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Global crises have a way of exposing truths. Through the COVID-19 pandemic, we learned how essential our “essential workers” truly are,...

Similar to Christmas, Easter is celebrated as a Christian holiday as well as a cultural one. It is characterized with church services...

Welcome to the Head Space column, where we’ll discuss all matters related to mental health and how it relates to our lives here in...

About two billion Muslims around the world will soon start the annual observation of the month-long Ramadan. Most non-Muslims, and even...

The past two years have been hard on us all, being so far away from family, unable to travel easily. This hardship includes helpers from...

The haunting images are hard to escape ... and impossible to forget. As adults, the news out of Ukraine is painful and hard to...

After a two-year Covid delay, it was wonderful to be back on the course and continue the Ambassador's Cup golf tradition started back in...

Life back home is complicated. People seem so angry and divided. So how then do you bridge the divide with family and friends who don’t...

In celebration of International Women’s Day, Living in Singapore chatted with several women entrepreneurs who have been running...

I was making my way through the perpetually bustling Shanghai Metro subway system when I spotted an elderly woman struggling to carry a...

Thanks to COVID-19, we’ve all been working from home quite a while—and it seems likely to continue for the foreseeable future. Regardless...

The rising tide of women entrepreneurs and women-owned businesses: How they’re changing the world for womankind. By Faith Chanda “Studies...

By Richard Hartung While only about six percent of startups in the United States have a female founder, and only about another 12% have a...

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Beyond mainland China, Lunar New Year is celebrated by many Asian cultures around the world, including in Vietnam...

By Kevin F. Cox, Culinary Explorer I recently spent nearly five years in Singapore writing about countless things to see and do. With the...

By Theodorus Ng Hey! Happy New Year! I’m just back from a few good months of basic pilot training in Western Australia, a part of my...

As we enter 2022, it’s helpful to take some time to decide on our purpose - for our life, not just for the year. Then, setting meaningful...

There are all sorts of funny traditions surrounding New Year's Eve, each usually designed to ensure good luck in the year ahead. Which is...

I love Toys for Tots and why not? It's a fabulous program that collects new, unwrapped toys for needy children around the world so that...

Since Kirk Wagar left Singapore as Donald Trump was sworn in, Singapore has not has an ambassador. Rather, career foreign service...