A lesson in deterrence from the founder of modern Singapore.

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.

Brilliant academic and lawyer Lee Kuan Yew narrowly survived the Japanese occupation of Singapore to lead his stricken country to independence and once-unimaginable prosperity Lee Kuan Ye addresses ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lee Kuan Yew, prime minister of the city-state of Singapore, is a mayor who talks as though he may one day be a world statesman. The 44-year-old prime minister is an imposing figure who gives the ...

The trip, when Deng met Lee Kuan Yew for the first time, offers a reminder of the importance of competent leadership to nations' development. Lee Kuan Yew and Singapore’s other founders "were ...

Lee Hsien Yang on Wednesday formally joined a new opposition party competing against his brother Lee Hsien Loong's People's Action Party, which has ruled the city-state since its independence ...