《联合早报》由新加坡报业控股出版，属新加坡主要华文综合性日报，前身是1923年创刊的《南洋商报》和1929年创刊的《星洲日报》；1983年两报合并，合并后共同出版《南洋·星洲联合早报》，简称《联合早报》。

《联合早报》的平日发行量约为20万份，星期天22万份，新加坡读者人数约75万，是新加坡发行量最大的华文报纸。除新加坡发行之外，也在大陆、香港和文莱等地少量发行，在中国大陆是唯一获准在中国大城市发行的海外华文报纸。目前只在北京与上海发行，或在指定的五星级酒店及大商场方可购买。联合早报把海内外华人作为自己的目标读者群，深受读者好评。《联合早报》目前的总编为吴新迪。

Nanyang Sin-Chew Lianhe Zaobao (Chinese:南洋·星洲联合早报; pinyin:Nányáng Xīnzhoū liánhé zǎo bào; literally "Nanyang Sin-Chew United Morning Paper"), commonly abbreviated as Lianhe Zaobao (Chinese:联合早报; pinyin:Liánhé zǎo bào; literally "United Morning Paper"), is the largest Singapore-based Chinese-language newspaper with a daily circulation of about 176,000 (2008). Published by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), it was formed on March 16, 1983 as a result of a merger between Nanyang Siang Pau and Sin Chew Jit Poh, two of Singapore's oldest Chinese newspapers.