Environment

ASEAN’s Black Market Babies

The underground baby market in Southeast Asia has been thriving for decades. In recent years, the baby-selling and baby-buying trade has gone online and can be easily found on social media.

2 March 2020
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#MeToo Not Enough In ASEAN

Last week, Hollywood mogul, Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of sexual assault – including rape. At least 80 women had accused him of sexual misconduct stretching back decades including Hollywood stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and Selma Hayek. Reports following the verdict say Weinstein suffered chest pains and was taken to the hospital directly after.

2 March 2020
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Bali's Chinese tourists fear virus-hit homeland

Hundreds of Chinese tourists on vacation in Bali are scrambling to avoid going home, fearing both infection from the deadly new coronavirus and Beijing's handling of the epidemic.Concerns over the rapidly-spreading outbreak prompted Indonesia to shut down all flights to and from China, hammering the bottom lines of restaurants, hotels, travel agents and interpreters on the popular resort island.But with more than 2,800 dead from the COVID-19 illness on the Chinese mainland, and entire ci

2 March 2020
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Improving lung cancer treatments

Lung cancer is the most common form of cancer with approximately 2.09 million new diagnoses every year, and is responsible for the most cancer deaths, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Based on data compiled by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the disease killed nearly 1.8 million people in 2018, of which 61.4 percent of deaths occurred in the Asia Pacific region.

1 March 2020
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Coronavirus: Who is most at risk of dying?

As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases across 61 countries hit 86,000 Saturday with nearly 3,000 deaths to date, the profile of those most at risk of dying is coming into focus, experts said. But the overall mortality rate remains uncertain, they added. The World Health Organization (WHO) raised its global risk assessment to its top-level Friday, with the global health crisis edging closer to a pandemic.Among those infected with the virus, older adults with pre-existin

1 March 2020
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Can Gen Z save the planet?

If there is one thing millennials are happy about, it is transferring most of the ageism stereotyping they have endured over the past decade to the new Generation Z or Gen Z.

29 February 2020
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Where Are Our Girls?

Just last week, a National Urgent Response (NUR) alert was circulated in Malaysia informing the public of yet another case of a missing girl, Fulmina Abdul Ghufur. The 11-year-old Myanmar national went missing on 15 February after she went to a shop and did not return home. A NUR alert is used to spread information quickly and as fast as possible to help trace missing children (below 12 years of age) who could be victims of crime or abuse.

28 February 2020
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Electric Vehicles Are Harming Humans

Research has shown that although electric vehicles (EVs)  come with their own bag of problems as far as the environment goes, they are still much less harmful than conventional automobiles.ASEAN has made its intentions to move towards EVs known.

28 February 2020
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‘Pool pregnancy’ possible says Indonesian official

An Indonesian official is facing possible sanctions Thursday after she warned women they could get pregnant by swimming in a pool where a man with "strong sperm" had ejaculated.Sitti Hikmawatty, a child protection commission member, drew controversy and online ridicule after her unscientific comments to a major media outlet last week."In a swimming pool, there's a certain kind of sperm that is very strong," Hikmawatty told Tribunnews.com during a video interview about

28 February 2020
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Indonesia’s Abused Domestic Helpers

As of February, Indonesia is home to more than 272 million people, making it the fourth largest population in the world behind China, India and the United States (US). The nation is expected to hit 300 million people by 2050. The populous country contributes to a domestic workforce surplus.

26 February 2020
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Switching to plant-based plastics

In 2017, industrial ecologist, Roland Geyer, led a study on the ‘Production, use and fate of all plastics ever made’ and estimated that there are more than 8.3 billion metric tons (Mt) of plastics that have been produced since the 1950s. The study also found that in 2015, only nine percent of plastics have been recycled, 12 percent incinerated and 79 percent accumulated in landfills or the ocean.

26 February 2020
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The High Health Costs Of False Advertising

According to Malaysia's Health Ministry's (KKM) Guide to Nutrition Labelling and Claims, manufacturers must be aware of nutrient content claims and the conditions for their use. For example, one of the conditions listed in the guide states that the food product must contain a range of nutrients including carbohydrates, fat, protein, vitamins and minerals for it to be labelled as "nutritious." Marketing strategies are sometimes developed to bypass legal re

25 February 2020
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