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Editor's Pick
The global drug war like you’ve never seen it: 3 reasons to watch Addicted
The world faces a drugs crisis, from cannabis to fentanyl to meth. CNA visits various countries to find out how illicit substances are produced, trafficked and abused, the impact of legalisation and how authorities and activists are fighting back.
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
‘Probably a bad dream’: Stage 4 cancer at 30 and how this millennial is navigating through it
Lee Hwee Ling was diagnosed with cancer one month before her wedding. Amid the rubble of broken dreams, she draws strength from her loved ones and resilience from within, as featured in the programme On The Red Dot.
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).