Mainland Chinese food is taking over Singapore's malls. But in the rush to win our stomachs, are they leaving a part of the ...

When parents try to cushion their kids’ futures, they end up hardwiring children to equate love with performance and busyness ...

RICE feeds your mind with Singaporean stories of human interest that make you think, engage and empathise.

Retirement used to mean getting to rest after slogging for decades. But what happens when we end up living longer than we ...

In a city obsessed with order, Jonathan Goh is stubborn believer in the need for a vibrant busking and circus scene.

There's no question that animal rescue is a demanding vocation. But beyond the headlines and accusations, how did we get to ...

Renée Ting was barely 19 years old in 2011 when she first got the call telling her that she was hired at BooksActually. To the quiet teenager, the bookstore was her escape from the volatility of home.

This is the first piece in a series on Jalan Kukoh’s rental housing situation. Through an exploration of people and public policy, the series attempts to help us understand how the poor in Singapore ...

In the ‘Future Communities’ series, RICE explores how architecture and social design shape how Singaporeans live, learn, work and play. We take a look at 3 projects that have received the nation’s ...

I remember the first time I wandered the back alleys of Geylang close to 10 years ago. As a teenager, I knew I had to experience the vice central everyone would chatter about at least once in my life.

Electoral boundaries in Singapore aren’t marked by fences or signs. These invisible lines crisscross our neighbourhoods—often unbeknownst to us—delineating where one constituency ends and another ...

From headlines of abusive bosses to tragic lorry accidents, what does life in this country feel like for the workers who build it? Nurul and Shamim left Bangladesh in search of better prospects in ...