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Bali to impose $10 tourist e-tax from 2024 to preserve culture

The fee will have to be paid electronically and will apply to foreign tourists entering Bali from abroad or from other parts of Indonesia.

  • Published: July 14, 20233:50 pm
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Korea looks to lure more foreign workers

The Korean government plans to ease the visa quota for foreign workers to resolve growing labor shortage issues.

  • Published: July 14, 20232:31 pm
  • Author The Korea Herald
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South Korean government criticises timing, legitimacy of medical workers’ strike

The medical workers' protest also faces criticism from other medical organisations, who say that it endangers patients' lives.

  • Published: July 14, 20238:57 am
  • Author Lee Jaeeun
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Last flight to mountains

As air crashes become more frequent, Nepal’s tourism industry looks on with trepidation.

  • Published: July 13, 20233:56 pm
  • Author The Kathmandu Post
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Platform workers in Singapore to get more bargaining power, better representation

Like unions, they will be able to sign legally binding collective agreements with platform operators on behalf of workers, to ensure accountability.

  • Published: July 13, 20233:22 pm
  • Author Kok Yufeng
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Disruption expected as 50,000 health care workers to go on nationwide strike

Surgeries have been canceled and patients discharged at some hospitals ahead of strike set for the first time in 19 years.

  • Published: July 13, 20231:31 pm
  • Author Lee Jaeeun
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Top court ruling raises hopes for Japanese trans employees’ working environment

The ruling was the first judicial decision by the top court on what the work environment should be like for sexual minorities.

  • Published: July 13, 20239:19 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Gender equality vital amid rising population

Cambodia PM Hun Sen called on all stakeholders to collaboratively address the issue in an appropriate and effective manner to mitigate potential adverse impacts.

  • Published: July 13, 20239:17 am
  • Author Bor Pich Zelin
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Pakistan must act on its economic crisis through structural reforms or suffer due to inaction

The paper says Pakistan stands at a critical juncture in its history: it can turn its economic crisis into an opportunity, or suffer on account of inaction.

  • Published: July 12, 20233:57 pm
  • Author Dawn
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Indonesian lawmakers pass omnibus health bill despite protests

Medical workers had been opposing the bill from the beginning of deliberations, demanding it be brought back to the drawing board.

  • Published: July 12, 202310:27 am
  • Author Nina A. Loasana

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