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

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 ...

Born-and-raised Singaporeans have never had to stake a claim to their citizenship. It’s something intrinsic and ingrained, like a surname, blood type, or disgust over AI-slop National Day banners. At ...

Noor Huda Ismail is a Visiting Fellow at NTU’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) and a strategic communication consultant for Southeast Asia with the United Nations Office on Drugs ...

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 ...

If you live with epilepsy, how much of you do people actually see? In this episode of Deep Cuts, Candy reflects on her journey of building a life that isn’t defined by her condition—and the support of ...

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 ...

What does it mean to create the support system you once searched for? RICE follows Cheyenne, Danial, and Tze Yee, three young social service professionals working at grovve—a new integrated wellness ...

Justice doesn’t reach everyone equally. Pro bono lawyers, who provide free legal counsel to the vulnerable, strive to close that distance with empathy and conviction. In this episode of Deep Cuts, ...

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 ...