world war II

Revisit the 1942 Fall of Singapore with these new programmes and special access tours to historic World War II sites by the National Heritage Board

The Fall of Singapore in 1942 was a significant chapter in the nation’s history. Despite the many decades that have…

4 years ago

This 72 Years Search For a WW2 Prisoner-of-War Led to a Grave in Singapore

If 72 years' worth of search for a long-lost kin hadn't brought one to Kranji War Cemetery here in Singapore, it…

8 years ago

Hiroshima – Rising from the ashes

The sudden downpour caught us by surprise. Scrambling through the neon-soaked streets of Hiroshima to seek shelter, it was when…

10 years ago

Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine

I am indeed shocked by the stuff I read in Naomi Klein's controversial book, The Shock Doctrine. The book exposes…

16 years ago