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The Department of Labor and Employment in Intramuros, Manila. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Middle East, Philippines

Total ban on sending maids to Mideast possible: labor chief

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Twenty Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia have been selling their blood in order to send money to their families in the Philippines as they have not received any pay for six months. Photo: File

AT Finance, Middle East, Philippines

Filipinos stranded in Saudi sell blood to support families

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Illustration: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Hong Kong, Laos, South Asia, Thailand, World

Laos on a fast track to a China debt trap

by David Hutt March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith speaks during the Asean Gala Dinner at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, September 7, 2016. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Laos, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam

Is hermetic Laos poised for more openness?

by David Hutt March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Taiwanese officials present a check to the family of Filipino caregiver Melody Albano Castro. Photo: Central News Agency

AT Finance, China, Philippines, Taiwan

Taiwan business community helps family of quake victim

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo illustration: iStock

Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Shanghai, World

China taking the long road to solve the petro-yuan puzzle

by Pepe Escobar March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Hancock Park in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Philippines

Filipino maid wins $828,000 unpaid salary claim in US

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

The Infosys campus in Bangalore. Photo: Reuters

India, South Asia

Infosys CEO makes top-level rejig, banks on internal talent

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island. Photo: Google Maps

China, Hong Kong

No injuries as container falls from crane 22 stories up

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Tuen Mun, the New Territories
Photo: Google Maps

China, Hong Kong

Photos suggest school knew of abuse before girl’s death

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

International City in Dubai where the incident took place. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Middle East, Philippines

Manager accused of groping Filipina house cleaner in Dubai

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Around 190 Filipino workers from Kuwait arrive at the airport in Manila on Feb 23 following President Duterte's call for workers to be evacuated after a Filipina was found dead in a freezer. Photo: Reuters/ Romeo Ranoco

AT Finance, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Philippines, Syria

Lebanese boss could face death term for killing Filipina maid

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

A domestic worker wiping plant leaves outdoors in Singapore.
Photo: Foreign Domestic Worker in Singapore@Facebook

AT Finance, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore

Employer slammed for telling maid to clean outdoor plants

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

An electronic board tracking the Nikkei highlights a dip in the market. Photo: Reuters / Toru Hanai

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea

Painful FANG ends up giving Asian markets a ‘toothache’

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte will be in Hong Kong on April 12. Photos: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Philippines

President Duterte to visit Hong Kong in April

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Japan's Self-Defense Forces with the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile defense unit at a US Air Force on the outskirts of Tokyo in 2017. Photo: Reuters/Issei Kato

China, Egypt, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, World

Is the Patriot system good enough for missile defense?

by Stephen Bryen March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Sham Shui Po in Kowloon.
Photo: Google Maps

China, Hong Kong

23 Thai women arrested for working illegally in ‘triad pub’

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Tai Kok Tsui in Kowloon.
Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Middle East, Vietnam

Raid on Tai Kok Tsui drug den nets three people

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Japan's economy under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has taken a new twist. Reuters/Toru Hanai

Japan, Northeast Asia

Japan investors realize they don’t like inflation after all

by Wiliam Pesek March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

A soldier prepares an AT-4 rocket for launch. Photo: AFP/Simon Lim

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Lax US arms controls drive Turkish ‘fake news’ over Afrin

by Joseph Ataman March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

A Chinese worker loads parcels onto a cargo plane of SF Airlines at the Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport in Dalian city, northeast China's Liaoning province, 8 June 2016. Photo: AFP/Zhang Chunlei

China

SF Express secures first drone operator license

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters / Bobby Yip

China, Hong Kong

China to open inter-bank bond credit rating market

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Brendan McDermid

Uncategorized

Stock rebound screeches to halt as benchmarks plunge in afternoon trading

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Palestinian singer Rim Banna died, aged 51, on Saturday. Photo via YouTube.

European Union, Israel, Middle East, Syria, World

Palestinians mourn Christian ‘angel’ who revitalized traditional song

by Sami Moubayed March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Shenzhen. Photo: iStock

Uncategorized

Shenzhen investing US$17.79 bn in sustainable development

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Participants hold up signs as students and gun control advocates hold the "March for Our Lives" event demanding gun control after recent school shootings at a rally in Washington, U.S., March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

AT Finance, Middle East, Vietnam, World

‘Strawberry Generation’: The time for activism is now

by Zyn Ang March 28, 2018March 28, 2018

F-35 Lightning II takes off at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. Photo: US Air Force via AFP

Beijing, China, Taiwan

Senior US senators urge F-35 sales to Taiwan

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Gary Cameron

Uncategorized

Is the yield curve telling us something about the US economy?

by David P. Goldman March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Flag of Islamic Republic of Pakistan at the rusty background. Photo: iStock

Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

The corrosive influence of Pakistan’s ‘deep state’

by Imad Zafar March 28, 2018March 28, 2018

A satellite photo dated March 26, 2018, shows Chinese ships south of Hainan, China. Photo: Handout via Reuters/Planet Labs

AT Finance, China, Singapore, Taiwan

China carrier group leads massive show of force in South China Sea

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

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