Beyond the tourist trail, here is the real talk on Singaporean life and how you could familiarize yourself with these terms and nuances. View Entire Post › ...

On Oct. 26, the Singapore Student Association held its annual Makan-Mania in the Okenshields Dining Hall. Makan means “to eat” in Malay. That is exactly what this event served as: An ...

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Haji Lane, Kampong Glam (Photo Supplied By Singapore Tourism Board) Not far from The Intan, there’s even more Malay culture, in the low-slung Kampong Glam neighborhood.

The Singaporean government has long played a heavy hand in the way its citizens eat. It has to, it says, for the sake of food security in a country of merely 278 square miles and no room for farms.

Most of Singapore’s population speak the unofficial language or dialect known as Singlish. But why would the government rather it went away? James Harbeck takes a look.

It is not too late for a Singaporean reading culture, though the city-state will have to define exactly what it means by ‘reading’ and by ‘culture’. In my humble opinion, ...