Asia

Why the 'Barbie' movie won't be making it to Vietnamese screens

5:57am July 04, 2023

It was banned because a scene shows a map with the "nine dash line." The line of dashes depicts China's claim to own the South China Sea. Vietnam and others reject it and the U.S. says it's unlawful.

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#MeToo in Taiwan: Over 100 public accusations of sexual violence in the last month

4:35pm July 03, 2023

by Emily Feng

More than 100 accusations of sexual harassment and assault have rocked Taiwan's media, music and political circles — showing the gap between laws meant to protect victims and their implementation.

Steve Li Kwai-wah, Hong Kong's national security department superintendent, speaks during a press conference to issue arrest warrants for eight activists, in Hong Kong on Monday.

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Hong Kong police issue arrest warrants for 8 political activists living in exile

1:51pm July 03, 2023

by Emily Feng

Hong Kong accuses them of violating China's national security law, and is offering a bounty for their capture. The eight, including activist Nathan Law, are wanted for "collusion with foreign forces."

Burned remains of cars, which were torched by an angry mob during an attack in Imphal, Manipur.

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Months of increasingly violent ethnic clashes have put northeast India on edge

9:54am July 03, 2023

by Aakash Hassan

Around 130 people have died in ethnic violence between two communities in Manipur state that has driven thousands from their home.

Fast-fashion giant Shein has been accused of human rights violations and unsustainable environmental practices. The company is once again under attack after sending a group of social media influencers on a highly curated tour of some of its facilities in Guangzhou, China.

Shein invited influencers on an all-expenses-paid trip. Here's why people are livid

3:45pm June 30, 2023

by Vanessa Romo

After a recent trip to some of the company's facilities in Guangzhou, China, young tastemakers fawned over happy employees and sweat-free working conditions. Now the influencers are facing a backlash.

The growing concern of Japan's 'silver democracy'

4:57pm June 28, 2023

by Anthony Kuhn

In Japan, there are growing concerns about the dominance of older politicians who lavish welfare spending on older voters, while young politicians are rare, in a situation dubbed "silver democracy."

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Anxiety grows across South Korea, as Japan prepares to release Fukushima wastewater

8:12am June 28, 2023

by Anthony Kuhn

Japan's expected release of radioactive water from a damaged nuclear plant has alarmed South Korea, possibly jeopardizing a fragile rapprochement between the two neighbors and U.S. allies.

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Syed Ali Raza and Rukhsana Jafri hold up a photograph of their son, Zain, who is missing after the migrant shipwreck. The family lives in Budho Kalas village, Punjab province, where Zain was a police officer. He had quit his job to start a business that wasn't profitable enough, then set off on an illegal migration to Europe for more lucrative employment.

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They set sail with dreams and met disaster: Stories from the ill-fated migrant ship

3:33pm June 27, 2023

by Betsy Joles

Hundreds of illegal migrants from Pakistan and other nations were aboard, hoping to land lucrative jobs in Europe. We talk to family members, some still awaiting news of the fate of their loved ones.

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Pakistan's law and justice minister, Azam Nazeer Tarar, seen here in April in Islamabad, said in an interview with NPR that Pakistan's use of an anti-terrorism law is "fully compliant with international guarantees for free trial" and said those accused have the right to "engage counsel of their choice." He expects it will take "a few months" for trials to wrap up.

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Pakistan's law minister defends putting protesters on trial in military courts

1:15pm June 27, 2023

by Vincent Ni

Pakistan's law and justice minister Azam Nazeer Tarar defends his government's decision to use an anti-terrorism law and military courts to try some civilians who were involved in protests last month.

Dan Digre, CEO of MISCO, on the factory floor in St. Paul, Minn. on May 18, 2023.

Biden kept Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports. This is who pays the price

10:38am June 27, 2023

by Asma Khalid

Dan Digre makes loudspeakers in Minnesota. But he's importing more of them from China than he used to, thanks to unintended consequences from Trump-era tariffs that President Biden has kept in place.

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