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# Singapore


## Singapore


* ![Ong Beng Seng arrives at the State Courts in Singapore on Oct. 4, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4a187295b705629/698a6721b3fce307680ced3b/ong-beng-seng-singapore-billionaire-corruption.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 4, 2024  
## [Singapore Charges Billionaire Tied to Ex-Minister Corruption Case](https://time.com/7044235/singapore-charges-billionaire-ong-beng-seng-corruption-iswaran/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![S. Iswaran arrives for sentencing at the Supreme Court in Singapore on Oct. 3, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt610a266459a62a4d/698a5bc5b3fce3bc940cdb0e/singapore-iswaran-corruption-sentence.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 3, 2024  
## [Singapore Ex-Minister Sentenced to Year in Jail After Graft Conviction](https://time.com/7028111/singapore-minister-iswaran-bribery-sentence-year-jail/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Singapore's former Minister for Transport and Minister-in-charge for Trade Relations S. Iswaran arrives at the Supreme Court in Singapore on Sept. 24, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad3f57569ca89a8c/698a5b23011682049c986429/s-iswaran-singapore.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 24, 2024  
## [Singapore Ex-Minister Embroiled in Scandal Pleads Guilty at Trial](https://time.com/7023853/iswaran-minister-guilty-singapore-corruption-trial-elections/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Roulette wheel and table in casino](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd00c92974bb94aac/698a5858db2987b60126bcec/casino.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 2, 2024  
## [Singapore Tightens Casino Rules to Counter Terrorism Funding](https://time.com/6994378/singapore-casino-cash-rules-criminal-terrorism-exploitation/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Singapore dollars, scattered money, various banknotes, business and economic background](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9073b93ed4b4038d/698a582016d8842124c3ec95/singapore-dirty-money.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 26, 2024  
## [Singapore Says It’s Seized $4.4 Billion in Dirty Money Since 2019](https://time.com/6992021/singapore-seized-billions-dirty-money-laundering/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg  
* ![View of Singapore City Skyline with Pond in Foreground](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16fe34c803c347e2/698a5770b21a9cf95550a0ee/Singapore-Financial-Scandal.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 31, 2024  
## [Superhacker’s Arrest Raises Questions About Singapore](https://time.com/6984244/superhacker-arrest-singapore-financial-hub-cybercrime-scandal/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Singapore Deputy PM Lawrence Wong](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7015727d6444f81a/698a55a447ca386f153bd66c/Lawrence-Wong-Singapore-Prime-Minister.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 15, 2024  
## [Singapore to Get New PM in May](https://time.com/6966826/singapore-prime-minister-lee-wong-handover-date-transition/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Koh Ewe
* ![Pressing enter button with Israel flag](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e21467056216078/698a551f47ca3865f83bd58d/israel-social-media-palestine.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 25, 2024  
## [Singapore Orders Israel Embassy to Delete ‘Inappropriate’ Social Media Post](https://time.com/6960208/singapore-israel-embassy-palestinian-post-facebook-remove-insensitive/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Singapore General Election 2020 Pritam Singh](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2309b81d7bd8a77e/698a54f5e6e84a89a32b2bca/Pritam-Singh-Workers-Party-Singapore.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 19, 2024  
## [Singapore Opposition Leader Criminally Charged Over Lying Scandal](https://time.com/6958254/singapore-opposition-leader-pritam-singh-charged-lying-scandal/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0efb4d1d77dca655/698a485c096a946dcc6af058/lee-hsien-loong-singapore.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 9, 2024  
## [Singapore’s PM Urges Reproduction During Year of Dragon](https://time.com/6693126/singapore-dragon-year-babies-prime-minister/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg  
* ![Key Speakers at Bloomberg Live Sooner Than You Think Conference](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64fbe23ad944f65b/698a43f8db29873957269ba2/singapore-iswaran-corruption.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 18, 2024  
## [Singapore Transport Minister Resigns Amid Corruption Charges](https://time.com/6563843/singapore-corruption-transport-minister-iswaran/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Singapore, Garden By the bay, Supertree Grove](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt378f3ed834e164de/698a4116b3fce33da50cae47/Singapore-Sea-Levels-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 10, 2023  
## [How Singapore Fights Rising Sea Levels](https://time.com/6322111/singapore-fights-rising-sea-levels-climate-change/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![SINGAPORE-LIFESTYLE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65a13c0a7f7d117e/698a40e901168248ac983791/Singapore-Money-Laundering-Probe-.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 3, 2023  
## [$2 Billion Seized as Singapore’s Massive Money Laundering Probe Widens](https://time.com/6319939/singapore-money-laundering-probe-two-billion-dollars/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Goh Jin Hian, former CEO of New Silkroutes Group](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd378d38daef4ccc4/698a4096e6e84a4d412b07f4/goh-jin-hian-singapore.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 20, 2023  
## [Son of Former Singapore PM Goh Reportedly Charged With False Trading](https://time.com/6315890/singapore-goh-jin-hian-false-trading-charged/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Subhas Nair attending court](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2c9ec7f8e06682e/698a400109208f1d3b41aac9/Subhas-Nair-Sentenced-Jail-Singapore.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 5, 2023  
## [How Rapping About Racism in Singapore Resulted in a Jail Sentence](https://time.com/6310667/subhas-nair-singapore-racism-rapper-jail-sentence/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Koh Ewe

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