Immigration

Stories of people and perspectives that shape the diverse experience of global migration.

The Limits of Performative Harmony Through an Immigrant’s Eyes

The Limits of Performative Harmony Through an Immigrant’s Eyes

Singapore enforces harmony, but we often miss the slower work of cultivating it.

by Aidan Lee January 27, 2026

What Does It Take to Run a Domestic Worker Agency Without Losing Your Soul?

What Does It Take to Run a Domestic Worker Agency Without Losing Your Soul?

Running an ethical domestic worker employment agency shouldn't be perceived as radical. And yet it is.

by Kimberly Lim December 23, 2025

Singapore Isn’t a Chinese Nation. So Why Do Some Food Chains Act Like It?

Singapore Isn’t a Chinese Nation. So Why Do Some Food Chains Act Like It?

In the rush to win our wallets, who gets left behind?

by Koh Ying Xi December 17, 2025

Malatang, Mixue, and the Taste of a Changing Singapore

Malatang, Mixue, and the Taste of a Changing Singapore

"I don't think I should have to learn Chinese just to order a meal."

by Andre Frois October 31, 2025

The Doctor Who Left Singapore to Build Emergency Care on the Thai-Myanmar Border

The Doctor Who Left Singapore to Build Emergency Care on the Thai-Myanmar Border

"If you have a good system upstream, you can make a difference downstream."

by Romaine Chan & Sara Bapat October 29, 2025

The Other Side of Singapore’s Migrant Labourer Narrative

The Other Side of Singapore’s Migrant Labourer Narrative

Can Singapore's promise of opportunity reach those who built the country with their hands?

by Ilyas Sholihyn September 9, 2025

Recent Articles

Singapore, Unfiltered

Mixue, Luckin, Scarlett: Too Fast, Too Many, Too Soon?

Mixue, Luckin, Scarlett: Too Fast, Too Many, Too Soon?

How do we hold on to what’s familiar while opening our doors to those who want to make Singapore home too?

by RICE

October 31, 2025

Grindsets

Migrant Workers on Life & Labour in Singapore

Migrant Workers on Life & Labour in Singapore

What does life in this country feel like for the workers who labour for it?

by RICE

September 5, 2025

Grindsets

How a Centre Attendant Bloomed Into a Devoted Infant Care Teacher

How a Centre Attendant Bloomed Into a Devoted Infant Care Teacher

The audience may have changed, but the tenderness it required had always been the same.

by Andre Frois

July 30, 2025

Districts

The Colours of Grief in Woodlands Industrial Park After Dark

The Colours of Grief in Woodlands Industrial Park After Dark

Where do we go to find stillness in a city that never seems to stop?

by Isaiah Chua

July 9, 2025

Coming Of Age

An Open Letter to My Father, Sent From a Singapore Dorm Room

An Open Letter to My Father, Sent From a Singapore Dorm Room

In the silence between the dial tones this Father's Day, I wonder if my dad still weathers his storms alone.

by Alden Ho

June 15, 2025