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Editor's Pick
Do you wash your bath towel often? Experts in Singapore found germs ‘too numerous to count’
An unwashed towel could be one bad day away from causing an infection. The programme Talking Point finds out how to keep the germs in check and which fabrics hygiene-conscious users should avoid.
Investigative Stories
Some tech repair shops are looking at data on your devices, even cloning them
A Talking Point investigation shows that some mobile and computer repairmen are searching through private photos and files and accessing social media accounts without consent. Find out how to safeguard data against such misconduct.
Fighting COVID-19
With end of zero-COVID in China come chaos, challenges, recovery
The programme Insight looks at China’s transition from COVID-19, the political and economic impact and what lies ahead for the rest of the world after the most populous country has resumed international travel.
Life Hacks
Overcoming
Ex-offender warns influencers are trivialising incarceration, seeks to fill gap in rehab support
Celebrating recovery should not gloss over the cost of addiction, says Gopal Mahey, a former drug offender turned counsellor featured in CNA’s Extraordinary People who is using his lived experience to bridge gaps in Singapore’s prison system.
Exclusive Access
6 female inmates, 5 things to watch for in their tell-all about life in Singapore’s women’s prison
Following the hit series Inside Maximum Security, CNA’s Inside The Women’s Prison offers a raw look at how Singapore’s female inmates cope with life behind bars, their struggle to stay straight and the pain of separation from loved ones.
Asian Politics
Ong Ye Kung on not joining the opposition, his language struggle and more, on The Assembly
Singapore’s health minister fields questions regarding whether he had betrayed his opposition-affiliated parents, his 2011 electoral loss and his biggest mistake in office, on CNA series The Assembly.
Our Planet
Inside the lucrative trade of shark fishing in Indonesia
“Arif”, an environmental journalist investigating the shark fishing trade in Surabaya, Indonesia, speaks to industry insiders to understand the business — from the port where fishermen sell a wide variety of sharks, to a drying facility where sharks are processed before exporters pick them up. Shark fishing is legal in Indonesia, and sharks bring in good money. Some species are highly sought after. For example, leopard sharks are prized for their special skin. A fisherman revealed that he gets requests for up to 600kg of leopard shark in a month, worth about 282 million rupiah (US$17,000).