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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.
In a TikTok trend, grisly scenes of purple milkshake horror
New York Times, Published on 01/07/2023
» NEW YORK: The scenes on social media are grisly. A body dangles out of the trunk of a sedan, dribbling purple goo. Another is draped across a basketball hoop with a net that has been stained lilac. A third splutters in a bathtub covered in dusky handprints.
Cambodia’s young seek change as demographics shift
New York Times, Published on 19/02/2016
» PHNOM PENH -- Thy Sovantha, Cambodia’s youngest political star, is still seething.
Ageing China, Europe search for more children
New York Times, Published on 11/11/2015
» China's decision to allow more families to have a second child is an effort to confront a problem that is facing much of Europe, too - ageing populations and not enough babies. But reversing a demographic slide involves a complicated set of incentives that have more to do with social mores than with government policies, experts say.
American Apparel goes bankrupt
New York Times, Published on 06/10/2015
» New York: American Apparel, the one-time arbiter of edgy made-in-America cool, filed for bankruptcy protection early Monday, its business crippled by huge debts, a precipitous fall in sales, employee strife and a drawn-out legal battle with the retailer’s ousted founder, Dov Charney.
Giving guests what they need
New York Times, Published on 30/09/2015
» Investing at record levels, owners of hotels across the United States are doing everything from rewiring their rooms and buying smart TVs, to replacing bathtubs with more easily maintained walk-in showers.