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Podcast: Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian
Episode: Whatâs Trending: Has the teacher âcortisolâ ranking trend in Singapore gone too far⌠and is a murder suspect gaining fans for her looks?
Description: Students in Singapore are rating their teachers based on whether they cause âhigh cortisolâ or âlow cortisolâ, complete with photos, stress meters, and viral TikTok edits. Harmless school humour or public shaming thatâs gone too far? At the same time, a shocking case out of South Korea is raising uncomfortable questions about beauty, bias, and social media obsession. A young woman arrested in a suspected drug-laced killing case saw her online following explode, with strangers praising her looks despite the serious allegations. On What's Trending, Hongbin Jeong and Nadiah Koh discuss whether we are witnessing...