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Compensation promised to protesting Cambodian factory workers

About 500 workers blocked a road in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district to demand legal compensation after being told their factory was relocating.

  • Published: May 21, 202512:00 pm
  • Author Phak Seangly
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More Seoul elementary students report depression, anxiety

The study pointed to several factors behind this, including stress from academics and peer-to-peer relationships, greater exposure to social media, and reduced sleep.

  • Published: May 21, 20259:49 am
  • Author Lee Jung-joo
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China’s Gen Z turns to social media for car buying advice

The report finds that platforms like Douyin and Xiaohongshu now dominate the Gen Z purchase journey, replacing word-of-mouth recommendations and official brand channels with…

  • Published: May 21, 20259:48 am
  • Author Li Fusheng
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Hundreds of Yale-NUS books discarded in Singapore, sparking concerns among alumni over waste and loss

They see its as a waste of academic resources.

  • Published: May 21, 20259:47 am
  • Author Gabrielle Chan and Shawn Hoo
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AI system for faster detection of coronary artery disease to be trialled at 3 Singapore hospitals

Coronary artery disease is responsible for almost a third of the cardiovascular-related deaths in Singapore.

  • Published: May 21, 20259:35 am
  • Author Zhaki Abdullah
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Japan’s medical institutions increasingly handling foreign patients

They have taken steps to ensure smooth treatment and avoid problems, including using interpreters.

  • Published: May 21, 20259:24 am
  • Author Kisho Hamada
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South Korean children starting daycare earlier, staying longer: survey

Parents spend $790 per month on child care, while the average age of first enrollment falls to 19.8 months.

  • Published: May 21, 20258:45 am
  • Author Choi Jeong-yoon
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Money first, kid can wait: Economic pressures reshaping family planning in Malaysia

Many young couples are not ­ruling out the idea of starting a family entirely. They are simply factoring in the economic situation as the main consideration.

  • Published: May 21, 20258:25 am
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Civil coalition rejects Indonesian government’s rewriting of history project

The Indonesian Historical Transparency Alliance (AKSI) member Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, who leads the research institute Lab45, said a circulating 30-page draft outline of the…

  • Published: May 21, 20258:15 am
  • Author Radhiyya Indra
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Marriage registration in China becomes easier, more romantic than ever

Gone are the rules about documenting permanent household registration, or hukou. Gone are the rules requiring that marriages take place in the hukou city of one partner.

  • Published: May 21, 20258:02 am
  • Author Chen Meiling and Cang Wei

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