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Some 300 Cambodian Nike workers fired after protestsAbout 300 laborers at a Nike factory were fired yesterday after massive protests for better wages, part of a worldwide reflection on developing world factory conditions after the tragedy in Bangladesh.聽
Taiwanese trade higher pay and secure jobs for slower lifestyleThe flight to聽rural regions mirrors a trend that began a decade ago in the US, Australia, and New Zealand. Last year some聽157,000 people left Taipei, the island鈥檚 biggest city and major job market.聽
Edward Snowden: Why the NSA whistleblower fled to Hong KongThe man who leaked the NSA secrets to The Guardian newspaper says Hong Kong is聽one of the few places that both could and would resist the dictates of the US government.
North, South Korean officials meet for first time in two yearsThe two governments are showing signs of restarting cooperation after months of elevated tensions.聽
Dog meat trade: Activists step up campaign to stem 'rampant' illegal smugglingDog smuggling from Thailand to Vietnam is part of an inhumane meat trade that slaughters some 5 million dogs for human consumption a year, say animal rights groups.
Aung San Suu Kyi for president in 2015?Aung San Suu Kyi said firmly at the World Economic Forum that she wants to be president of Myanmar and pushed back on the recent criticism over her muted stand on religious tensions.
China aims for meeting of equals as Xi sits down with ObamaIn recent months, Beijing has been talking up a 'new great power relationship.'聽China鈥檚 President Xi Jinping meets Obama for two days of unscripted talks in California on Friday.聽
How Madeleine Albright discovered she was on Myanmar's blacklistThe former secretary of State earned the 'badge of honor' for her role in crafting sanctions against the former military government. She finally made an official visit to Myanmar this week.
Why Myanmar's Rohingya are forced to say they are BengaliEthnic Rohingya in Myanmar who are being held in squalid camps and even beaten have been told there's one way out: identify themselves as Bengali.
Was the fish you had for dinner caught by slaves? New report raises alarm.A new report out by an Environmental Justice Foundation documents widespread use of Burmese forced labor in the Thai fishing industry.聽The US is one of the largest importers of Thai fish products.
In apparent reversal, Laos turns in North Korean defectorsActivists say they are concerned by reports that China has repatriated nine North Korean refugees deported by Laos.- FocusCould Indonesia's garment industry guide Bangladesh?Indonesia has reformed its clothing industry since the sweatshop-plagued 1990s, and may offer a model for Bangladesh to improving labor standards while also remaining competitive.
Japan mayor's sex slaves comment draws apology. Too little, too late?Japan mayor on sex slaves: Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto apologized saying Japan's wartime use of 'comfort women' was an 'inexcusable act.'
A tussle in China over the Communist Party bowing to the ConstitutionA movement in China to make the Communist Party subordinate to the national constitution has conservatives fighting back.
Japan's weak currency means tourismThe number of tourists coming to Japan dropped dramatically after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. But between the weak currency and fading memories of the disaster, tourism saw a record high last month.
Japan no longer sanctions child abduction in mixed-marriage casesTokyo lawmakers unanimously approve Hague convention to settle child custody in broken international marriages. But Japanese domestic laws and legal loopholes still need to change, say scholars.
North Korea sends special envoy to mend relations with ChinaNorth Korea's leader Kim Jong-un dispatched a top military official to main ally Beijing, signaling that Pyongyang may be ready to swap diatribe for dialogue.
Burmese optimistic after historic White House visitBurmese are celebrating an end to their long international isolation with the first state visit to the US by a Myanmar president in almost 50 years.
FocusOne man's escape from Camp 14 and North KoreaOnly one prisoner born in North Korea's gulag is known to have escaped to tell his story. A Q&A with Blaine Harden, the journalist who wrote about Shin Dong-hyuk.
FocusNorth Korea's hidden labor camps exposedA new UN panel is vowing to hold North Korea's Kim regime to 'full accountability' for decades of mass crime and murder. Will Pyongyang face ICC indictment?
