Social conditions and trends

3 popular trends to look out for at the HallyuCon Korean culture festival

HallyuCon will be held on March 7 and 8 at Suntec Convention Hall 404.

Commentary

Chinamaxxing? Boiling apples won’t make you Chinese

A woman wearing a traditional costume poses for a photograph on a street next to Yu Garden in Shanghai on January 21, 2026. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

High or low cortisol? S’pore students join TikTok trend rating teachers on level of stress induced

In some videos, the word ‘mogged’ is superimposed on the faces of teachers who induce high cortisol.

Admin error briefly makes Nottingham woman world’s wealthiest with net worth of $108 quadrillion

Ms Sophie Downing, a business owner in Nottingham, shows the receipt that gave her a wealth 22,500 times larger than the British economy.

Young & Savvy

Weddings could come at the cost of relationships

As such costs and hongbao “market rates” rise, making expectations clear may be the only way to protect relationships.

Actor Tom Felton puts up poster of Harry Potter character Draco Malfoy in nod to CNY wordplay

Tom Felton shared on social media, on Feb 19, a photo of himself with CNY couplets and a photo of Draco Malfoy.

Move over, Dubai-style chewy cookies: ‘Frozen jelly’ set to be South Korea’s next dessert craze

Assorted gummies are placed in a container and left in the freezer for three to five hours before being eaten.

New initiative lets wealthy fund organisations helping unemployed youth in S’pore, Thailand

The ImpactCollab Outcomes Marketplace was launched by social investor network AVPN in January.

‘Punk wellness’: China’s stressed young people mix traditional medicine and cocktails

“TCM bars” have popped up in several cities across China, epitomising what time-poor youth refer to as “punk wellness”.

‘Artists of steel’: Japanese swords forge new fan base

Swordsmith Akihira Kawasaki (R) steadies steel over an anvil while his apprentice hammers the metal to forge katana blades on Jan 9 in Japan.

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