Tag: Singapore

Singapore says hackers stole 1.5 m health records, including those of PM Lee, in record cyber attack;

  SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Hackers have stolen health records belonging to 1.5 million Singaporeans, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong who was specifically targeted in the city state’s biggest ever data breach, authorities said Friday. Singapore’s health and information ministries said a government database was broken into in a “deliberate, targeted and well-planned” strike, describing the attack as “unprecedented”. “Attackers specifically and repeatedly targeted the personal particulars and outpatient information of Prime Minister Lee […]

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Singapore may send back unvaccinated foreign travelers

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP)–Singapore may start turning back foreign visitors who do not have required vaccinations, authorities said, in a bid to protect the tightly-controlled country from infectious diseases. The country of 5.6 million people is a popular tourist destination, with 17.4 million visitors arriving in 2017. But its small size and openness have sometimes left it vulnerable, and it was hit hard by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003. Travelers are currently […]

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Malacanang welcomes Trump-Kim summit, says PHL gov’t supports move that will stabilize region

  (Eagle News) – Malacanang welcomed the landmark summit between United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore, saying the Philippines is supportive of these efforts towards peace. “We welcome the landmark summit between US President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore,” said Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. Roque said that this development “has underscored in the strongest terms the value of diplomacy and peaceful […]

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Trump, Kim hail historic summit; questions over way forward

by Andrew BEATTY / Sebastien BERGER Agence France-Presse SINGAPORE, Singapore – Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un hailed their historic summit Tuesday as a breakthrough in relations between Cold War foes, but their agreement was short on details about the key issue of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons. The unprecedented encounter in Singapore saw the leader of the world’s most powerful democracy shake hands with the third generation scion of a dynastic dictatorship, standing as equals in […]

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Trump’s vow to end US-SKorea drills catches Pentagon off guard

by Thomas WATKINS Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States – Pentagon officials were surprised Tuesday after President Donald Trump vowed at his summit with the North’s leader Kim Jong Un to cancel “provocative” joint military drills with South Korea. Following the unprecedented meeting in Singapore, Trump stunned observers when he said continuing the exercises routinely held between the US and South Korea would be “inappropriate” while Washington fleshes out a comprehensive deal with Pyongyang. “We will […]

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Kim motorcade leaves hotel ahead of Trump summit

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s motorcade left his Singapore hotel Tuesday for his unprecedented summit with US President Donald Trump. A North Korean flag flew from Kim’s limousine as it drove to the summit venue in a convoy of about 20 vehicles, with onlookers lining the street and taking pictures. © Agence France-Presse

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N. Korean leader Kim arrives in Singapore for historic Trump summit

  Singapore (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Singapore Sunday for an unprecedented summit with Donald Trump, an attempt to address the last festering legacy of the Cold War, with the US president calling it a “one time shot” at peace. Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal — which has seen it subjected to several sets of UN Security Council sanctions and threatened with military action by the Trump administration — will top the […]

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Kim Jong Un lookalike set to make impression at summit

HONG KONG, China (AFP)- As the world awaits the historic summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, one man who has risen to prominence for his impressions of the North Korean leader is preparing for his own appearance in Singapore. The Hong Kong-based Kim impersonator, who goes by the name Howard X, will take part in an alternative summit on the sidelines of the meeting between the US president and Kim, scheduled for Tuesday. In […]

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Singapore to mint Trump-Kim commemorative medallion

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore will strike commemorative medallions to mark the historic meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the city-state next week. The medallions will depict an “affirmative handshake” between the two leaders, the scheduled date of the summit, and the flags of both countries, the Singapore Mint said in a statement Tuesday. At the back are the national flowers of both countries — roses for […]

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Read: Text of Trump’s letter to N. Korea’s Kim

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump sent a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday announcing their planned June 12 landmark summit in Singapore would not take place. Here is a copy of the text: Dear Mr Chairman: We greatly appreciate your time, patience and effort with respect to our recent negotiations and discussions relative to a summit long sought by both parties, which was scheduled to take place […]

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UN lifts travel ban for North Koreans to Kim-Trump summit

  UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — A UN Security Council committee has agreed to lift a travel ban on North Korean officials heading to Singapore for the planned summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un next month, diplomats said. Singapore last week asked the sanctions committee to grant an exemption to the North Korean delegation attending the June 12 summit and taking part in preparatory meetings, according to the request seen by AFP. […]

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