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Gen Z

Singapore courts young travellers with new campaign

A woman cycling past shophouses in Koon Seng Road in Katong, 12 April 2024. Peranakan shophouses in Katong and Joo Chiat provide a glimpse of Singapore’s past.
A woman cycling past shophouses in Koon Seng Road in Katong, 12 April 2024. Peranakan shophouses in Katong and Joo Chiat provide a glimpse of Singapore’s past.

With just 48 hours, Singapore developers made video games about social anxiety

The attendees at the end of Global Game Jam Singapore 2026.
The attendees at the end of Global Game Jam Singapore 2026.

The Harry Potter generation needs to grow up

In the wizarding world, good people like Harry Potter represent liberal values in a contest against darker forces embodied by Lord Voldemort, says the writer.
In the wizarding world, good people like Harry Potter represent liberal values in a contest against darker forces embodied by Lord Voldemort, says the writer.

Viewpoint

Why does everyone want it to be 2016 again?

cstrend22 - Throwback pictures from 2016 have flooded social media as a wave of nostalgia hits.

PHOTOS: PINTEREST/VESNA ADAMOVIC, SNAPCHAT/MOONLIGHTBAE, ADOBE STOCK, ISTOCK, GETTY IMAGES
cstrend22 - Throwback pictures from 2016 have flooded social media as a wave of nostalgia hits.

PHOTOS: PINTEREST/VESNA ADAMOVIC, SNAPCHAT/MOONLIGHTBAE, ADOBE STOCK, ISTOCK, GETTY IMAGES

School of life: These dropouts became successful entrepreneurs – here’s the grit behind their glow ups

(From left) Ms Merida Lim, Mr Mr Shaik Nifael Nazeemuddin and Mr Chow Yi Tong dropped out of school as teens but have gone on to launch successful businesses.
(From left) Ms Merida Lim, Mr Mr Shaik Nifael Nazeemuddin and Mr Chow Yi Tong dropped out of school as teens but have gone on to launch successful businesses.

School of life: Gen Z boss with PSLE cert opens neon art-jamming studios after quitting JC and Nafa

Ms Merida Lim showing off glow-in-the-dark slime, which customers can make at Scuro.
Ms Merida Lim showing off glow-in-the-dark slime, which customers can make at Scuro.

‘It’s never boring’: More young people in S’pore drawn to skilled trades like farming, plumbing

(Clockwise from left) Farmer Daniel Yap, plumber Geraldine Goh and lift technician Muaaz Samat join a growing number of younger workers turning to traditional skilled trades.
(Clockwise from left) Farmer Daniel Yap, plumber Geraldine Goh and lift technician Muaaz Samat join a growing number of younger workers turning to traditional skilled trades.

Bangladesh’s Gen Z party faces revolt over Islamist alliance, risking its future

Bangladesh Army soldiers stand guard next to supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) as they gather to welcome BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman after his return from London, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 25, 2025. REUTERS/Fatima Tuj Johora
Bangladesh Army soldiers stand guard next to supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) as they gather to welcome BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman after his return from London, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 25, 2025. REUTERS/Fatima Tuj Johora

Former rapper to run for Nepal PM in key election after Gen Z-led protests

Balendra Shah, 35, a former rapper and composer who currently serves as the mayor of Kathmandu,popularly known as "Balen", attends Indra Jatra festival at Kathmandu Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 6, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
Balendra Shah, 35, a former rapper and composer who currently serves as the mayor of Kathmandu,popularly known as "Balen", attends Indra Jatra festival at Kathmandu Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 6, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

Life List: 2025 in 15 lifestyle objects

Emojis from Netflix’s Adolescence expose how language is evolving faster than before

The Netflix series Adolescence, starring Owen Cooper, piqued curiosity across the globe into the coded language of the manosphere.
The Netflix series Adolescence, starring Owen Cooper, piqued curiosity across the globe into the coded language of the manosphere.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.