When deadly floods swept through Aceh in December 2026, aid didn't arrive fast enough. A Singaporean sets out on a personal ...

Singapore's youngest delegate at COP30 reckons with the gap between high hopes and harsh reality at the world’s biggest ...

When we instinctively reach for stronger, cheaper drinks, is it simply an admission that the times themselves have grown ...

This story was brought to you in collaboration with AIA Singapore. All images by Yee Jia Ying for RICE Media. It’s hard to believe that just two years ago, almost no one in Singapore had heard of ...

It’s strange how much guilt gets baked into the way we think about money. We learn early on that financial prudence is a moral virtue, that wealth equals discipline. Struggling with the bills = You’ve ...

From headlines of abusive bosses to tragic lorry accidents, what does life in this country feel like for the workers who build it? Nurul and Shamim left Bangladesh in search of better prospects in ...

When you live in one of Singapore’s earliest HDB flats, history might sometimes feel more like a weight than a blessing. Blocks 45, 48, and 49 on Stirling Road were handed over to residents in 1961, ...

All images by Isaiah Chua for RICE Media. On the night of my birthday earlier this year, I decided to make an impromptu trip to Woodlands Memorial to pay a visit to my late grandmother. I live in ...

All images by Isaiah Chua for RICE Media. Whenever anything breaks down at home, I usually expect a surly, old uncle in a faded singlet to show up to fix it, not Gen-Z brothers Zames and Amos Chew.

Shouting matches. Physical blows. The heartbreak of being forgotten by your own father. When Richard’s late father was diagnosed with cancer, he stepped in as a full-time caregiver. Then dementia ...

Wala Wala Café Bar, the last major vestige from Holland Village’s heydays, announced last week that it has thrown in the towel. Pour one out for another fallen compatriot in the brutal battleground of ...