‘I thought about escaping every day’: how survivors get out of Southeast Asia’s cybercrime compounds – Scam Factories podcast, Ep 3: Every day that he was locked up in a scam compound in Southeast Asia, George thought about how to get out. “We looked for means of escaping, but it was hard,” he told The …
South Africa in the news: New Book Links Southeast Asia’s Wildlife Trade to COVID: In this exposé, Peirce unpacks the horrors and dangers of the trade in the enigmatic, little-known mammal. He explains the links between wildlife and COVID-19, details China’s response to the pandemic …: “South Africa” – BingNews Australia misguided by US exceptionalism: …
What drove Asia’s economic success stories, and what should Africa emulate?: East Asian countries have looked up to Japan as a model of success. The remarkable economic transformation of Asia in recent decades has attracted global attention. It has ignited scholarly and policy debates about the region’s development models and strategies. African policymakers have not …
How Asia’s clothing factories switched to making PPE – but sweatshop problems live on: Personal protective equipment (PPE) has arguably become the most sought-after commodity in the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a global shortage of this equipment. This has created an opportunity for garment factories across Asia, which have lots of spare …
Asia’s biggest tech show proves tech is weird and awesome – CNET: Each year in June, just about every head in the tech world starts dutifully craning toward California to see what genius Apple will come up with next at WWDC . , forget Silicon Valley — if you want to see how the rest …