Taiwan trade representative engaged in workplace bullying: Cabinet

Taiwan trade chief suspended from post over workplace bullying report

Taipei, June 30 (CNA) Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) has suspended Taiwan's trade representative, Yang Jen-ni (楊珍妮), after a Cabinet investigation team determined that Yang had subjected her late deputy to workplace bullying.

Why bullying still haunts S. Korea's hospitals

A series of deaths among young healthcare workers has put renewed pressure on South Korea to confront a workplace bullying culture in hospitals that critics say has survived years of public outrage, legal reform and government pledges. The latest cases have revived scrutiny of what is widely known in Korea as taeum, a practice often described as senior staff “burning” junior workers through verbal abuse, humiliation and excessive workloads under the guise of training. The practice drew nationw

Anti-war protesters jeer Japan’s Takaichi over softening pacifist stance

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was heckled at a World War II memorial event by protesters angry about Tokyo’s further shift away from its decades-long pacifist stance, television footage showed. Close US ally Japan in April loosened rules on lethal arms exports and Takaichi, long seen as a security hawk who last year riled mainland China with comments about Taiwan, has said she wants to revise the constitution. A small but vocal number of demonstrators shouted slogans throughout...

How to Tackle Your Workplace Bully

How to Tackle Your Workplace Bully

'Stop the bullying': Japan defends crucified Korean football manager after disastrous World Cup exit

'Stop the bullying': Japan defends crucified Korean football manager after disastrous World Cup exit

Seven US Senators Urge Taiwan To Boost Domestic Defense Production Amid Security Concerns

Han Kuo-yu, President of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, is leading a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers on a visit to the United States. On June 24, after meeting with the delegation, seven U.S. senators issued a joint statement urging Taiwan to take immediate action to invest in its domestic defense production capacity. Later that afternoon, the delegation []

ASEAN kekal gantung penyertaan Myanmar

BANGKOK: Negara-negara Asia Tenggara mahu meneruskan pendekatan secara berperingkat terhadap Myanmar, namun kepimpinan negara itu masih kekal digantung daripada menyertai mesyuarat peringkat tinggi ASEAN. Perkara itu disahkan Thailand pada Jumaat menjelang pertemuan pertama menteri luar blok itu dengan Myanmar sejak rampasan kuasa 2021. Menteri Luar Myanmar, Tin Maung Swe dijadual bertemu rakan sejawatannya dari negara ... Read more The post ASEAN kekal gantung penyertaan Myanmar appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

S. Korean trade association urges USTR to defer or lower proposed forced labor tariff

WASHINGTON, July 6 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean trade association on Monday reques...

Taiwan’s Parliament President Enjoys Warm Welcome From Bipartisan Lawmakers

Han Kuo-yu, president of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, urged the U.S. Congress to support Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international organizations.

LIVE: Japan’s Prime Minister Takaichi addresses a business forum in New Delhi

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addresses a business forum of business and industry leaders from India and Japan in New Delhi. #japan #takaichi #newdehli #india #economy #business #live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/

FCIPC scandal: Gbajabiamila is a whistleblower – Arewa Youth Forum

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has said Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, is a whistleblower rather than a suspect in the scandal surrounding a fake Federal Government agency, Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council ( PFIPC. The Forum made the claim while backing the clarifications made by the Presidency through the Special [] FCIPC scandal: Gbajabiamila is a whistleblower – Arewa Youth Forum

China’s ethnic unity law sparks fears of cross-border repression targeting Taiwan

Taiwanese officials and academics have warned that China's new Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law enables transnational repression. Its extraterritorial provisions target individuals globally for criticising Beijing's sovereignty claims or human rights abuses, putting Taiwanese citizens, foreign journalists, and international politicians at severe legal risk.

Business : Kumiko Minowa Appointed CCH Tagetik Head Of APAC, Japan

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (Bernama) -- Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in information solutions, software and services for professionals, has announced the appointment of Kumiko Minowa as Head of Asia Pacific and Japan for CCH Tagetik.

Why Temasek’s CFO is moving into a new power role

Good morning, CFO Daily readers! Angelica Ang here, reporting from Singapore and standing in for Sheryl today. Temasek—Singapore’s state-owned investment company—is reshaping its leadership team as it undertakes its largest restructuring in decades. CFO Png Chin Yee, a mainstay on the Fortune Most Powerful Women list, is moving into a newly created role at the []

Foreign worker concerns prompt Cabinet action, Zahid to head Putrajaya committee meeting next week

PUTRAJAYA, June 26 — A Cabinet Committee meeting on foreign workers, including those in the food and beverage (FB...

President Xi: China and North Korea to Keep Advancing Socialist Cause

The Chinese leader made the remarks during a meeting with Pak Thae Song in Beijing. On Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that his country and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) should ensure that the development of bilateral relations always helps consolidate their respective socialist causes and promote their modernization drives. RELATED: China []

The Target List: Why an Observant Office Worker Is Reeling After Spotting a Manager’s Quiet Campaign to Fire a Colleague

It sounds like this manager has a vendetta against a particular employee... The post The Target List: Why an Observant Office Worker Is Reeling After Spotting a Manager’s Quiet Campaign to Fire a Colleague appeared first on TwistedSifter.

Indonesia, Singapore to sign 26 bilateral agreements

Indonesia’s Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya announced that President Prabowo Subianto and Singaporean Prime ...

ASEAN to discuss engagement with Myanmar at special meeting, Philippines says

MANILA, July 10 (Reuters) - An upcoming meeting between foreign ministers of the Southeast Asian grouping ASEAN and their counterpart from Myanmar will tackle the country's civil war and its engagement with the bloc after five years in the cold, the Philippines said on Friday.As chair of the 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Philippines will lead Sunday's gathering in Bangkok, the first in-person meeting with Myanmar's top diplomat since a 2021 coup and ensuing conflict that led to the exclusion of the ruling generals from the bloc's summits.

Japanese guests queue for photos with Pauline Hanson at Parliament House

Former NSW trade and investment commissioner Mike Newman recounts how One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson was mobbed by Japanese guests eager for photos during the Nara Treaty celebration at Parliament House. “I happened to be at her table, and for three hours, I don’t think she got to sit down … there were probably 100, 150 people who were wanting to have a photo during the evening, all of them beaming and smiling,” Mr Newman told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “A common comment that came from the Japanese was that, you know what, you are so much like our own Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.”

Indian business delegation on a 4-day visit to Libya – led by Joint Foreign Secretary

An official Indian business delegation led by Suresh Kumar, Joint Secretary (West Asia, North Africa) in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs calle...

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बेइजिङ । चिनियाँ राष्ट्रपति सी जिनपिङले देशको रक्षा क्षमता थप सुदृढ बनाउने, सेनाको आधुनिकीकरणलाई तीव्रता दिने र सत्तारूढ चिनियाँ कम्युनिस्ट पार्टीभित्रको भ्रष्टाचारविरुद्धको अभियानलाई अझ कडा बनाउने प्रतिबद्धता व्यक्त गरेका छन्। उनले ताइवानलाई चीनसँग एकीकरण गर्ने लक्ष्य पनि पुनः दोहोर्‍याउँदै बाह्य हस्तक्षेपको विरोध गर्न आग्रह गरे। चिनियाँ कम्युनिस्ट पार्टीको १०५औँ स्थापना दिवसका अवसरमा ग्रेट हल अफ []

From calling Ramayana ‘cartoon’, making gaumutra jibes to harassing TMC critics with FIRs: Meet Nilanjan Das, the henchman of Mamata Banerjee who was thrashed by the public

The TMC leader has an opprobrious record of threatening FIRs against anyone who criticized his party or Mamata Banerjee. Nilanjan Das is a close aide of TMC motormouth MP Mahua Moitra.

Is Taiwan’s President Playing with Political Fire?

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te (William Lai) appears to be missing signs from multiple sources that he lacks both international and domestic support for pursuing a more assertive policy regarding the island’s de facto independence. Taipei heavily depends on two protectors, Japan and the United States, for firm political support against Beijing’s periodic bullying tactics. In []