Diplomatic Courier writer Stephanie Gull brings you three under–the–radar stories from Oceania and southeast Asia: Singapore flash floods, an Indonesian meal program, and Australia’s coffee dilemma.

Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu says it's “neither practical nor prudent” to continuously expand ...

Brace yourselves this weekend, as possible flash floods may occur between January 10 to 13 due to a monsoon surge that’s expected to hit Singapore. Our national water agency PUB has announced that ...

Six new projects starting in 2025 will include works on the Bedok First Subsidiary Drain and in Frankel Estate. Read more at ...

Minister Grace Fu cautioned that continually expanding Singapore’s drainage network is “neither practical nor prudent” due to ...

Flash floods hit parts of Singapore in the early afternoon of Friday after a torrential downpour in the morning. In a Facebook post at about 1:30pm, PUB, Singapore's national water agency ...

SINGAPORE – The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has sent two Chinook helicopters to help the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in flood relief efforts in Queensland, which has been ravaged by ...

SINGAPORE — A second monsoon surge is expected to hit Singapore from Jan 17 (Friday) to Jan 19, after one battered the Republic with heavy downpours and floods just days earlier. The Jan 10 ...

SINGAPORE, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Singapore will allocate approximately 150 million Singapore dollars (about 110 million U.S. dollars) for six new drainage upgrading projects in the 2025 fiscal year, as ...

SINGAPORE, Nov 17 — Heavy rain caused a flash flood at Ophir Road near the Bugis district today, prompting flash flood warnings across several areas in Singapore. The country’s national water ...

SINGAPORE, Jan 13 – Prolonged rainfall from a monsoon surge on January 10 and 11 had caused flooding in parts of Singapore, prompting flood warnings from its water agency Public Utilities Board ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore will spend about S$150 million (US$110.6 million) on drainage upgrading projects in the 2025 financial year to strengthen the country's flood resilience amid increasing risks ...