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Jan 15, 2025 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Faith Leong |Abel Khoo |Liew Zhi Xin
CNA Insider A neurodivergent team’s foray into journalism sparks questions ranging from why singer Kit Chan kept her divorce under wraps to why Joakim Gomez is still single at 36. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at CNA series The Assembly. New: You can now listen to articles.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Liew Zhi Xin |Li Xinzhuo
CNA Insider On The Red Dot’s latest series features young Singaporeans reconnecting with their long-time helpers, and it has triggered an outpouring of sentiment as netizens pay tribute to the domestic workers who helped raise them. New: You can now listen to articles. SINGAPORE: When Charlyn Ng was born, the first person to hold her was her domestic helper.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Liew Zhi Xin |Wei Du
CNA Insider For as little as 70 yuan, tens of thousands of unwanted Chinese girls were taken in by families who wanted servants and future daughters-in-law. CNA’s Daughters of Putien meets these women who, decades later, are searching for their birth parents. New: You can now listen to articles.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Liew Zhi Xin |Chan Luo Er
CNA Insider Nearly 60 per cent of youths in a Talking Point survey considered themselves lonely. Who is checking in with them? The CNA programme finds out about their social disconnection and how they can build and maintain meaningful bonds. New: You can now listen to articles. SINGAPORE: On days when work is extra challenging, that is when Valentina Ko, 35, hits the gym hardest. “I get really frustrated and then the loneliness sets in.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Liew Zhi Xin |Lewa Pardomuan
CNA Insider As defence minister, Prabowo Subianto made some hefty military purchases in recent years, but fiscal constraints have reined in spending. The programme Insight looks at the prospects for Indonesia’s armed forces with the ex-general as president. New: You can now listen to articles. JAKARTA: Indonesia has gone on a spending spree to modernise its military as a self-imposed deadline for upgrading its defence forces looms large.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Liew Zhi Xin |Nicholas Deroose
CNA Insider More than a fifth of Chinese people are now aged 60 and over. With more families feeling the strains of caregiving, the programme Insight looks at some of the challenges China faces in meeting the needs of its greying population. New: You can now listen to articles. BEIJING: Many of his countrymen might call Li Xiangkai “unfilial” for sending his 85-year-old mother to a nursing home, but he has no regrets.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Lianne Chia |Liew Zhi Xin |Tang Hui Huan
CNA Insider More young lawyers want to make a full-time career in giving free legal advice and representation, says charity Pro Bono SG, which has an office on the grounds of a temple. This, even as some cases are greeted with brickbats. New: You can now listen to articles.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Liew Zhi Xin
CNA Insider A 10-week inter-generation programme explores how forming friendships across ages can foster a happier, more compassionate society. The CNA series, It Takes A Village, documents this journey undertaken by six pairs of children and seniors. New: You can now listen to articles.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Liew Zhi Xin |Li Xinzhuo
CNA Insider With only one functioning arm, Kelvin Pung is on a quest to document and promote the island’s aquatic gems such as the Pikachu nudibranch. The programme On The Red Dot finds out how his efforts are quietly paying off. New: You can now listen to articles. SINGAPORE: As the waves roll gently beneath him, Kelvin Pung guides his diving hood over his head, tugging it into place with his right hand.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
channelnewsasia.com | Faith Leong |Liew Zhi Xin
SINGAPORE: At first glance, Ong Jin Jie is an upbeat 29-year-old multi-hyphenate. He is co-founder of a media agency, an adjunct lecturer at two polytechnics, a property consultant, a podcast host and a songwriter. Few would suspect that he is also a victim of chronic pain. His symptoms started in 2019 with mild body aches, fatigue and fever, which later escalated into an intense, to-the-bone pain that sent him looking for answers.
