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Thailand becoming 'old man of Asean'
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/03/2015
» Nuchnart Sakvisetchaikul got married four years ago in Bangkok at the age of 33. She has one child and doesn’t want more, an increasingly common trend among a population that is rapidly growing old.
Asia’s toughest market for foreign English teachers getting tougher
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/02/2015
» JAKARTA — An English degree, a teaching certificate, five years of experience and an HIV test from your country of origin. That’s all you need to get a job with a starting salary equal to 39,000 baht a month in Indonesia.
Korean Air VP bags self after nut row
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/12/2014
» SINGAPORE – Heather Cho, daughter of Korean Air Lines Co Chairman Cho Yang Ho, resigned after her ordering an employee to leave a plane over service standards created a backlash from the public.
Thai women win central bank battle of sexes
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/11/2014
» Janet Yellen’s appointment as US Federal Reserve chairwoman this year was hailed as another step toward gender equality. But at Thailand's central bank, women outnumber men among top executives.
Malala, Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/10/2014
» OSLO, Norway —Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban, and India’s Kailash Satyarthi were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their advocacy of education rights for children.
Lack of loos fueling India rape crisis
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/06/2014
» The young girls always travelled in pairs when walking to the wheat fields near their northern Indian village at night to relieve themselves before bed. That precaution was not enough to prevent them from being raped and killed last week.
Obama seeks minimum wage rise
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/02/2013
» WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama called for raising the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour and warned he will use executive powers to get his way on issues from climate change to manufacturing if Congress does not act, laying out an assertive second-term agenda sure to provoke Republicans.
Russians protest US adoption ban
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/01/2013
» Thousands of protesters gathered on Strastnoy Boulevard in central Moscow on Sunday as a law banning the adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens reinvigorated the opposition movement.