The Church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, but to bless all mankind,” as our founder ...

The Singapore Strait saw the world’s largest number of reported piracy and armed robbery attempts in the first half of the year, though most were low-level crimes, according to a new report ...

A decade ago, the global recession created a maritime car park of apparent ghost ships in the Singapore Strait — vessels sat idle in the world’s busiest shipping lane as companies were going ...

Almost half of the world’s total annual seaborne trade tonnage and 70 per cent of Asia’s oil import pass through the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. And as one of the world's busiest ...

Since the beginning of 2023, sea robbery in the Singapore Strait has increased at an alarming rate. The 113-km long, 19-km wide strait that connects the Indian Ocean with the South China Sea is one of ...