With young creatives moving in and co-living operators converting shophouses, what does Geylang feel like in 2026?

All images by Zachary Tang for RICE Media unless otherwise stated. Equipment support by Leica Store Singapore. As I try to step onto a community fitness corner’s elliptical machine, Jovan Tang stops ...

Ask a local about Singapore’s origin story, and you’ll get similar versions of the same arc: we went from a mudflat to a modern city, to a metropolis. We’re an independent nation willed into being by ...

An expat couple told me this recently. They’re both senior leaders at different MNCs who’ve settled down here for years—their children were born in Singapore. Talking to them, I realised how many of ...

I almost feel anxious. The discomfort stems, I think, from checking my schedule, weighing the case for having or not having plans, having to turn down a nice gesture, or proceeding to agree. When ...

Danial Sim, 28, is the founder of Tap Space, a label dedicated to miniatures and memorabilia of Singapore’s MRT and buses across different eras, now with a storefront in Burlington Square. In this ...

Words and images by Zachary Tang for RICE Media. On May 1 2026, activist groups SG Climate Rally and Workers Make Possible held their first joint Labour Day Rally at Hong Lim Park. Climate and labour ...

This story was brought to you by Community Chest, the philanthropic arm of the National Council of Social Service. We tell ourselves we’re fine until we genuinely aren’t. And even then, we’re not ...

What happens when life changes faster than you can cope? RICE spends a day with Tsao Foundation senior counsellor Lina as she supports seniors like Mdm Jumiati through loss, loneliness, and ...

SINGAPORE, 29 March 2026 — RICE Media, Singapore’s leading independent cultural publication, has been acquired by Hustle Studios, the creative studio arm of Hustle Singapore, marking the beginning of ...

When does adulthood really begin? RICE gathers Singaporean youths to share the moments—financial pressure, family responsibilities, personal relationships—that made them realise they were officially ...

Angela’s young adulthood brought a heartbreaking reality: losing both parents to cancer. She recalls her caregiving journey, navigating a role reversal many millennials quietly share—the parents who ...