Singapore’s history put to song
SINGAPORE (Aug 14) — When two Singaporean businessmen began pitching the idea for a contemporary opera about Singapore’s founding father to local theater companies about three years ago, they met with no shortage of skepticism. “My first thought was: ‘Seriously? You want L. K. Y. to sing?’ ” said Gaurav Kripalani,...
Thailand’s generals can’t restart the economy
Fifteen months in, a cabinet reshuffle looms. Won’t help (4 Aug) - Most of Thailand’s economic news is continuing to dampen any remaining hope that the military junta, now in power for 15 months, would usher in an era of economic revival. The kingdom is at best static while long-laggard neighbors Vietnam, Myanmar and the...
PM Najib to SGs: Don’t judge us based on social media
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak looks on during the visit of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Putrajaya, Malaysia on Friday, Aug. 7, 2015. Najib called a press conference at 1 a.m. Thursday in Kuala Lumpur to say that a wing fragment found on an Indian Ocean island had been definitively linked to Malaysia Airlines...
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