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East Asia
South Korea kicks off 52-hour maximum workweek
Starting this month, South Korean workers cannot work over 52 hours per week — they are allowed 40 hours of regular work and 12 hours of extra work time. If the rules are not followed, a business owner can face up to two years in prison or a fine of…
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World
Istanbul Governor bans LGBTQ pride parade
The Governor of Istanbul has banned the holding of an LGBTQ pride parade in the city for the fourth consecutive year, Efe Songün wrote for The Daily Beast. “This year’s ban was expected considering the bans on other LGBTQ activities announced under the state of emergency earlier this year in Ankara,” Songün said. “Even though…
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World
Turkey drops 2 spots to rank 157th out of 180 countries in 2018 World Press Freedom Index by RSF
Turkey, which has jailed more than 250 journalists and media workers, is ranked 157th among 180 countries in the 2018 World Press Freedom Index released on Wednesday by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). As the world’s biggest prison for professional journalists, Turkey has managed to fall another two places in the past year, which…
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Culture
Sonnet Mondal’s ‘Karmic Chanting’ to travel to USA and Europe
With a writer residency scheduled in August 2018 at the Sierra Neveda College, U.S.A., Sonnet Mondal looks forward to promote his book ‘Karmic Chanting’ to be released soon from Copper Coin publishers, New Delhi. The book is a collection of mystical poems penned by Mondal over a period of five…
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World
Turkey’s State of Emergency shrinking space for dissidents : UN
“Protracted restrictions on the human rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association are incompatible with the conduct of a credible electoral process in Turkey,” Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UN High commissioner for human rights, said in a statement on Wednesday, stressing that these rights are particularly crucial in…
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Culture
The 10th Annual Arab Report on Cultural Development Launched in Dubai
Since 2002, FIKR Conference constitutes a landmark in the history of cultural conferences in the Arab World, and an interactive platform for constructive exchange of ideas, expertise and leading experiences. The Conference raises every year and emerging topic affecting the Arab World and addresses it in a scientific, civilized and…
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South East Asia
Anti Fake News Law: A Hindrance Towards Democratization and Development
Malaysia has passed and gazetted an Anti-Fake News Act 2018 on 11th April to curb and monitor false information, slander and lies spreading on social media and news portals. This law says any one found guilty of spreading, speculating or creating fake news would be jailed for 6 years or…
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South East Asia
Indonesia: Amnesty International condemns bomb attacks
Amnesty International Indonesia today condemns in the strongest terms the 13 May bombings in three areas in Surabaya, the church areas in East Java. At least 10 people died and more than 41 were injured in Sunday’s bomb attacks. The deliberate targeting and killing of women, men and children going…
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East Asia
Drone delivery makes post services easier in China’s remote regions
By Liu Xuxia from People’s Daily A drone delivering parcels to a remote mountainous village in southwest China’s Guizhou province has caught the eyes of Chinese media. The over-one-meter-wide drone has six propellers, and it is the only drone in this post office used for transporting parcels for villages…
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