Ghost stories articulate a form of reality that is different from the realisms we are used to, situating Singapore within an environment in which modernity has been experienced alongside a continuation of spiritual practices.
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The corporate, government, and palm oil addiction maze behind the haze; giving in Singapore; the big business of domain names; and more.
A transgressive movement, borne of liberation from state surveillance and market structures, somehow survives in one of the world’s capitalist and paternalist meccas.
Debates about Singapore’s pre-1819 significance, sparked by Ho Ching, offer us a chance to question the very notion of a national history
Understanding South-east Asia; PSP renewal; challenges in a cashless society; teenagers target “paedophiles”; Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s “Nightingale Wards”; Singapore at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; tensions in the gig economy; and more.
A Singaporean transgender journalist describes how we can all use words that are more inclusive and empowering in our work—and our everyday lives.
Great Eastern insurance exclusion could hurt public healthcare, Certis’s failed attempt to surveil own security officers on MC, Ho Ching’s provocative take on SG history snubbed, Wild Rice refutes suggestion that ‘Homepar’ glamourises drug use, Alibaba joins SG AI race, and more.
Worrying parallels between the drug and scam industries; a rise in willing workers in Scam Inc; the loneliness epidemic that’s making us susceptible to being scammed—these were some key takeaways from our latest Jom Cakap.
The unequal division of less visible forms of domestic and caregiving work among married couples may be preventing either partner from achieving the best experience of family life and individual fulfilment.
