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South Korea needs foreign workers, but often fails to protect them
New York Times, Published on 02/03/2024
» POCHEON, South Korea — Samsung phones. Hyundai cars. LG televisions. South Korean exports are available in virtually every corner of the world. But the nation is more dependent than ever before on an import to keep its factories and farms humming: foreign labour.
Global brands find it hard to untangle themselves from Xinjiang cotton
New York Times, Published on 06/04/2021
» Faced with accusations that it was profiting from the forced labour of Uyghur people in the Chinese territory of Xinjiang, the H&M Group — the world’s second-largest clothing retailer — promised last year to stop buying cotton from the region.
Some Thais trust spirits more than social distancing
New York Times, Published on 14/06/2020
» These spirits were not wearing face masks. They appeared well fed, untroubled by the hunger pangs that have afflicted some Thais during the lean times of a pandemic.
Cambodia’s coronavirus complacency may exact global toll
New York Times, Published on 18/02/2020
» SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia: When Cambodia’s prime minister greeted passengers on a cruise ship amid a coronavirus scare on Valentine’s Day, embraces were the order of the day. Protective masks were not.
Animal farms fuel cruel, illegal trade in rare wildlife
New York Times, Published on 06/06/2017
» BOKEO PROVINCE, Laos -- The tiger paced back and forth in its cage, groaning mournfully. A second big cat slept soundly in the corner, while a third stared blankly at the bars.
Laser scans unveil a network of ancient cities in Cambodia
New York Times, Published on 20/09/2016
» SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA - For decades, archaeologists here kept their eyes on the ground as they tramped through thick jungle, rice paddies and buffalo-grazing fields, emerald green and soft with mud during the monsoon season.
Cambodia’s new cultural jewel
Life, New York Times, Published on 28/01/2016
» The giant mural in the foyer depicting a smiling stone face offers a mere taste of the grandiosity within the new Angkor Panorama Museum here. Inside, a 360-degree painted vista covers an area the size of nearly four basketball courts. Over 45,000 figures populate this cyclorama, a depiction of 12th century Angkorian history.