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Did you catch these 10 stories in 2025? This is why they’re not to be missed
SINGAPORE: In 2025, CNA’s documentaries took viewers into places both familiar and unseen, from prison cells to illicit migration routes,…
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Why young Indonesians want to ‘run away’ from the country, and the cost of a brain drain
Tackling corruption and the high incremental costs of doing business are equally urgent, experts highlighted. “There are many investments that…
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Producers of Separation: Declassified reveal what it took to retell Singapore’s split with Malaysia
Such telegrams “were never really meant for the public eye when they were written, essentially”, noted producer Clarisse Goh. “It’s…
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From drunk signings to hidden nukes, 5 secrets about Singapore’s separation from Malaysia
Drawing on private letters, eyewitness accounts and once-secret documents, CNA’s two-part documentary, Separation: Declassified, reveals just how fraught, contingent —…
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Low pay, 84-hour working week: Malaysia’s doctor shortage under the microscope
Malaysia’s medical professionals are under pressure. Falling recruitment, an exodus of doctors and a growing patient load have put a…
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Dear Singapore, be brave, be kind, be a kampung
Like the story of the brave girls whom we met in Afghanistan. We hadn’t planned on visiting the war-torn country.…
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Is Asian talent still keen on the US as Trump tightens immigration rules?
Then last month, it resumed processing new student visa applications after a month-long pause but now requires applicants to unlock…
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‘Not possible’ in Indian society? These seniors found love after 60 instead of growing old alone
KOLKATA, India: He was twice divorced, she was a widow. They are both 65 now. But neither age nor heartbreak…
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What will it take to revive Forest City, Malaysia’s US$100 billion ‘ghost town’?
“Here, I can easily get, (for) below RM2,000 (US$465) per month, … an apartment with two bathrooms, but (in) other…
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Must-see: CNA’s 3-part series inside the drug trade, on the frontline of a global war
Sweden is battling a wave of drug-related gang violence. Already, the country witnessed 33 bombings in January. And the number…
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