Topic - Lee Hsien Loong

Related Stories

FILE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's brother, Lee Hsien Yang, right, receives friends and family members paying their respects to the late Lee Kuan Yew during a private family wake at the Istana or Presidential Palace in Singapore, March 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Son of Singapore’s founder says he has been granted political asylum in the U.K.

By Sylvia Hui and Eileen Ng - Associated Press

In this July 10, 2019 file photograph, singer Taylor Swift performs at Amazon Music's Prime Day concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. Powered by big stadium tours from artists like Swift and Beyoncé, ticket sales are booming and it appears likely that live acts will continue to draw massive crowds after the pandemic closed down concert venues globally for close to two years. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Taylor Swift struck a deal with Singapore not to perform in any other Southeast Asian country

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaks during ASEAN - India Summits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 12, 2022. Lee said Thursday, June 1, 2023 that he tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time in less than two weeks, in a rare case of a rebound.(AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

Singapore prime minister tests positive for COVID again in rare rebound case

Associated Press

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attends the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, on May 10, 2023. Lee said Monday, May 22, 2023 he tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time after returning home from work trips in Africa and Asia. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, Pool)

Singapore’s prime minister tests positive for COVID-19

Associated Press

Singapore Prime Minster Lee Hsien Loong delivers a speech at a session of the International Conference on "The Future of Asia" in Tokyo Thursday, May 26, 2022. Singapore announced it will decriminalize sex between men by repealing a colonial-era law while protecting the city-state's definition of marriage. During his speech Sunday, Aug. 21 at the annual National Day Rally, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he believed it is the “right thing to do now” as most Singaporeans will now accept it. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, file)

Singapore announces plans to decriminalize gay sex

Associated Press

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attends a joint news conference with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Singapore Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden to host Singapore’s prime minister at White House

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 22, 2019 file photo, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat attends a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng, at Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing. Singapore’s designated future leader, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, has taken himself out of the running in a surprise decision, saying in a letter released Thursday, April 8, 2021 that a younger person with a “longer runway” should become the next prime minister. (Florence Lo/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Singapore’s designated future leader steps aside, citing age

Associated Press

FILE - In this June 30, 2020, file photo, people are dwarfed against the financial skyline as they take photos of the Merlion statue along the Marina Bay area in Singapore. Singapore has approved the use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine and the first shipment will arrive by end of this month, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim, File)

Singapore approves use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2019, file photo, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong walks at the National Palace in Mexico City. A Singapore court has fined the nephew of Lee Singapore dollars 15,000 ($10,900) for criticizing the judiciary in a Facebook posting two years ago amid a public feud in the first family. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Singapore PM’s nephew fined for criticizing judiciary online

Associated Press

A voter, left, wearing a face mask has her temperature checked with a thermal scanner at the Dunearn Secondary School polling station in Singapore Friday, July 10, 2020. Wearing masks and plastic gloves, Singaporeans began voting in a general election that is expected to return Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's long-ruling party to power. (AP Photo/Royston Chan)

Safety protocol, job fears, family feud in Singapore polls

Associated Press

People's Action Party Secretary-General and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, center, arrives at a nomination center with his team to submit their nomination papers ahead of the general election in Singapore, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Campaigning has begun for Singapore’s general elections, with the opposition hoping to dent the ruling party’s supermajority in parliament with support from Prime Minister Lee’s estranged younger brother. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim)

Singapore election campaign begins, PM’s brother not running

By EE MING TOH - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 24, 2015, file photo, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's brother, Lee Hsien Yang, right, receives friends and family members paying their respects to the late Lee Kuan Yew during a private family wake at the Istana or Presidential Palace in Singapore. Lee Hsien Yang, joined the opposition Progress Singapore Party on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, ahead of July 10 general elections but declined to say if he was going to run. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Singapore PM’s brother joins opposition party ahead of polls

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2019, file photo, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong walks at the National Palace in Mexico City. Lee is calling for new elections to seek a new mandate during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Singapore leader calls early elections despite pandemic

By ROYSTON CHAN - Associated Press

In this handout photo taken and released Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2020, by Singapore's Ministry of Communication and Information, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong provides an update on the COVID-19 situation in the city state. Singapore has announced that it would extend its lockdown by another four weeks after a sharp upsurge in COVID-19 cases in recent days. (Singapore Ministry of Communication and Information via AP)

Singapore prolongs virus lockdown until at least June 1

Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks towards Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during their bilateral meeting at the Istana or presidential palace on Sunday, June 10, 2018, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

The Latest: Trump meeting Singapore PM ahead of Kim summit

Associated Press