Strangely enough, the iTunes on my iPhone now says it does not work in Singapore. It won’t even let me download free stuff, like podcasts. This is very strange given that iTunes works on my laptop in Singapore. I can download and purchase just fine here, but only to my laptop. I googled this and found other people complaining about the same problem.
Apparently iTunes is only available in North America, Europe, and Australia/New Zealand. But it not available in Asia, though that’s where the people are.
Update: After writing this, I found a workaround. I created new iTunes account with a US address, and when it asked for a credit card, I clicked “none”. Then on the iPhone, I went to “settings->general->reset” and reset the location warnings. It didn’t work immediately, but after the 1st failed attempt iTunes started to work. I could download NPR’s wait wait don’t tell me!