politicsSouth China Morning Post·Jul 08, 2026
A year since the dust settled on the Singapore general election, leadership resignations in two small opposition parties signal a period of post-poll recalibration after disappo...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Jul 08, 2026
A Singapore minister’s quip in parliament that top officials had no time to go to the cinema has drawn heated public discussion, with some in the local arts scene saying the com...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Jul 03, 2026
Adli Hakimi knows the first obstacle in Johor’s state election is not the ballot box, but the Causeway. The 26-year-old nurse is among Johor’s workers based in the city state – ...
politicsHindustan Times·Jul 03, 2026
The critique was given by Bilahari Kausikan, chairman of the Middle East Institute and former Permanent Secretary of Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Jul 03, 2026
Washington has recently approved a proposed US$22.3 million sale of additional Hellfire missiles to Singapore, with the US State Department declaring that the transfer and assoc...
politicsRepublic World·Jul 03, 2026
During the session, a Pakistani journalist noted that the country's main challenges come from its borders with India and Afghanistan. Kausikan dismissed this viewpoint, stating ...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Jul 03, 2026
Johor’s caretaker chief minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi has criticised Malaysia’s federal government for delays in the launch of the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) mast...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Jun 30, 2026
The US State Department has backed a potential sale of AGM-114R Hellfire missiles to Singapore, valued at US$22.3 million, in a deal it said would strengthen the city state’s de...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Jun 30, 2026
The US State Department has backed a potential sale of AGM-114R Hellfire missiles to Singapore, valued at US$22.3 million, in a deal it said would strengthen the city state’s de...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Jun 30, 2026
It has been nearly five years since then Workers’ Party (WP) MP Raeesah Khan uttered her first lie in Singapore’s parliament but its aftershocks continue to reverberate, as some...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Jun 29, 2026
A labour saga in Singapore involving migrant workers going unpaid for months after a contractor fled the country has raised questions about wage policies for unskilled staff, ev...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Jun 29, 2026
Malaysia has set up a special task force to tackle potential disruptions on the causeway linking Johor to Singapore ahead of a state election next month. Home Minister Saifuddin...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Jun 28, 2026
In his greatest test since taking the helm of the Workers’ Party in 2018, secretary general Pritam Singh has survived a vote of no confidence by his party, inside sources have c...
politicsRepublic World·Jun 27, 2026
Donald Trump warned Tehran, saying “you will find out” after the Iranian drones hit the Singapore-flagged cargo ship, 'Ever Lovely', in the Strait of Hormuz, with CENTCOM citing...
politicsBBC·Jun 26, 2026
A Singapore-flagged ship was struck crossing the waterway on Thursday, prompting a large-scale evacuation to be paused.
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Jun 25, 2026
A man in Singapore posed as his ex-girlfriend and shared her nude photos in a sex chat group with a religious theme, but was exposed when the victim caught wind of it and went u...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Jun 22, 2026
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s trip to Russia as part of an Asean delegation to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin despite the city state’s ongoing sanctions agains...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Jun 19, 2026
A social media post by London Mayor Sadiq Khan calling his city and Singapore global powerhouses has ignited scrutiny of both places, with critics arguing that they are worlds a...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Jun 18, 2026
A Singaporean man is facing jail time for sending an edited photo of Marina Bay Sands (MBS) on fire to Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s Facebook page while mentioning a “bomb”....
politicsFree Press Journal·Jun 14, 2026