A lesson in deterrence from the founder of modern Singapore.

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 ...

> The Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Singapore Management University is inviting applications for the 12th edition of its flagship event, the LKYGBPC. > This year’s competition ...

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 ...

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 ...

He’s had enough playing with it. If I had to mention one leader (Abdoolcarim interviewed for Time) who left the biggest impression, it would be Lee Kuan Yew. In 2005, when Lee was about 82 years ...

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 ...

The phrase “making Gaza Singapore” was used by Shimon Peres to express a vision for transforming the Gaza Strip into a prosperous, thriving area, similar to how Singapore developed from a ...

Key Point: The country will likely not declare itself a nuclear power any time soon; ambiguity over ownership of nukes has served the country very well. In a private ...

FORMER Israeli prime minister and president Shimon Peres was a very successful brand. He was presented to the world as stately, wise, a relentless advocate of peace and a sane voice amid a conflict ...