Death
Death becomes a growing business in ageing, lonely South Korea
A new profession has emerged – cleaners who work to tidy up homes after their occupants, most of whom lived alone, have died
3 entities tie-up to bring comfort to the bereaved
Direct Funeral Services, Teng Ensemble and Singapore Institute of Technology come up with the world’s first music album that utilises monaural beats for grief support
Former star prosecutor and CAD director Glenn Knight dies at age 80
The top lawyer was the lead prosecutor in prominent cases such as the Pan-El saga
What strategies actually work to fight dying?
A prominent biologist tackles a morbid topic
Last rides and last rites: The rise of the limousine hearse
Luxury hearses have arrived as funeral traditions change and taboos surrounding death lessen
Widowed before 40 and coping with the financial consequences
IT WAS Apr 10, 2018, and Colin Brougham hadn’t sent his usual text to his wife that he was biking home. Instead, he lay dead a few blocks away after a commuter train struck him.
Zong Qinghou, Chinese beverage mogul who bested Danone, dies aged 79
ZONG Qinghou, the self-made billionaire who became China’s richest man by wresting control of the country’s top beverage brand from Danone, has died. He was 79.
Japan quake death toll rises to 94 with 222 missing
Hampered by bad weather and damaged roads, Japanese rescuers searched on Friday (Jan 5) for 222 people still missing four days after a devastating earthquake as the death toll approached 100.
Japan quake toll hits 48 as rescuers race to find survivors
At least 48 people were killed after a powerful earthquake hit Japan on New Year’s Day, with rescue teams on Tuesday (Jan 2) struggling to reach isolated areas where buildings had been toppled, roads ...
Wolfgang Schaeuble, veteran of German politics, dies at 81
WOLFGANG Schaeuble, who served as a member of the German parliament for over half a century, has died aged 81, ending one of Germany’s longest political careers in which he helped secure his country’s...
