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By Agence France-Presse • Sep 01, 2021
Singapore's prime minister was awarded more than a quarter of a million dollars in damages after winning defamation suits
By Ashley Tan • Jul 24, 2020
With the 2020 General Election passing with a resounding – if a little less resounding than in previous years – victory for the ruling People's Action Party, Singaporean student Ashley Tan reflects on what these polls have taught her about the city-state
By Lee Ying Shan • Jun 18, 2020
With Singapore looking set to hold its general election in July, rights group ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights have said that going to the polls during a pandemic will only worsen an electoral process already skewed in favour of the ruling People's Action Party
By Gabrielle See • Apr 27, 2020
Last week Singapore announced it was extending "circuit breaker" measures, severely restricting movement to stem the spread of Covid-19. Resident Gabrielle See describes how these measures, and the pandemic, have highlighted divisions in her family home, as well as Singaporean society more widely
Five years ago on March 23, Singapore's former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew passed away at the age of 91. Professor Michael Barr discusses the enduring legacy of the city-state's founding father
By Michael Barr • Mar 23, 2020
Staring down a challenge by the popular opposition figure Tan Cheng Bock, Singapore’s ruling party may be a victim of its own high standards
By Michael Barr • Sep 05, 2019
Singapore’s annual budget announcement, which includes extra healthcare spending for the elderly and other handouts, has fed speculation that the government is gearing up for an election this year – and one name in particular being touted as the city-state’s next prime minister
By Thomas Brent • Feb 19, 2019
Prime Minister Lee says that Asean must remain steadfast in confronting emerging security challenges, such as North Korea and the South China Sea
By Madeleine Keck • Nov 15, 2017