Kirsten Han

Kirsten Han is a Singaporean freelance journalist and activist, covering politics, human rights, and social justice. Her work has been published in the Guardian, Asia Times, Southeast Asia Globe, and the Diplomat, among others.

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Supporters of the opposition Workers Party' gather and celebrate as results are announced during the general election in Singapore on July 11.

Opposition Victories Force a Crack in Singapore’s Carefully Managed Democracy
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Pastor Samuel Gift Stephen, the founder of the Alliance of Guest Workers Outreach, checks in with a security guard at a factory-converted dormitory as he distributes meals for Muslim migrant workers in Singapore on April 24.

Singapore Is Trying to Forget Migrant Workers Are People
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Workers' Party supporters in Singapore

Singapore Isn’t The Next Hong Kong
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Lim Zheng Jie Wo, 76, scavenges in a back lane of the financial district in Singapore on January 5, 2009. (ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Hollywood Has No Time for Crazy Poor Asians
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Young men browse Facebook on a street in Yangon, Myanmar, on Aug. 20, 2015. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)

Asia’s Authoritarians Are Big Fans of Regulating Facebook
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