Category: Asia Pacific
Stronger LGBTQ rights in Asia will send ‘clear message’ in fight for global talent
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Only Taiwan and Nepal allow same-sex unions in Asia, where largely conservative values still dominate politics and society. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3232990/stronger-lgbtq-rights-asia-will-send-clear-message-fight-global-talent?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreFriday Briefing: A Deadly Fire in South Africa
New York Times Also, the U.S. resists engaging with the Taliban. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/briefing/south-africa-fire-taliban-china-japan-fukushima.html
Read MoreFactbox: What are global companies saying about China’s economy?
Reuters Reuters reported that United States Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has said U.S. companies have raised concerns that China has become “uninvestible”, pointing to fines, raids and other actions that have made it too risky to do business in the world’s second-largest economy. The post Factbox: What are global companies saying about China’s economy? appeared…
Read MorePhilippines waives fines for stateless ‘Nikkeijin’ descendants of Japanese migrants
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Many people could not get Japanese or Philippine citizenship due to their birth records being lost in WWII and saw Manila impose financial penalties, which had to be paid before any trip to Japan.…
Read MoreKorean Experimental Art Gets a Star Turn at the Guggenheim
New York Times A Guggenheim exhibition shines a light on a remarkable but lesser-known art scene in South Korea that thrived in the tumult of the 1960s and 1970s. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/arts/design/korean-experimental-art-guggenheim.html
Read MoreThailand’s billionaire ex-PM Thaksin submits royal pardon request
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Thailand’s most famous politician returned home last week from living abroad in self-exile for 15 years after his party was ousted in a coup. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3232986/thailands-billionaire-ex-pm-thaksin-submits-royal-pardon-request?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreIn India, electric rickshaws uplift lives of trans people in ‘just transition’
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. As part of India’s ‘just transition’, charities receive donated electric rickshaws and provide training to trans people to work as rickshaw drivers, providing them with dignity and steady incomes. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3232984/india-electric-rickshaws-uplift-lives-trans-people-just-transition?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreFire in Small Apparel Factory in the Philippines Kills at Least 15
New York Times Employees, the business owner and some of his relatives were among the dead at the shop near Manila. The cause of the blaze was unknown. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/world/asia/philippines-manila-factory-fire.html
Read MoreCensors ban TV show over rape scenes that ‘tarnish’ Pakistan where sexual violence is endemic
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The drama would cause overseas viewers to wrongly ‘perceive Pakistan as [an] unsafe place for women’, the country’s media watchdog said. Sexual violence is endemic in Pakistan and the rape conviction rate in the…
Read MoreIndonesia’s ‘significant’ South China Sea comments not a sign of ‘nascent alliance’ with US
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Indonesia’s ‘significant’ statement on the territorial dispute indicates it sees China as a security threat, analysts say, but it is not a sign of a ‘nascent alliance’ with the US. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3232924/indonesias-significant-south-china-sea-comments-not-sign-nascent-alliance-us?utm_source=rss_feed
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