After decades of low wages for Malaysians, now is just the right time for the government to start investing in the people to help lower income families in trying to get out of poverty.
Read moreSouth Korea Protects Foreign Fishermen From Human Rights Abuses
South Korea sets an example to its neighbours by improving labour laws for foreign fishermen aboard its distant-water fishing fleet. China and Taiwan lag behind.
Read moreJapan Ordered To Compensate Women Forced In Sex Slavery
In a landmark case, a South Korean court has ruled that state immunity does not cover crimes against humanity.
Read moreSouth Korea Decriminalises Abortion: A Historic Moment In Women's Rights
The conservative East Asian nation decriminalises abortion following a landmark decision by the Constitutional Court in 2019.
Read moreVietnamese Woman Sues South Korea Over War Crimes
The case has been more than twenty years in the making and may lead to official recognition of war crimes committed by South Korean soldiers during the Vietnam War.
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