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Bangladeshi female workers work at a garment factory in Gazipur on the outskirts of Dhaka on February 17, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mehedi Hasan/NurPhoto
Posted inOpinion

Dangers persist for Bangladesh’s garment workers

by Shams Rahman and Aswini Yadlapalli April 24, 2021April 23, 2021

The 2013 Dhaka garment-factory collapse, killing more than 1,100 workers and injuring 2,600 more, is the clothing industry’s worst ever industrial incident. It is not just the body count, though, that made the collapse of the Rana Plaza, a nine-story building in the Bangladeshi industrial city of Savar (near Dhaka) capture global attention (briefly) and […]

Posted inChina

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Posted inOpinion

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by Stephen Bryen February 23, 2020February 25, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia

After building collapse in Cambodia, change must happen

by David Hutt June 25, 2019February 18, 2020
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Miners may still be trapped in Indonesia

by Asia Times staff March 6, 2019February 18, 2020
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Taiwan factory fire kills three Vietnamese workers

by Asia Times staff February 8, 2019February 18, 2020
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Hong Kong public warned of three unsafe hot water bottles

by Asia Times staff January 24, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, Greater Bay Area

China’s Guangdong to have 26 nuclear reactors

by Asia Times staff January 17, 2019February 18, 2020
The Centrepoint at 176 Orchard Road in Singapore. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Oceania, Singapore

Maid jumps to avoid getting hurt on escalator in Singapore

by Asia Times staff September 11, 2017February 18, 2020

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