Dear reader, What a tragic week. Our thoughts are with those on that Singapore Airlines flight from London, as well as their loved ones who have had to live through the horror and uncertainty. In “Singapore This Week”, we look at another tragedy, this time just across the border—the...

Dear reader, We have a new prime minister, Lawrence Wong! Cause for celebration for some, misery for others. In “Singapore This Week”, we discuss some internal dynamics of the ruling People’s Action Party, including two politicians who were overlooked for deputy prime minister: Chan Chun Sing, education minister, and...

Dear reader, There are now over 5,200 of you receiving this newsletter. Almost 1,500 are paying, which includes over 200 Supporters (S$255/year) and over 40 Patrons (S$950/year). Every one of you helped us cross an important financial milestone last week: we’re now about...

Dear reader, Events. These two events are reserved for our Supporters and Patrons: * 8-9pm, May 8th, Zoom: Aleithia Low—author of “Magical thinking: shaping sand for our dreams”, one of Jom’s most popular essays, and also the author of today’s “Postcard from Colombia: land, life and lessons for...

Dear reader, Letters. We received generally positive feedback for last week’s profile of Ang Swee Chai, though there was some dissent. J P Loo, a reader who studies at Oxford, took issue with our omission of one instance of alleged antisemitism—when Ang shared via e-mail a video by...

Dear reader, I’m Faris Joraimi, Jom’s history editor. Just for this week, I’m bringing you this newsletter on top of my regular column, “History Weekly”. It may seem strange dedicating a section to the past in a genre devoted to present-day happenings. But the daily news we...