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Australia's new labour reforms strengthen employees

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AUSTRALIA

Many of the changes were part of Labor’s election campaign in May, and others followed the government’s job summit in September, but last-minute changes involved multi-employer…

North Korea’s new missiles have multiple targets

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NORTH KOREA

These launches also have political aims, illustrated by an unprecedented weapons exhibition in Pyongyang. South Korea, too, staged an arms fair last week, its largest ever.

China-Maldives free trade agreement may not endure

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CHINA/MALDIVES

Prospects for the China-Maldives free trade agreement.

Myanmar student protests will affect elections

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MYANMAR

The outlook for protests and civil society in Myanmar.

Opposition to China will grow in UK politics

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UNITED KINGDOM

UK opposition to China.

Philippines competition law implies investor benefits

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PHILIPPINES

Outlook for the competition law.

South Korea's family conglomerates will escape reform

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SOUTH KOREA

South Korea's conglomerates are symbols of national pride and jobs with them are highly sought after, but their faults are roundly criticised. Samsung, the largest, is widely…

Cambodia opposition ban will help government for now

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CAMBODIA

This follows the Supreme Court’s November 16 decision (which cannot be appealed, the court said) to order the CNRP to be dissolved and 118 of its most senior officers banned from…

US Indo-Pacific strategy will be slow starter

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ASIA/US

The trip was part of an effort to advance US President Donald Trump's idea of an Indo-Pacific community stretching from the US west coast to the Indian Ocean, as Pompeo said. With…

Australia’s government eyes post-COVID labour reforms

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AUSTRALIA

This comes as the government prepares to resume efforts to overhaul workplace laws, arguing that these reforms are needed to revive the economy after COVID-19; Morrison has said…