Asia

Standards clash in Bangladesh reforms

by Christina Passariello, Shelly Banjo and Gordon Fairclough Wall Street Journal May 16, 2013

When Wal-Mart Stores Inc. publicly blacklisted about 250 Bangladesh factories this week, it said it was trying to alert other retailers of safety problems and prevent disasters like last month's fatal building collapse that killed more than 1,100 peo...

China’s prostitutes routinely extorted, abused by police, report says

by William Wan Washington Post May 13, 2013

BEIJING — Police raids on brothels in China have a pattern, sex workers say, often occurring a few days ahead of politically sensitive events or whenever someone in government orders an anti-pornography campaign to please the leadership....

In Timbuktu, conflict shatters a city’s soul

by Sudarsan Raghavan Washington Post May 12, 2013

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ILO, World Bank demand labor changes in Bangladesh

by Howard Schneider Washington Post May 10, 2013

The International Labor Organization and World Bank have refused to let Bangladesh join a textile industry monitoring program until the country overhauls its labor laws and conditions for unions improve, according to a top ILO official....

Some retailers rethink role in Bangladesh

by Steven Greenhouse New York Times May 1, 2013

Ever since a building with garment factories collapsed in Bangladesh last week, killing more than 400 people, Western apparel companies with ties to the country have scrambled to address public concerns about working conditions there....

Death toll rises in Bangladesh building collapse

by Julfikar Ali Manik, Steven Greenhouse and Jim Yardley New York Times April 25, 2013

DHAKA, Bangladesh — As rescuers struggled on Thursday to reach survivors in one of the worst manufacturing disasters in history, pointed questions were being raised about why a Bangladesh factory building was not padlocked after terrified workers n...

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