Tag Archives: ASEAN countries

Explainer: Why does a party dominate Singapore politics?

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singaporeans are expected to return to the People’s Action Party in power in the July 10 general election, extending their uninterrupted rule since the independence of the Southeast Asian island in 1965. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of the People’s Action Party arrives to deliver a …

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Prayers for the dead as young Myanmar jade miners cried

(Reuters) – College student Saw Myint Tun traveled hundreds of miles from his home in February to work in the jade mines of northern Myanmar in search of gems that could transform his family’s modest fortune. Family members pray next to a coffin containing the body of a victim after …

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