Image: Shutterstock Ever since, Singapore has been dominated by one political party – the People’s Action Party (PAP) – and, to a large extent, by one family: the Lee family. The first prime minister ...

James Myburgh writes on the troubled start to Singapore’s doomed merger with Malaysia Lee Kuan Yew’s focus from 1959 to 1963 had ... This desire for merger had a personal aspect for the PAP leadership ...

A lesson in deterrence from the founder of modern Singapore.

PAP’s Sengkang GRC’s new face, Bernadette Giam, greeting residents in the coffeeshop at 170A Rivervale Shores on Feb 1, 2025. (Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long) The 38-year-old director of local food ...

Synopsis: Every first Friday of the month, The Straits Times catches up with its foreign correspondents about life and trends in the countries they’re based in. Trichy in southern India has no ...

SEOUL – South Korean actress Lee Joo-sil, who most recently appeared in the second season of global hit Squid Game (2021 to present), has died at the age of 80 on Feb 2, her agency 1230Culture said.

Pontypool hospital staff knew Huw Erasmus, 34, had a ‘propensity’ to eat plants but failed to assess him after garden visit, coroner says A patient died after eating toxic yew leaves while on ...

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he holds a pen in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. February 4, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo ...