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The Straits Times Podcasts

Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses Singapore's latest key news and has a range of specialist shows on Asian geopolitics, health, climate change, money, career, sports, pop culture and entertainment.... Read more

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S1E4: Indonesia: Masked ‘ninjas’ and the mass murders of suspected sorcerers

S1E4: Indonesia: Masked ‘ninjas’ and the mass murders of suspected sorcerers

How the gruesome 1998 incidents paved the way for black magic to be criminalised last year in 2022, in the predominantly... Read more

30 Jul 2023

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S1E3: Singapore: A Myanmar domestic worker’s gruesome death at the hands of her employers

S1E3: Singapore: A Myanmar domestic worker’s gruesome death at the hands of her employers

Since Ms Piang Ngaih Don’s death in 2016, a slew of measures have been introduced to stem domestic worker abuse. Synopsi... Read more

30 Jul 2023

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