Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong

On Feb 1, it will be a year since Myanmar's military toppled the elected government and detained its leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The country remains in turmoil, and clashes between the military and the newly formed people's defence forces as well as a number of armed ethnic groups continue to escalate.

The Big Story's Olivia Quay speaks to Straits Times' Indochina bureau chief, Tan Hui Yee who discusses the situation on the ground, one year on. 

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Singapore attracted $11.8 billion worth of investments in 2021, reflecting the nation's status as a strategic hub for global companies. This exceeded the Singapore Economic Development Board's medium- to long-term yearly target of between $8 billion and $10 billion.

When fully implemented, these projects will create 17,376 new jobs over the next five years.

On SGExtra, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly spoke to Choo Yun Ting, Business Correspondent, The Straits Times to find out more about EDB's strategy for 2022 and what the best opportunities might be.

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We’re coming to the end of the first month of 2022. The STI is currently up around 4 percent year to date and the first SPACs have listed here in Singapore. Plus, The MAS announced a surprise off-schedule currency move. To look back at market news from the month of January, Prime Time's Rachel Kelly speaks to Terence Wong, CEO of Azure Capital who shares his analysis.

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Earlier this week, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and President Joko Widodo witnessed the signing and exchange of three agreements at the Singapore-Indonesia Leaders' Retreat. Prime Time’s Rachel Kelly speaks to Made Supriatma, Visiting Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute who breaks down the details.

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In the first six months of last year, there were 658 cases of job scams - a 16-fold increase from just 40 in the same period in 2020. This as contact-free digital payments become more prevalent during the pandemic. Prime Time's Rachel Kelly speaks to Aaron Bugal, Global Solutions Engineer, APJ at Sophos to find out more about the types of scams currently in the market and how you can best protect yourself. 

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