The price of prosperity: Singapore's 60 years of independence
Pacific Asia • Sep 5, 2025, 12:40 AM
1 min de lecture
On August 9, 1965, Singapore became an independent city-state. Despite having no natural resources, it now rivals some of the world's greatest nations. The key to its success: a strategic port that's now one of the planet's busiest economic hubs, and attractive financial policies that have turned it into a magnet for foreign capital. But this prosperity comes at a political price.
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Thailand’s political crisis: What you need to know
Pacific Asia • 11:36 AM
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🇹🇭 What’s happening in Thailand?
🗳️Construction tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul was elected prime minister on Friday after breezing through a parliamentary vote.
✈️ But on Thursday, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra suddenly left the country. The
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Japanese prince comes of age, delaying the male-only succession debate
Pacific Asia • 2:55 AM
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Japan’s Prince Hisahito, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito, received a traditional black silk and lacquer crown to mark his 19th birthday Saturday. His birth in 2006 marked an end to a brief debate on the country's male-only succession rule since the empero
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