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2018 Bangladesh Accord on fire and building safety

IndustriALL Global Union and UNI Global Union are reaching out to global garment brands to be part of the 2018 Bangladesh Accord on fire and building safety. The 2018 agreement was announced by the global unions and brand representatives at the OECD in Paris this June.

Yingluck gets 5 years

Yingluck Shinawatra, Ex-Leader Who Fled Thailand, Gets 5-Year Sentence.

China's trade boom with South Korea

China’s Harsh Words Mask a Trade Boom With South Korea.

China's fears of India

China Fears India May Be Edging It Out in Culture Battle.

Samsung and iPhone

Why Apple Rival Samsung Also Wins If iPhone X Is a Hit. The South Korean giant stands to make billions of dollars supplying screens and chips for competitor’s new phone.

Gay rights around the world

Pride, prejudice and punishment: Gay rights around the world, especially in Asia.

Upgrading the Power Grid in Remote Tibet

In Tibet’s Hengduan Mountains, workers are hauling thousands of parts over challenging terrain by mule and by hand to build huge transmission towers for the Tibet Electric Power Networking Project. The complex power transmission project is designed to join and upgrade Tibet’s current disconnected and underpowered power transmission systems. The project is due to be completed in 2018.

Scenes From Hong Kong

Scenes From Hong Kong, 'Pearl of the Orient', thanks to the Atlantic.

Looking for North Korea

The photographer Fabian Muir has visited the closed-off country five times, hoping for a glimpse of the every day.

South Korean Protesters

South Korean Protesters Call for Their President to Step Down.

Scenes From Xinjiang

In northwestern China, the vast Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region is home to nearly 22 million residents.

Philippine Troops Retake City from ISIS Militants

Philippine Troops Fight to Retake City Overrun by ISIS Militants.

'Coffin Homes' of Hong Kong

AP photographer Kin Cheung spent time recently photographing some of the tiny subdivided housing units in Hong Kong, known as “coffin homes.”

IMF bails out Mongolia

IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Mongolia on Three-Year Extended Fund Facility.

Black Nazarene in Manila

The Procession of the Black Nazarene.