The coming culture contest
Signs are that questions of culture are returning to Singapore, albeit differently.
Signs are that questions of culture are returning to Singapore, albeit differently.
Debate has returned, for both the Government and citizens, about what it means to be Singaporean.
The ongoing conflict in Sabah at first seemed something of a farce when followers of the Sultan of Sulu landed with claims to the territory. But the situation has quickly...
Controversy followed the Government’s White Paper on Population, from its introduction to the last day of Parliamentary debate, when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong addressed...
Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made his first overseas visit to South-east Asian countries. Very soon he will make the more usual pilgrimage from Tokyo to...
The legal process begun by the Philippines to challenge claims by China to the South China Sea surprised the region. International arbitration is allowed under the United...
Everyone is pivoting to Asia — even Asians.
High rates of growth used to be a key pillar in the Singapore story. Today, the world economy is in a parlous state and the country’s outlook for this year has been trimmed to a...