Who would have guessed that when a resource-scarce island at the tip of the Malay archipelago became a sovereign nation by accident after expulsion from Malaysia in 1965, it would grow into a gleaming example of 20th and…
On 18 March Singapore Airlines (SIA) introduced a second scheduled route to fly the new Airbus A380, this time from Singapore to London Heathrow. It has upped the ante with inflight amenities and a new best-in-business…
In Singapore a battle is taking place – a battle to dominate the toast-and-spread market. And with the formula proving ever-popular at home, it’s big business for the leading brands who have their eyes set on the rest of…
In a resource-hungry world, Singapore’s key strategic position between China and India means it feels the need to maintain a defence policy of deterrence.
Singapore has felt the wrath of two neighbours already this year. Indonesia banned exports of construction sand claiming it was concerned about environmental damage (perhaps coincidentally, the two countries are also in…
Singapore Fashion Week, which starts tomorrow and runs until 30 October, promises a shake-up to boost a rising regional creative scene. Previously reliant on international fashion headliners to draw the crowds, this year’s…
George Town, on the Malaysian island of Penang, was a colonial trading hub but after the Second World War it lost out to Hong Kong and Singapore. Now its faded Art Deco villas and relaxed pace of life are luring a new…
Is your country too small? Make it bigger. As nations reclaim record amounts of land from the sea, Monocle reports from Singapore (20 per cent larger than a century ago) and the Netherlands (around 25 per cent reclaimed…
Despite ups and downs since separating in 1965, Singapore and Malaysia are undeniably tethered. Now the nations’ leaders have signed a memorandum aiming to bind the countries physically via a 375km-long double-track high…
The US and Russia might be scaling back their space programmes but the nations of Southeast Asia are gearing up for a space race of their own. Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand already have satellites orbiting Earth and this…
There’s a new breakthrough star on screen: Malaysia’s film and TV industry, with its stunning settings, burgeoning infrastracture and international tax breaks is beginning to make a global impact.