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Month: December 2023

Posted on December 19, 2023

Gender pay gap widens in UK’s infrastructure sector, analysis shows

Stuart Neilson tells HRNews about addressing the skills shortage and diversity imbalance in the construction industry

Posted on December 18, 2023

On South Korea’s remote island of Deokjeok, a high school baseball team injects life into its rapidly ageing society

Only 1,800 people live on Deokjeok island, but a new baseball programme is looking to inject new life into the region struggling to retain, and attract, youngsters, like many rural areas in the world’s most rapidly ageing society.

Posted on December 18, 2023

Vietnamese hotel receptionist in Singapore allegedly helped Thai sex workers get rooms, and earned a commission

According to a police statement, Do Thi Tuyet Nhung facilitated the sex workers’ provision of sexual services at the hotel, deducting a commission from their earnings.

Posted on December 17, 2023

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill amendments could lead to more mass actions

Amendments recently proposed to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (DMCC Bill) would, if passed, have significant implications for class and collective actions in the UK, making bringing these mass actions easier, litigation and competition law experts have said.

Posted on December 17, 2023

South Korea’s military says North fires ballistic missile

The test comes as Seoul and Washington warned Pyongyang that any nuclear attack on the United States and South Korea would result in the end of the North Korean regime.

Posted on December 17, 2023

South China Sea: Philippines wants to start energy exploration projects in waterway, says Marcos Jnr

Philippine leader says his country is working to resolve ‘exploration issues’ in the waterway, where tensions have ‘increased rather than diminished’, so it can start energy projects to meet energy needs.

Posted on December 16, 2023

In Japan, prosecutors probe ruling LDP lawmakers over fundraising scandal

The scandal has already rocked Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government, resulting in the replacement of all four ministers in the LDP’s largest faction.

Posted on December 16, 2023

Japan, Asean summit to advance ‘security cooperation’ amid growing South China Sea tension

Japan, which has competing territorial claims with China in the South China Sea, is upping its military spending and has already boosted security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific.

Posted on December 15, 2023

Energy transition: challenges and risks for UK construction contractors into 2024

The UK’s commitment to achieve net zero by 2050 will mean the pace and scale of low carbon energy projects needs to accelerate.

Posted on December 15, 2023

Biden’s U-turn on Delhi trip won’t mar US-India ties amid ‘stable’ shared interests

The US president is reportedly going to skip a visit to India in January, which has raised concerns if an alleged Indian assassination attempt on an American citizen has affected relations between the Quad allies.

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