Teo Kai Xiang
Kai covers the “oddball beat” for The Straits Times – stories about emerging trends, unusual subcultures and hidden sides of life in Singapore. His favourite reads are stories about the culture of culture, and he believes that no story is too small to be told. Before this, he had stints at Yahoo Singapore and Business Insider.
Latest articles
With just 48 hours, Singapore game developers made social anxiety in video game form
Ikea’s Year of the Horse collection, Razer x Blackpink collab, Seiun Souemon Hara’s horse sculpture
Anatomy of a cheating scandal: How snark and tea-spilling communities are calling out influencers
Singapore users are flocking to Elon Musk’s Grok despite deepfake controversy
Picking your polytechnic diploma: Most courses don’t last more than a decade, how should you decide?
With Tomorrowland’s Asian debut, is Thailand reaching a saturation point with music festivals?
Why did my polytechnic diploma disappear?
Can we finally say goodbye to Japandi minimalist homes in 2026?
If 2025 was the year of nightlife closures in S’pore, 2026 will be the year of going small
All the ways AI did not live up to the hype in 2025 – and what’s next in 2026
