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Adults with autism: Will supported living in the community be the answer?

Bernard Chew, chief executive of St Andrew’s Autism Centre, said a different model of care could involve two to three adults with autism living together in a Housing Board flat…

  • Published: July 16, 202412:55 pm
  • Author Chin Soo Fang
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NATO ramps up pressure on China. What does it mean to South Korea?

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's joint declaration issued Wednesday in Washington signaled a change from the Western military alliance's traditional focus on Russia with…

  • Published: July 15, 202410:00 am
  • Author Son Ji-Hyoung
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‘The customer is not always right’: Japan fights growing scourge of customer harassment

On July 9, Takashimaya became the first major department store to announce measures against such harassment – kasuhara in Japanese. It warned that it will ban recalcitrant…

  • Published: July 15, 20249:55 am
  • Author Walter Sim
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How this ‘cat detective’ finds missing felines

Every case begins with a thorough examination of both the interior and exterior surroundings of the home. He sifts through heaps of items, carefully inspecting every nook and…

  • Published: July 12, 20241:35 pm
  • Author Shin Ji-hye
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She’s a hit: Singapore’s only female pro wrestler vows to fight on

Lion City Hit Girl, as Alexis Lee is known in the ring, is Singapore’s only professional female wrestler. Since her first pro outing here in 2013 when she was just 18, she has…

  • Published: July 10, 20249:45 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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In the name of development: The Baloch library in Karachi on the brink of demolition

The library faces the threat of demolition as the Sindh government plans to build an interchange of the Malir Expressway. While no notice has been issued to the library, a survey…

  • Published: July 9, 20241:26 pm
  • Author Masood Hameed
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1 in 5 South Korean women threatened with sexual extortion: study

Across all 16,693 respondents, irrespective of gender, 14.5 per cent reported being victims of sexual extortion, while 4.8 per cent admitted to being perpetrators. The most common…

  • Published: July 8, 20241:31 pm
  • Author Lee Jaeeun
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Chinese man travels 82,000 kilometres in a wheelchair

Born in 1969, Zhang was affected by genetic factors and at the age of 6, he developed Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a condition that affects one in 2,500 people. Despite his…

  • Published: July 5, 20241:31 pm
  • Author Wang Danning and Zhang Wenfang
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South Korea unveils support for borderline intelligent people

People with borderline intellectual functioning have lower than average intelligence, but because they are not considered intellectually disabled, they have been excluded from…

  • Published: July 4, 20249:30 am
  • Author Choi Jeong-yoon
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Taking ownership of the forests: One man’s mission to end illegal logging in Cambodia

For the past six years the Nature Lovers Youth Association has been working with the authorities and local communities to patrol the forests of the Oral Mountains across three…

  • Published: July 3, 20241:15 pm
  • Author Phak Seangly

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