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Eyebrow pencil and socks gaffes: Pitfalls await, but Chinese live streamers raring to go

From herders in Inner Mongolia selling beef jerky to poultry farmers in Fujian in the south, anyone armed with a mobile phone and an Internet connection can now be a live streamer.

  • Published: September 22, 20231:30 pm
  • Author Elizabeth Law
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Improving learning outcomes key to achieving development aspirations in middle-income East Asia and Pacific countries

Despite significant advances in school enrolment, children in some countries and parts of some countries are not acquiring basic educational skills, according to a World Bank…

  • Published: September 22, 20239:18 am
  • Author The Nation
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Number of dementia patients in South Korea set to surpass 1 million this year

Although there is still no cure for dementia and related diseases, leading a healthy lifestyle may help address the risk factors, according to the Central Dementia Center.

  • Published: September 22, 20239:17 am
  • Author Lee Jaeeun
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Women’s Reservation Bill clears Rajya Sabha, set to become law after President’s signature

However, it will not be implemented immediately as 33 per cent reservation to women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies can be granted only after the delimitation exercise.

  • Published: September 22, 20238:51 am
  • Author The Statesman
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TikToker jailed for Islamic prayer before eating pork

Eating pork is forbidden in Islam, which is the majority religion of the country.

  • Published: September 21, 202310:37 am
  • Author Nina A. Loasana
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20 companies pay fines rather than pay for day care in South Korea

Businesses that have more than 500 workers or 300 female workers are required by law to either set up day care facilities, or pay nearby centres that take care of their workers'…

  • Published: September 21, 202310:33 am
  • Author Lee Jaeeun
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Time has come for a female UN chief: PM Hasina

PM Hasina also said that women must be in a leadership position, so that they can influence decisions to make positive impacts in the lives of other women.

  • Published: September 21, 20238:58 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Nepal’s teachers take to streets to protest school education bill

The protest has affected the studies of seven million students in 34,000 schools, of which 6,000 are private. Over 20 pe rcent of the students are enrolled in private schools.

  • Published: September 21, 20238:56 am
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Cross-Strait marriages see sharp increase amid deepening integration: Report

In the first half of the year, 3,532 cross-Strait marriages were recorded, up 185 percent year-on-year, the report said.

  • Published: September 20, 202312:58 pm
  • Author Zhang Yi and Hu Meidong
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What drove Korea’s once-revered teachers to despair?

On decline of teachers’ authority, experts point to rule changes regarding student rights, heavy reliance on private education and overprotective parents traumatized by past…

  • Published: September 20, 202312:41 pm
  • Author Park Jun-hee

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