At the centre of world trade, Singapore is an affluent global power. However, as Katie Burton reports, its economic rise has ...

This eulogy by Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was delivered at the funeral service of his wife, Kwa Geok Choo, at a private ceremony at Mandai Crematorium on Wednesday.

SG’s envoy to the US clarified that Mr Li was "never been exiled from SG, jailed or stripped of his possessions..." as ...

Photo: Michael Nagle/Mauricio Palos/David Kawai/Bloomberg News Lee Kuan Yew, the founder of modern Singapore and the creator of the economic miracle there, was a famously strict ruler. Considered ...

Lee Kuan Yew was a politician, lawyer, and the first prime minister of Singapore, serving from 1959 to 1990. Often regarded as the architect of modern Singapore, Lee transformed the small ...

One of Asia’s most globally representative and exciting deep-tech start-up competitions, the 12th Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition (LKYGBPC), has opened its call for applications ...

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 ...

Zoher Abdoolcarim, the former Asia editor of Time magazine, talks about his family's journey from Bombay to Hong Kong, why being a true Hongkonger is not all about being Chinese, and the leader who ...

Friday marked 13 years since the passing of Lee Alexander West and the annual memorial and award service took place Friday.It ...

"Lee was diagnosed with cancer in November, which was terminal and not treatable. He wrote to you all on his page himself shortly after his diagnosis. A Sheffield Wednesday themed funeral is being ...

Every day the ECHO print edition carries tributes and funeral notices for those who have lost a loved one recently and our ...

SEOUL – South Korean actress Lee Joo-sil, who most recently appeared ... and The Uncanny Counter (2020 to 2023). Her funeral service will be held at Severance Hospital in Seoul on Feb 5.