Hundreds of thousands of people faced train cancellations across Germany from Jan 10, as a three-day nationwide rail strike added to travel chaos in Europe’s largest economy, where farmers’ protests have blocked highways and snarled traffic.

The strikes and protests add to pressure on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government, which faces growing economic problems, including weak macroeconomic data, high interest rates and a budget mess.

Is Germany’s economy struggling in 2024 and can the government fix it?

Cedomir Nestorovic, Professor of Geopolitics, ESSEC Business School, Asia-Pacific gives us his analysis. 

Hundreds of thousands of people faced train cancellations across Germany from Jan 10, as a three-day nationwide rail strike added to travel chaos in Europe’s largest economy, where <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/german-farmers-blockade-roads-to-protest-subsidy-cuts">farmers’ protests have blocked highways and snarled traffic.</a>
The strikes and protests add to pressure on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government, which faces growing economic problems, including weak macroeconomic data, high interest rates and a budget mess.
Is Germany’s economy struggling in 2024 and can the government fix it?
Cedomir Nestorovic, Professor of Geopolitics, ESSEC Business School, Asia-Pacific gives us his analysis.

Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong is your 4–8pm drive companion, guiding you through the day’s biggest headlines, trending conversations and the issues shaping Singapore and the world.

From news and current affairs to lifestyle insights and generational perspectives, the show helps you make sense of what’s happening — with clarity, context and a touch of personality.

Whether you’re catching up after a long day or tuning in on the move, Your Way Home keeps you informed, engaged and connected — all the way home.

And she closes the day with a song that says it all.

Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong is your 4&ndash;8pm drive companion, guiding you through the day&rsquo;s biggest headlines, trending conversations and the issues shaping Singapore and the world.
From news and current affairs to lifestyle insights and generational perspectives, the show helps you make sense of what&rsquo;s happening &mdash; with clarity, context and a touch of personality.
Whether you&rsquo;re catching up after a long day or tuning in on the move, Your Way Home keeps you informed, engaged and connected &mdash; all the way home.
And she closes the day with a song that says it all.

Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong

MONEY FM 89.3 is Singapore’s first and only Business and Personal Finance station. MONEY FM is a 24-hour English talk format station featuring local and international business and financial news. We provide you with financial market and currency updates and insights from analysts, economists, policy makers, industry experts and business owners.

In the lighter hours, listen to discussions on social issues and features on topics that include health, education, arts and music.

MONEY FM 89.3 is Singapore&rsquo;s first and only Business and Personal Finance station. MONEY FM is a 24-hour English talk format station featuring local and international business and financial news. We provide you with financial market and currency updates and insights from analysts, economists, policy makers, industry experts and business owners.
In the lighter hours, listen to discussions on social issues and features on topics that include health, education, arts and music.

MONEY FM 89.3 is Singapore’s first and only Business and Personal Finance station.

MONEY FM 89.3

Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong is your 4–8pm drive companion,

Euro Watch: Is Germany's economy struggling in 2024?

Grab’s new cross-border taxi booking feature now allows users in Singapore to book rides straight to Johor and surrounding areas via the app, with trips requiring at least 12 hours’ advance booking.

While the move promises greater convenience and wider access to destinations like Johor Bahru, Iskandar Puteri, Forest City, Kulai and Senai, fares are dynamic and can even end up higher than traditional street-hail options.

With cashless payments, fluctuating pricing and new pickup rules on both sides of the border, does this make cross-border travel truly easier or just more complicated? 

On The Big Story, Hongbin Jeong speaks with Terence Fan, Assistant Professor Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship, Singapore Management University, to find out more.

Grab&rsquo;s new cross-border taxi booking feature now allows users in Singapore to book rides straight to Johor and surrounding areas via the app, with trips requiring at least 12 hours&rsquo; advance booking.
While the move promises greater convenience and wider access to destinations like Johor Bahru, Iskandar Puteri, Forest City, Kulai and Senai, fares are dynamic and can even end up higher than traditional street-hail options.
With cashless payments, fluctuating pricing and new pickup rules on both sides of the border, does this make cross-border travel truly easier or just more complicated?&nbsp;
On The Big Story, Hongbin Jeong speaks with Terence Fan, Assistant Professor Strategic Management &amp; Entrepreneurship, Singapore Management University, to find out more.

The Big Story: SG-MY taxis via Grab go door-to-door from May 4. Game changer or too costly?

On The Agenda, Hongbin Jeong and  Chris J. “Mohawk” Reed, the founder of Black Marketing, unpacka familiar but increasingly heated narrative: every generation thinks the next one just isn’t built for the world of work.

That perception is starting to show up in hiring decisions too, with some surveys suggesting fewer than 1 in 10 employers feel Gen Z are fully prepared for work, and nearly half saying they aren’t ready at all.

So what’s really going on here? Are Gen Z genuinely unprepared, or is the modern workplace failing to keep up with them?

On The Agenda, Hongbin Jeong and&nbsp; Chris J. &ldquo;Mohawk&rdquo; Reed, the founder of Black Marketing, unpack a familiar but increasingly heated narrative: every generation thinks the next one just isn&rsquo;t built for the world of work.
That perception is starting to show up in hiring decisions too, with some surveys suggesting fewer than 1 in 10 employers feel Gen Z are fully prepared for work, and nearly half saying they aren&rsquo;t ready at all.
So what&rsquo;s really going on here? Are Gen Z genuinely unprepared, or is the modern workplace failing to keep up with them?

The Agenda: Is Gen Z unemployable? Or is the workplace the real problem? 

On What’s Trending, Hongbin Jeong, Nadiah Koh and Nazirul Asrar dive into Seoul’s hilariously relatable Power Nap Contest, where exhausted contestants in royal robes and koala onesies compete to become the ultimate public sleeper by napping the hardest under official heart-rate monitoring.

But beneath the absurdity of competitive sleeping lies a deeper conversation about burnout, hustle culture and why one of the world’s most sleep-deprived societies is turning rest into a spectator sport. From South Korea’s relentless work culture to China’s “lying flat” movement, the trio unpack whether sleep has become a luxury in modern life.

On What&rsquo;s Trending, Hongbin Jeong, Nadiah Koh and Nazirul Asrar dive into Seoul&rsquo;s hilariously relatable Power Nap Contest, where exhausted contestants in royal robes and koala onesies compete to become the ultimate public sleeper by napping the hardest under official heart-rate monitoring.
But beneath the absurdity of competitive sleeping lies a deeper conversation about burnout, hustle culture and why one of the world&rsquo;s most sleep-deprived societies is turning rest into a spectator sport. From South Korea&rsquo;s relentless work culture to China&rsquo;s &ldquo;lying flat&rdquo; movement, the trio unpack whether sleep has become a luxury in modern life.

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