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Subscribe now Already have a paid account? Sign inHong Kong is arguably the only other geography that one can compare Singapore to: both British colonial ports, Chinese-majority, East-meets-West, Asian Tiger city-states. Here's why many Hong Kongers are now moving south.
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Subscribe now Already have a paid account? Sign inSingaporeans have felt powerless during Israel’s war on Gaza, but Dr Ang Swee Chai, back only for the third time in 47 years, has never felt more hopeful for change.
As former British colonies, Malaya and Palestine were connected by the same global structures of domination, which survive to the present day. In this essay, Jom's history editor recovers the intricate threads that continue to involve Singapore in Palestine’s ongoing occupation and resistance.
As the accusations of genocide against Israel grow, we examine the history and power of the word, the evidence in Gaza today, and the connections between ordinary Singaporeans and Israel’s actions.
A Singaporean living in Australia explores its complex indigenous history on a trip to Tasmania, and discovers the power of truth-telling. The journey helps her reflect on Singapore’s relationship with its own “first peoples”.
Iceland and Singapore, two nations separated by climate, geography, history. Photographs help bring back memories across these oceans, to bridge that divide—a diminishing iceberg, a towering mountain, the babbling of a brook. But photos don't only look backwards. They look forward, too.
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