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Japan plans to help Pacific island nations cope with natural disasters using satellite system

The Japanese government expects that people in the island nations will utilise the information for evacuation from tsunami and other prevention measures, as local people can get…

  • Published: July 17, 202411:58 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Controversial foreign nanny project sets sail in Seoul

The Seoul Metropolitan Government and Labour Ministry announced that applications from families interested in hiring caregivers from the Philippines are to open on July 17,…

  • Published: July 17, 20248:00 am
  • Author Lee Jaeeun
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Johor Immigration Department nabs 145 illegal immigrants in city centre raid

The arrests consist of 90 men and 18 women from Myanmar, 27 men from Nepal, four men and three women from Indonesia, and three men from Bangladesh, all aged between 18 and 44.

  • Published: July 16, 20241:48 pm
  • Author Remar Nordin
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Japanese students’ personal data sent to foreign businesses, used to update apps

The education ministry insists that local governments must take the initiative to manage students’ data and requires that they supervise app providers and tread carefully when…

  • Published: July 16, 20241:20 pm
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Self-radicalised S’porean teen, 14, and ex-public servant, 33, given ISA restriction orders

The ISD said both were radicalised online separately in response to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, which started on Oct 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel, killing more than…

  • Published: July 16, 20241:15 pm
  • Author Wong Pei Ting and David Sun
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What is China’s third plenum?

The so-called third plenum on July 15 is a major meeting held roughly once every five years to map out the general direction of the country’s social and economic policies.

  • Published: July 16, 202411:42 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Birth control items: Bangladesh’s stock nearing exhaustion

The reason for the supply running low is a halt in procurement for months due to a legal battle at the High Court. Although the legal battle has ended recently and the procurement…

  • Published: July 12, 20241:52 pm
  • Author Rashidul Hasan
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Cambodia’s representatives to the UN dismiss concerns about activist sentencing as ‘baseless’

On July 2, The Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced ten environmental activists to prison terms of six to eight years on charges of conspiracy and insulting King Norodom Sihamoni.

  • Published: July 12, 20241:51 pm
  • Author Ry Sochan
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Seoul Forum spotlights roles of China, Russia in North Korea human rights

Seoul Mayor Oh highlighted escalating human rights violations against the North Korean people, which are intrinsically linked to the regime's nuclear missile provocations. These…

  • Published: July 12, 20241:45 pm
  • Author Ji Da-gyum
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Policing the police: Philippine Daily Inquirer

Recently, three police officers from Caloocan City were charged with extortion and illegal gambling, while the commanders of 19 police stations in Davao City were reassigned to…

  • Published: July 12, 20241:15 pm
  • Author Philippine Daily Inquirer

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