They soon spotted a python with a large belly," said Suardi.

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📦 'No one has complained in 30 years': Sembawang resident rebuts neighbours' rants over corridor clutter

While some residents on the same floor described the man as friendly and said that they would also greet him when they see him, they expressed concern about the clutter along the corridor. 

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🥲 'Customers find it inconvenient': Popular Peranakan-Western stall Panginut to close end-June

Speaking to AsiaOne, Jarrod Poh, the owner of PangiNut, who is Peranakan, revealed that the coffee shop's secluded location was the reason for the poor business. 

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Last offender in $3b money laundering case gets 17 months' jail

As part of his sentence, Su agreed to forfeit $178.9 million of his assets to the state. His forfeited assets represent 95.5 per cent of the $187 million fortune seized from him and his wife Chen Qiuyan.

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😮 Caught on camera: Woman steals mirror from Neil Road cafe by wrapping it in jacket

"My staff opened the shop and saw that the mirror had disappeared," the 31-year-old recounted. 

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