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Singapore turns 50, celebrates success amid challenges

August 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Annabelle Liang Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore threw a big party Aug. 9 for its 50th anniversary of independence and unrivaled economic success in a region struggling with poverty and political instability, even as the city-state began feeling the pinch of a midlife crisis. As fighter jets screamed through the sky and nationalist […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, 2015, Action Party, Associated Press, Bridget Welsh, Chinese, Gilbert Goh, Lee Kuan Yew, National Taiwan University, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Reporters Without Borders, Robbing Singaporeans, Vol 34 No 34 | August 15 - August 21, William Nathan, World Press Freedom Index, language, poverty

Singapore teen guilty of insulting Christians in video blog

May 17, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jeanette Tan Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Teen blogger Amos Yee was found guilty Tuesday of insulting Christians in a video monologue and of distributing an obscene image of Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew with former British leader Margaret Thatcher. The 16-year-old Yee had faced three years in jail but instead will be […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Amos Yee, Associated Press, District Judge Jasvendar Kaur, Jesus Christ, Lee Kuan Yew, Margaret Thatcher, Singapore, Vol 34 No 21 | May 16 - May 22, blog, letter

Lee Kuan Yew, founder of modern Singapore, dies at 91

March 28, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Stephen Wright Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Lee Kuan Yew, who founded modern Singapore and was both feared for his authoritarian tactics and admired for turning the city-state into one of the world’s richest nations, died Monday, the government said. He was 91. Lee was admitted to Singapore General Hospital on Feb. 5 for […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Action Party, Born Sept, Cambridge University, Kwa Geok Choo, Lee Hsien Loong, Lee Hsien Yang, Lee Kuan Yew, Lee Lee, Lee Wei Ling, Malaysia, Michael Fay, One Man, President Barack Obama, President Bill Clinton, Raffles College, Singapore, Vol 34 No 14 | March 28 - April 3

NY Times pays damages to Singapore leaders, Times public editor responds

April 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SINGAPORE — Last month, The New York Times Co. apologized and agreed to pay Singapore’s prime minister and his two predecessors approximately 160,000 Singapore dollars ($114,000) for a story that described the city-state’s leaders as an Asian political dynasty.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Asia, Bill Keller, China, Davinder Singh, Dow Jones Co, First Amendment, Goh Chok Tong, Google, International Herald Tribune, Lee Kuan Yew, Philip Bowring, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, SG, Singapore, Times Public Editor Clark Hoyt, United States, Vol 29 No 15 | April 10 - April 16, censorship

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