EMERGENCE OF FAST FASHION Clothes were mass-produced as early as in the 1850s, with a few countries dominating the global manufacturing of clothes. Clothes remained affordable, up until in 1973, when the United States and European Union (EU) countries established the now-abolished Multifiber Arrangement,…

Since Jack Ma’s controversial comments at the high-profile financial forum in Shanghai, the once outspoken Chinese billionaire has steadily disappeared from the media purview, with sightings of the semi-retired entrepreneur becoming rare. It turns out that Ma during this unplanned hiatus had been playing…

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MYANMAR? The Burmese military has seized control of the country and declared a one year long state of emergency. This is following a landslide victory in the general election by Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD).  Ms…

Hidden in the eastern corner of our little red dot, the APEX Harmony Lodge is Singapore’s first dementia home founded in 1999. Its founder, 104-year-old Dr. Oon Chiew Seng, was recently awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from the National University of…

With just a few days left to the elections, Millegram offers a run-down of what the US elections looks like thus far.

Beyond the recent Beirut explosion, Lebanon was already and continues to be struggling with issues of economic mismanagement and sectarian divide. Topped off with unstable governance, Lebanese struggle to see the light at the end of the tunnel.   SYSTEMIC ISSUES IN THE LEBANESE…

Officially, Nagorno-Karabakh is recognised as Azerbaijan territory. However, the region have been under de facto Armenian control since 1990s. The recent escalation could be attributed to domestic considerations and geopolitics.