section_path: History/Post-independence
section_name: Post-independence
paragraph_text: Post-independence
  
  After Singapore gained its independence in 1965, the newspaper has since been referred to as Singapore's newspaper of record. Despite its history as being largely anti-PAP and anti-independence when Singapore was a colony, it has become largely pro-PAP after independence. The news website of The Straits Times launched on 1 January 1994, making it one of the first newspapers in the world to do so. The website remained entirely free until 2005 when paid subscription became required to fully access news and commentary.