Jailed Philippine human rights campaigner Leila de Lima was briefly taken hostage during the attempted breakout by three inmates.

Alternative seafood products have the potential to dramatically reduce climate and food security pressures, but diners in Asia may not be sold yet, says Ryan Huling of the Good Food Institute APAC.

More caregivers are signing up for day care services, as self-financed centres step up to the challenge after government-run ones scaled down capacity earlier this year at the peak of the city’s fifth COVID-19 wave.

Ahead of World Mental Health day on Oct 10, CNA traces the journey of how Heru Setyawan and Lamini started volunteering and helping hundreds of people with mental health problems.

Only 7 per cent of developed land in Hong Kong is allocated for residential use, with more than 220,000 people living in cage homes and waiting an average of six years for a public housing unit.

The Japanese government estimated that there are more than one million hikikomori, or social recluses, in the country. Ahead of World Mental Health Day on Oct 10, CNA looks in detail at how young people are becoming socially withdrawn.

As a law to curb vape sales is proposed, Talking Point talks to a major player in Malaysia’s globe-spanning vaping industry. And a public health expert says why we should be sceptical of the industry’s claims.

Despite government incentives, electric vehicles remain unaffordable for the average Malaysian, and inconvenient with the lack of charging infrastructure, says an academic.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is poised to be re-elected at the 20th National Party Congress on Oct 16. But with China’s growth slowing amid geopolitical tensions and zero-COVID lockdowns, Xi's third term will be fraught with economic challenges, sa...

Ahead of World Mental Health Day on Oct 10, CNA looks at how awareness of maternal depression and avenues to seek help are generally lacking in Thailand. And the pandemic has made the situation more challenging.