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Japan’s hard-hit hotels, restaurants try to utilize negative Covid-19 certificates

The government recently revised its Covid-19 policy, emphasizing the importance of booster shots or a negative test certificate in order for people to resume activities such as…

  • Published: March 23, 202212:53 pm
  • Author The Japan News
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Attitude of the callous Malaysian a risk against Covid-19

People with “just a fever” refusing to quarantine, even going so far as to go to shops, mingling and dining with their family and peers.

  • Published: March 23, 202212:36 pm
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Indonesia’s activists face ‘danger’ amid shrinking civic space

Coming into the final years of President Joko Widodo’s administration, civil society organizations (CSOs) are increasingly expressing concern for the state of democracy and…

  • Published: March 23, 202210:31 am
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Almost 20% of KL’s homeless return to streets after being offered shelter: Minister

Based on current records, the minister said that there were between 700 and 900 homeless people living off the streets in Kuala Lumpur.

  • Published: March 23, 202210:29 am
  • Author Martin Carvalho, Ashley Tang and Fatimah Zainal
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​​​​​​​Strong policies needed to maintain Jakarta’s pandemic traffic respite: Experts

Experts say that major efforts are needed to keep Jakarta's roads gridlock-free as mobility slowly returns to pre-pandemic levels in response to plummeting Covid-19 cases and…

  • Published: March 23, 202210:18 am
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China’s ‘cooling-off’ period credited for drop in divorces

The number of divorces registered in 2021, about 2.14 million pairs, dropped by around 43 percent from the previous year in China.

  • Published: March 22, 202211:31 am
  • Author Cao Zinan
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More turning to S’pore private hospitals amid Covid-19, which could push up insurance premiums

Some patients said they did not want to wait the three or more months needed for their appointment.

  • Published: March 22, 202210:05 am
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China’s national forest cover continues to increase

Between 2016 and 2020, China planted 64 million hectares of forest, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration

  • Published: March 22, 20229:00 am
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Court orders help protect China’s victims of domestic violence

The authorities lauded the role of such orders in reducing the possibility of further harm being done to victims, but admitted that some people still complain that it is difficult…

  • Published: March 22, 20228:58 am
  • Author Cao Yin
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‘Rise of anti-feminism in Korea smacks of Trump-era racism’: Feminist author

Despite the warning signs, feminist author Rebecca Solnit also had a positive message for feminists in Korea.

  • Published: March 18, 20224:03 pm
  • Author Yim Hyun-su

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