During the Summit, Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam presented the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2024 to Mexico City. The 7th edition of the biennial award also honoured Cape Town (South ...

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 ...

A lesson in deterrence from the founder of modern Singapore.

Jan. 11, 2025 The bungalow was built for a Dutch trader in colonial times, but it has become part of modern Singaporean lore. It was where Lee Kuan Yew lived for decades, where he started his ...

The first officially elected prime minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew served in office from 1959-1990, during which time he led his country through a period of remarkable economic growth and ...

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 ...

SINGAPORE /CITY/, March 29 /TASS/. Millions of Singaporeans will on Sunday pay their last respects to Lee Kuan Yew, the country’s first prime minister and founder, who died at the age of 91 on ...

left Singapore amid police investigations for giving false evidence in judicial proceedings over Lee Kuan Yew's will, police said in March last year. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong also offered his ...

Lee Kuan Yew, the founder of modern Singapore, was prime minister of the Southeast Asian city-state for more than three decades. WSJ's Diana Jou has more. Photo: Getty Images ...

left Singapore amid police investigations for giving false evidence in judicial proceedings over Lee Kuan Yew’s will, police said in March last year. Lee Wei Ling’s wake will be held at ...