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After Charlie Kirk: Why gun control remains America’s unsolvable crisis

The recent shooting of American conservative opinion leader Charlie Kirk shows once again that proposed gun control bills die in Congress, and society lapses into another waiting period for the next tragedy. Why is gun control in America so hard to manage? Commentator Deng Yuwen ponders the question.

Deng Yuwen

[Big read] Singapore youths reconnect with Chinese dialects

Lianhe Zaobao correspondent Koh Hsiang Yu looks at why some people and organisations in Singapore are willing to go against the tide to preserve different Chinese dialects.

Koh Hsiang Yu

Role of Vietnam in Mekong: A middle power in another US-China geopolitical battleground

Hanoi is applying its South China Sea playbook to the Mekong. It is putting effort into enmeshing all stakeholders while carefully balancing relationships with major powers interested in the Mekong. What does this mean for Southeast Asia and the region's relationship with China and the US? RSIS graduate research assistant Phan Xuan Dung examines how Vietnam can make a difference.

Phan Xuan Dung