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June 14th, 2008
Japan: Reflections on the Akiba Massacre (Part 1)
· 11:29
When all the dust had settled and the knife rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district last Sunday, which took the lives of seven people and left 17 injured, had come to a close, many were left wondering what it all really meant. In this post, bloggers offer their perspectives about what may have driven Tomohiro Kato to kill and injure so many people. 2 comments · »»
June 11th, 2008
China: Olympic outhouses catch on fire, explode
· 10:47
The 24 Hours Online blogger Laohu 'Tiger Temple' Miao, who spent months earlier this year blogging the stories of destitute Beijing residents whose makeshift homes were harmonized to make way for the Olympics brings us a post today about a fire yesterday not far from the Olympic Bird Nest which ... 10 comments · »»
June 10th, 2008
Japan: The problems facing Japan's IT industry
· 12:57
June 2nd, 2008
Bahrain: In the Land of Law
· 19:11
May 29th, 2008
Nicaragua: A Closer Look at a Government Program for Microloans
· 05:53
The governmental program called Usura Cero provides low interest rate loans to Nicaraguan women for their micro-businesses. It was recently featured on an investigative news program and a local blogger provides in-depth thoughts on the success of the program. 0 comments · »»
May 28th, 2008
Bahrain: Ban on Bangladeshis
· 01:29
May 21st, 2008
Philippines in mourning over death of legendary labor leader
· 10:26
The death of Filipino veteran labor leader, street parliamentarian and legislator Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran at 11:48 am Tuesday due to massive head injuries saddened and shocked many Filipinos. He was 75. 10 comments · »»
May 15th, 2008
Russia: Roses and Migrant Workers 
· 23:33
Links about Labor
July 5th, 2008
“We are imperialists and prejudiced, but faced with other nations' prejudice, we forget our own. We turn our backs to Latin America and Africa, despite sharing with them the same history of colonization.” Sakamoto [pt] reflects on the way Brazilians treats its migrant workers and dreams about it as country which would allow the free movement of workers.
July 4th, 2008
July 1st, 2008
Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif rants about new laws introduced to govern the labour market in his country.
June 20th, 2008
A discussion on the state of Bangladeshi workers in Bahrain at Unheard Voices.
June 19th, 2008
Michael Solis from Ohmynews reports on the migrant workers' story in South Korea.
James blogs about the minimum wage policy in Japan with a chart comparing the wage standard in different countries.
June 18th, 2008
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