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South Korea expands labour protections with new union rules

SEOUL: South Korea's parliament expanded protection for subcontracted workers on Sunday (Aug 24) by passing new union rules, ...

South Korea special prosecutors seek to detain former PM Han over martial law crisis

South Korea special prosecutors investigating the country's martial law crisis in December filed a request to court to detain ...

The 21st century should be an era of accelerated development and revitalization for Asia, and even more so for South Asia: Chinese top diplomat

Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister ...

For South Asian Artists, Identity Doesn’t Fit in a Box

These four artists are turning to centuries-old stories of migration to expand contemporary understandings of race, ethnicity ...

Air Liquide to buy South Korea’s DIG Airgas for $3.3 billion to bolster Asia footprint

Air Liquide has signed a binding deal to buy South Korea’s DIG Airgas from Macquarie Asia-Pacific Infrastructure Fund 2, ...
Asia Society4d

Climate Finance in South Asia

Neha Jain, founder, ZeroCircle; Priya Shah, General Partner, Theia Ventures; and Farwa Aamer, Director, South Asia ...
Global Voices1d

LIVE on August 26: Competing influences – Unpacking China's green investments in South Asia

Join us for a Global Voices Insights in English with prominent experts and journalists from Nepal, Bangladesh, and China to ...
The Economist23d

South Asian women will be hurt by the trade war

T hE participation rate of women in the labour markets of South Asia is in general woefully low. The region’s garment factories, however, are exceptions. In Bangladesh and Sri Lanka around two-thirds ...

Cloudbursts have killed over 400 people in South Asia. What are they?

Climate change is exacerbating the phenomenon, which occurs when intense rain hits a very small area, especially in ...