by Andrew Higgins | Jul 13, 2017 | World
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia- The Russian city of Vladivostok on the Pacific Ocean has embraced a new icon of border-crushing globalization: the North Korean painter. Unlike migrant workers in much of the West, workers from North Korea are so welcome that they have helped make...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 22, 2016 | World
Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) said it was working with trade unions, government as well as the U.N. to improve workers’ conditions after a study found violations in supplying garment factories in India and Cambodia. Asia Floor Wage...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 1, 2013 | World
Dhaka, Bloomberg—Bangladesh officials said the death toll from the factory complex that collapsed last week rose to at least 403, and the European Union warned of trade sanctions in the wake of the nation’s biggest industrial disaster. Rescue efforts are...