Health and Fitness
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Confusion about Thailand’s first legal weed farm
An announcement last week by the Thai farmers' association that authorities have agreed on building a farm to grow cannabis for medical purposes...
Malaysia lauded as Asia’s best retirement destination
Malaysia has been named the best destination to retire among Asian countries on the newly issued Retirement index 2018 list by International Living.com.
According to...
Thailand boosts organic farming
Thailand made another step forward in its aim to increase the share of organic farming in its agriculture sector as 20 northeastern provinces signed...
Living in Asia’s top cities most expensive, Singapore, Hong Kong remain on top
Cities in Asia are becoming more and more expensive to live for expatriates and locals alike, the newly released Worldwide Cost of Living report...
Indonesia sets safety standards for ride-hailing services
The Indonesian government has set up regulations for all online ride-hailing operators and will require them to provide insurance for both drivers and passengers,...
Philippines: High heels no more compulsory for female staff
The Philippines government issued a new order that effectively bans employers from forcing women to wear high heels at their workplaces. Instead, companies are...
Thailand sets $90-billion tourism revenue target
The Thai government has set a tourism revenue target of three trillion baht, a whopping $90 billion, for 2018 from domestic and international tourists,...
Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia best expat destinations in SE Asia: Survey
The newest edition of "Expat Insider", a survey issued annually by the world's largest expat network InterNations, shows a flattering result for three Southeast...
Thailand offers taking over as SEA Games host from troubled Philippines
Thailand sport officials said the country was ready to host the 2019 Southeast Asia (SEA) Games, the 30th edition of the major regional sports...
Smoking ban comes into force in the Philippines
Hard times for smokers in the Philippines began on July 23 when a nationwide smoking ban decree signed by President Rodrigo Duterte back in...
Thailand spearheads regional push towards organic agriculture
Thailand is establishing itself as a driving force for a push towards organic agricultural products within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN,...
The importance of producing MAMA noodles
Since 45 years, MAMA noodles are part of the daily diet in Thailand, and the brand is widely regarded as the queen of instant...
Smoking in public in the Philippines now carries up to four months jail time
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte got serious with his plans to ban public smoking all over the country by signing a respective executive order on...
Malaysian soccer team in unease over upcoming game in Pyongyang
The Malaysian national football team, which is due for a qualifier game for the AFC Asian Cup 2019 with its North Korean counterpart on...
Thailand set to struggle with expected tourist influx of 60 million by 2030
With this year's Global Summit of the World Travel & Tourism Council being held in Thailand's capital Bangkok on April 26 and 27, the...
Thailand wants investors acquire a taste for food innovation
In its quest to become a future-oriented, innovative economy, Thailand is putting the focus on one of the things in which the country already...
Cambodia stops shady breast milk export business by US firm
Cambodian authorities have stopped a Utah, US-based company with the peculiar name of Ambrosia Labs from selling human breast milk harvested from women in...
Malaysia expects one million medical tourists this year
Malaysia is set to welcome around one million health travelers in 2017, up from 860,000 last year, and generate respective revenue of $292 million, ...
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Samsung to expand production facilities in Vietnam yet again
South Korea’s electronics major Samsung Electronics Co. is determined to further expand production in Vietnam, co-CEO Koh Dong-jin told Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan...
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Kenya could show Thailand how to tackle its plastic trash problem
The East African nation of Kenya has the potential to become a role model for Thailand when it comes to curb the exorbitant use...