Kirsten Han, Author at Asia Times

AT Finance, Singapore

Singapore to decide what’s fake and what’s real

by Kirsten Han October 4, 2019February 18, 2020

Five months after it was passed into law, Singapore’s anti-fake news legislation has taken draconian effect, representing a new threat to online expression and new wrinkle for big technology companies with operations in the city-state. The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act, more commonly known as POFMA, sparked sharp civil society, academia and large […]

AT Finance, Singapore

新加坡李氏家族內部矛盾趨政治化

by Kirsten Han January 23, 2019January 28, 2019

Split screen image of Lee Hsien Loong (R) and his brother Lee Hsien Yang (L). Photo: AFP/Facebook

AT Finance, Singapore

Lee versus Lee gets political in Singapore

by Kirsten Han January 20, 2019February 18, 2020

新加坡執政的李氏家族幸福時期的資料圖片，已故的國家創始人李光耀站在中間，旁邊的是總理李顯龍（左二）、李顯揚（右二）和林學芬（右）。相片：Facebook

AT Finance, Singapore

李光耀子女反目再度成為公眾焦點

by Kirsten Han January 9, 2019February 18, 2020

A file photo of Singapore's ruling Lee family in happier times, with deceased national founder Lee Kuan Yew at center, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (C-L), Lee Hsien Yang (C-R) and Lee Suet Fern (R). Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Malaysia, Singapore

More fuel for Singapore’s rekindled Lee family feud

by Kirsten Han January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat delivers a keynote address at the 8th World Bank-Singapore infrastructure Finance Summit in Singapore on April 5, 2018. Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman

AT Finance, Singapore

Singapore’s ‘4G’ leaders rise on a wave of repression

by Kirsten Han November 29, 2018February 18, 2020

2016年9月29日，新加坡總理李顯龍於日本東京舉行的亞洲未來國際會議上發表講話。相片：Reuters / Kim Kyung-Hoon

AT Finance, Singapore

新加坡假新聞爭議被捲入一馬案風波

by Kirsten Han November 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaks at the International Conference on The Future of Asia in Tokyo, Japan, September 29, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon

AT Finance, Australia, Malaysia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, World

Singapore’s fake news debate wrapped in 1MDB controversy

by Kirsten Han November 14, 2018February 18, 2020

2017年7月1日，支持者參加在新加坡芳林公園舉辦年度粉紅點集會，以公開表示支持LGBT社區。相片：AFP / Roslan Rahman

AT Finance, Singapore

新加坡同志團體要求更公平待遇

by Kirsten Han August 3, 2018February 18, 2020

A supporter attends the annual "Pink Dot" event in a public show of support for the LGBT community at Hong Lim Park in Singapore on July 1, 2017.
Photo: AFP/ Roslan Rahman

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Singapore

A rally cry mounts for LGBT rights in Singapore

by Kirsten Han July 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Stock image of Singapore's old Supreme Court building. Image: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia

Free expression in the dock in Singapore

by Kirsten Han July 18, 2018February 18, 2020

A construction worker talks on the phone in front of a 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) billboard at the Tun Razak Exchange development in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 3, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Olivia Harris

AT Finance, China, Malaysia, Middle East, Singapore

Did Singapore’s Straits Times get spun on 1MDB?

by Kirsten Han May 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Singaporean artist Seelann Palay is confronted by police while holding a solo silent protest against the repression of a former parliamentarian, October 1, 2017, Singapore. Photo: Courtesy of The Online Citizen

AT Finance, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Singapore, South Asia

No solo protests allowed in Singapore

by Kirsten Han May 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Police take part in a simulated gunmen attack demonstration for the public at a housing estate in Singapore December 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Edgar Su

AT Finance, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Middle East, Philippines, Singapore, World

Singapore plays up terrorism to curb liberties

by Kirsten Han March 23, 2018February 18, 2020

A Singapore currency note under lock and key. Image: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Singapore

Tax and not spend in Singapore

by Kirsten Han March 6, 2018February 18, 2020

A bust at the Raffles Hotel in Singapore of Sir Stamford Raffles, by certain historical reckonings the city-state's founder. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Indonesia, Singapore, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Colonialism a cause to celebrate in Singapore

by Kirsten Han January 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Workers put up an election campaign banner for Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) in a 2015 file photo. Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Oceania, Singapore, World

Recalling Singapore’s forgotten unions

by Kirsten Han December 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Photo: AFP/Brendan Smialowski

AT Finance, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, World

No dissident thoughts allowed in Singapore

by Kirsten Han December 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attends a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (not pictured) at The Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 19, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Lintao Zhang/Pool/File Photo

AT Finance, China, India, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Is Singapore’s Lee truly poised to step aside?

by Kirsten Han November 13, 2017February 18, 2020

A supporter attends the annual "Pink Dot" event in a public show of support for the LGBT community at Hong Lim Park in Singapore on July 1, 2017.
Photo: AFP/ Roslan Rahman

AT Finance, Singapore

Gay pride, state shame in Singapore

by Kirsten Han November 4, 2017February 18, 2020