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Singapore Is Learning To Laugh At Its Own Reflection. Just Ask Its Stand-up Comedians.

Singapore Is Learning To Laugh At Its Own Reflection. Just Ask Its Stand-up Comedians.

Are we still laughing over race-based humour?

by Alden Ho July 12, 2025

After the Vote: Lester Lim On A Singapore Unafraid To Try, Fail, and Play

After the Vote: Lester Lim On A Singapore Unafraid To Try, Fail, and Play

"Stop seeing art as a ‘nice-to-have’. Creativity shouldn’t just be a decoration slapped onto an HDB wall."

by Kimberly Lim & Alden Ho July 10, 2025

A National Record-Breaking Freediver’s Unfiltered World Championship Diary

A National Record-Breaking Freediver’s Unfiltered World Championship Diary

What does it means to be a high-performance athlete in a lesser-known sport?

by Patricia Paige Ong July 8, 2025

The Gen Z Handymen Trying To Repair a Broken Industry

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The Gen Z Handymen Trying To Repair a Broken Industry

Blue-collar is the new black.

by Alden Ho July 2, 2025

The Unexpected Adulthood of a Sudden Drug Trafficking Charge at 24

The Unexpected Adulthood of a Sudden Drug Trafficking Charge at 24

"Once I saw the word ‘trafficking’, my mind started to run. Families appealing, people being hanged. I didn’t know what to expect."

by Justin Tan June 27, 2025

Return to Kinabalu: A Family’s 10-Year Journey Through Trauma, Grief and Survivor’s Guilt

Return to Kinabalu: A Family’s 10-Year Journey Through Trauma, Grief and Survivor’s Guilt

A Mount Kinabalu quake survivor reckons with what it means to be given a life when so many others perished.

by Kimberly Lim June 25, 2025

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Wong Eng Geng Captures the Afterlife of Discarded Furniture at Void Decks

Wong Eng Geng Captures the Afterlife of Discarded Furniture at Void Decks

"We’ve reached a level of comfort where furniture isn’t discarded because it’s broken, but simply because we no longer want it."

by Justin Tan

June 24, 2025

Coming Of Age

Ammar Nizar’s Late Father Fed Singapore’s Needy. He’s Making Sure It Doesn’t Stop.

Ammar Nizar’s Late Father Fed Singapore’s Needy. He’s Making Sure It Doesn’t Stop.

A son figures out what honouring his dad's legacy really means.

by Alden Ho

June 20, 2025

After The Vote

After the Vote: Wong Zhi Wei’s Vision for a Singapore That Understands Invisible Disabilities

After the Vote: Wong Zhi Wei’s Vision for a Singapore That Understands Invisible Disabilities

"In Singapore, the pressure to fit in leads to less openness on disability and an unwillingness to openly share about it."

by Kimberly Lim

June 19, 2025

Coming Of Age

The Unexpected Adulthood That Comes When You Lose Both Parents at 20

The Unexpected Adulthood That Comes When You Lose Both Parents at 20

"This is the part they don’t prepare you for adulthood—dealing with so much paperwork and legal issues."

by Justin Tan

June 19, 2025

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Losing Myself To My Father’s Dementia

Losing Myself To My Father’s Dementia

Shouting matches. Physical blows. The heartbreak of being forgotten by your own father.

by RICE

June 18, 2025

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