Health & Environment

A medical marijuana plantation. Photo: Reuters

Green gold rush: Asia’s race to legalise medical marijuana

19 Nov 2018 14

Thailand and Malaysia are vying to become the first Asian countries to legalise medical marijuana with the lure of billions in revenue trumping decades of prohibition
Support for liberalisation is not unanimous: China, South Korea and Japan last month warned citizens visiting Canada to avoid cannabis and Singapore maintains a blanket ban

Chinese tourists

Arabia: the new Mecca for Chinese medical tourists?

By Meaghan Tobin

19 Nov 2018 10

Forget Thailand, there’s a new destination on the map for China’s big-spending, travelling patients: the Middle East

The training exercise required staff to stand next to the tracks as a bullet train sped past just one metre away. Photo: EPA

Japanese union wins end to shinkansen ‘punishment’ training

29 Oct 2018 1

Ship-breaking workers are often desperate for work no others will do, even if wages are slightly higher than the average sweatshop job. Photo: Studio Fasching

Two years since Gadani disaster, why are Asians still dying?

28 Oct 2018 1

Residents walk along a beach on the Philippine island of Boracay after a six-month clean up aimed at repairing the damage inflicted by years of unrestrained mass tourism. Photo: AFP

The Philippines

Boracay reopens to tourists but closes door on casino

26 Oct 2018 1

Column

This Philippine paradise, which reopens on Friday, is showing the way ahead for sustainable tourism.
Thailand’s Maya Bay, the setting of DiCaprio’s ‘The Beach’, and Indonesia’s Raja Ampat should take note

Ceritalah Karim Raslan

Boracay’s back – with a lesson in coping with Chinese tourism

6 Nov 2018 9