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Lee Hsien Loong
![Lee and Jokowi Pledge Continuity at Final Leaders’ Summit Lee and Jokowi Pledge Continuity at Final Leaders’ Summit](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-04-30-011349.jpg)
Lee and Jokowi Pledge Continuity at Final Leaders’ Summit
By Sebastian Strangio
For the first time, the Singaporean and Indonesian leaders attended the Leaders' Retreat along with their successors.
![Who Is Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s Next Prime Minister? Who Is Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s Next Prime Minister?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-04-17-080058.jpg)
Who Is Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s Next Prime Minister?
By Sebastian Strangio
The deputy prime minister will take over from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong next month.
![Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to Step Down on May 15 Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to Step Down on May 15](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-04-15-170949.jpg)
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to Step Down on May 15
By Associated Press
Lee will hand power to his deputy, Lawrence Wong, in a long-planned transition.
![Singapore Adds New Corruption Charges to Case Against Former Minister Singapore Adds New Corruption Charges to Case Against Former Minister](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-04-26-061806.jpg)
Singapore Adds New Corruption Charges to Case Against Former Minister
By Sebastian Strangio
Ex-Transport Minister S. Iswaran has been charged with obtaining $14,000 in kickbacks, including golf clubs and expensive whisky.
![Singapore’s PM Defends Taylor Swift Exclusivity Arrangement Singapore’s PM Defends Taylor Swift Exclusivity Arrangement](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-03-05-100226.jpg)
Singapore’s PM Defends Taylor Swift Exclusivity Arrangement
By Rod McGuirk
Lee Hsien Loong did not reveal the cost of the deal, which was paid for from a government fund established to rebuild tourism after the COVID-19 pandemic.
![Singapore’s Ex-Transport Minister Charged With 27 Offenses, Including Corruption Singapore’s Ex-Transport Minister Charged With 27 Offenses, Including Corruption](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-01-18-040525.jpg)
Singapore’s Ex-Transport Minister Charged With 27 Offenses, Including Corruption
By Sebastian Strangio
The graft case against S Iswaran is the first against a Singaporean cabinet member in nearly four decades.
![Malaysia, Singapore Agree to New SEZ to Boost Border Trade Malaysia, Singapore Agree to New SEZ to Boost Border Trade](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-01-11-230745.jpeg)
Malaysia, Singapore Agree to New SEZ to Boost Border Trade
By Sebastian Strangio
The planned SEZ is just one of a range of initiatives designed to tighten the economic integration between the two countries.
![Singapore’s PM Announces Plan to Step Down Before 2025 Election Singapore’s PM Announces Plan to Step Down Before 2025 Election](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-11-05-204110.jpg)
Singapore’s PM Announces Plan to Step Down Before 2025 Election
By Associated Press
He will hand over power to his deputy and Singapore's Finance Minister Lawrence Wong late next year.
![Singaporean Parliamentary Speaker and MP Resign Over ‘Inappropriate’ Affair Singaporean Parliamentary Speaker and MP Resign Over ‘Inappropriate’ Affair](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-24-5.jpg)
Singaporean Parliamentary Speaker and MP Resign Over ‘Inappropriate’ Affair
By Sebastian Strangio
The resignations follow the rare arrest of a cabinet member amid a probe by the country's Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau.
![A Maturing Pragmatism in Indonesia-Singapore Relations A Maturing Pragmatism in Indonesia-Singapore Relations](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-04-04-054258.jpg)
A Maturing Pragmatism in Indonesia-Singapore Relations
By Mustafa Izzuddin
Despite the twists and turns in their nations' ties, Joko Widodo and Lee Hsien Loong will leave things much better than they found them.
![Malaysia’s PM Anwar Ibrahim Makes State Visit to Singapore Malaysia’s PM Anwar Ibrahim Makes State Visit to Singapore](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-30-061836.jpg)
Malaysia’s PM Anwar Ibrahim Makes State Visit to Singapore
By Sebastian Strangio
The one-day visit comes amid a period of stagnation in relations between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
![Singapore Repeals Archaic Law Criminalizing Sex Between Men Singapore Repeals Archaic Law Criminalizing Sex Between Men](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-11-30-051751.jpg)
Singapore Repeals Archaic Law Criminalizing Sex Between Men
By Sebastian Strangio
The historic abrogation of Section 377A was accompanied by a constitutional amendment that effectively slams the door on same-sex marriage.
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