62 mobile phones seized from pre-trial detention center No. 1 – Penitentiary Service AKIPRESS.COM – The Penitentiary Service under the Ministry of Justice commented on the reported ban on lawyers visiting pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Bishkek. The information about the ban on lawyers visiting their clients in pre-trial detention center No. 1 is…
Ethnic minority workers in Hong Kong experienced more than two instances of subtle or unintentional insults related to their race in the workplace over the past year, a university study has found. The study, conducted by Lingnan University and Baptist University from January 2023 to June 2024, explored the issue of microaggression that ethnic minority…
TOKYO — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s latest proposal to impose a 25% tariff on all products from Mexico and Canada and an additional 10% tariff on goods from China caused stock market jitters in Asia. In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average fell to 38,020.08 at one point on Tuesday, down 760.06, or 1.96%, from…
Welcome to Your Week in Asia. Asian leaders head to the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, the EU holds a mid-week vote over tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles while Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) wraps up its leadership election on Friday. The corruption trial of Singapore’s former transport minister gets underway, Indonesia kicks…