Myanmar garment workers are facing increased labour rights abuse as Western fashion brands continue outsourcing to local factories
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NEW YORK – Moving factories from China to Mexico is one of the few hot topics in an otherwise listless market, US investment bankers say. As American hostility to China rises, US corporations scramble to assure the public as well as inquisitive congressional committees that they are moving operations out of the Middle Kingdom to […]Continue Reading
Passengers who pay a premium to fly with Singapore Airlines may feel short-changed when meals are served in paper serviceware. Companies can do better to help customers embrace sustainability efforts, say Nanyang Business School’s Lewis Lim and Charlene Chen.Continue Reading
Rental listings are getting fewer enquiries from potential tenants, who now have more options, property agents and analysts say.Continue Reading
Funded 372 projects, disbursed US$3.6mil in prize money since 2006
Assist content creators in developing world class digital content and IP Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), Malaysia’s leading digital economy agency, has announced the launch of the 2023 Digital Content Creators Challenge (DC3).
Since its inception in 2006, DC3 has been a platform…Continue Reading
Last week, artificial intelligence pioneers and experts urged major AI labs to immediately pause the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4 for at least six months. An open letter penned by the Future of Life Institute cautioned that AI systems with “human-competitive intelligence” could become a major threat to humanity. Among the risks, […]Continue Reading
KINNAUR: The pickup truck jostled away from the roaring Sutlej River and up the steep mountain path flanked by snow-capped Himalayan peaks, nearly 7,000m high. The nine passengers, farmers-turned-activists campaigning to prevent more dams from being built, were travelling to the remote Kandar hamlet in India’s Kinnaur district. The few-dozenContinue Reading
Jordan’s prisons are bursting at the seams amid a dearth of beds, a surge in crime, and legal codes that favor incarceration. With more than 19,000 inmates in 18 institutions designed to hold no more than 13,300, it’s a bad time to be in a Jordanian jail. Overcrowding has resulted in several problems, for inmates and for […]Continue Reading
Terry Gou is aiming to be nominated from the Kuomintang, which traditionally favours close ties with China.Continue Reading
Financial technology is a sector that’s growing rapidly across Asia, which is benefiting economies and societies in the region, but some clear – and resolvable – challenges remain. While many of the biggest tech giants are currently based elsewhere, the consumer fintech boom has taken off in Asia like nowhere else. The existence of […]Continue Reading