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Thai population on course to drop by half in 60 years, warns deputy PM

This would result in the working-age population shrinking from 46 million to about 14 million, severely affecting the country’s economic development and national security.

  • Published: March 8, 20241:15 pm
  • Author The Nation
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Medical professors quit in droves over expansion plan

Amid deepening conflict between the government and the medical circle, Kim Jeong-eun, the dean of Seoul National University’s College of Medicine, on late Thursday urged…

  • Published: March 8, 20248:46 am
  • Author Park Jun-hee
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Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim hits out at Pulai MP’s alcohol vending machine suggestion

Earlier, the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) said it would look into suggestions for convenience stores to use vending machines to sell alcoholic drinks so that Muslim…

  • Published: March 8, 20248:41 am
  • Author Rahimy Rahim
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South Korea’s Foreign Ministry to disband peninsula peace bureau amid NK threats

The ministry will also integrate new functions for intelligence collection and strategic planning within the new office, aiming to address North Korean issues from a broader…

  • Published: March 8, 20248:33 am
  • Author Ji Da-gyum
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Tracking chip now mandatory for Everest aspirants

The new rule is in response to rising casualties on Everest, with the spring climbing season last year being one of the deadliest, claiming the lives of 17 climbers.

  • Published: March 8, 20248:29 am
  • Author Sangam Prasain
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67 police officers in Cambodia sacked for positive drug tests

Prime Minister Hun Manet said they would face dismissal without exception, after Interior Ministry spokesman Touch Sokhak confirmed that all of them returned positive drug tests.

  • Published: March 8, 20248:28 am
  • Author Niem Chheng
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South Korea to inject W188b to fill in medical void amid doctors’ protest

The funds would be spent on medical institutions that have been providing active emergency treatment to patients, Jun Byung-wang, a policy chief at the Health Ministry said.

  • Published: March 8, 20248:00 am
  • Author Park Jun-hee
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Inflation in Bangladesh falls

The dip in numbers is thanks to a fall in the prices of both food and non-food items, but consumer prices have stayed above the government's target for the current financial year,…

  • Published: March 7, 202412:12 pm
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South Korea on guard against inflation

In past months, Korea’s inflation rate appeared to be easing out, nearing the target goal of 2 percent, but February’s data suggests that inflation has reaccelerated due to…

  • Published: March 7, 202412:10 pm
  • Author Im Eun-byel
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Companies caught asking job applicants about body type, wealth and parents’ job

The Labor Ministry said it reviewed employments conducted via the state-run job search website Worknet by 627 business establishments, and found that 151 of them committed…

  • Published: March 7, 202412:03 pm
  • Author Yoon Min-sik

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