Foreign Minister Cho Hyun says he is ‘deeply concerned’ over detention of 300 South Koreans, while opposition calls it a ‘grave matter’. Published On 6 Sep 20256 Sep 2025 South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has ordered all-out efforts to respond to the arrests of hundreds of the country’s citizens in an immigration raid on a…
As star designer Jonathan Anderson prepared to make his Dior debut earlier this summer, brand CEO, Delphine Arnault, had a key word on her lips: “quality.” While the buzz around Anderson’s first men’s collection for the house focused on what it would reveal about Dior’s new creative direction, the duo knew it would take more…
Despite funding challenges, this year, the company has scaled from 350 to 750 artisans — primarily from vulnerable communities such as disabled individuals, sex workers, gender-based violence survivors and single mothers — who all earn fair wages and have access to healthcare, education, mental health support and childcare. At a time when luxury fashion is…
Garment factories in the US have been staffed by immigrants for generations, she says: southern and eastern European immigrants in the early twentieth century, Latin American and Asian immigrants in the twenty-first. “Unlike fashion design, garment production jobs are not glamorous positions to which many Americans aspire, but those jobs have long been rungs on…
A new report accuses fashion giants of not considering the welfare of workers affected by climate change in garment factories in Southeast Asia. Fashion brands including luxury label Hermes, sportswear giant Nike, and fast fashion chain H&M are in the hot seat amid new allegations of climate greenwashing after making commitments to slash carbon emissions…
After being forced to quit, Har Cheng* went to the Hong Kong food stall she had worked at for almost two decades, only to find out she had been replaced by imported labourers from mainland China. Feeling angry and mistreated, Cheng, 67, who helped wash dishes, clean tables and sell beers at the traditional dai…
People convicted of national security offences found to be holding office in a trade union could be sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and fined HK$50,000 (US$6,440) under proposed legal amendments gazetted by the Hong Kong government on Thursday. Authorities can also reject trade union applications and mergers if there are national security concerns and ban…
A Hong Kong artist known for advocating labour rights has said McDonald’s was “unreasonable” in sacking him for having publicly shared internal operational and commercial information, adding that he found it difficult to file a complaint without a proper contract. Luke Ching Chin-wai, a former part-time janitor at a McDonald’s outlet in Fortune Plaza Arcade…
A Hong Kong artist known for advocating labour rights has claimed he was sacked by McDonald’s for violating the fast food chain’s social media rules after he called for employees to be paid for their meal times. Luke Ching Chin-wai, 53, a part-time janitor who worked at a McDonald’s outlet in Fortune Plaza Arcade in…
With the lockouts, $930m of goods are being affected daily, affecting supply chains and local economy, the government says. Canada’s labour minister is intervening to end the lockouts of workers at the country’s two biggest ports. Minister of Labour Steven Mackinnon said on Tuesday that the negotiations had reached an impasse and he was directing…