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South Korea U-turns on 69-hour working week after youth backlash

Protesters claim proposed increase in hours would risk health and fail to boost low birth rate

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2023

Political Tensions, New Protests over French Pension Bill

Opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension plan are staging a new round of strikes and protests Wednesday as a joint committee of senators and lower-house lawmakers examines the contested bill. The latest step in the legislative process to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 is prompting a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 15, 2023

Political tensions, new protests over French pension bill

Opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension plan are staging a new round of strikes and protests as a joint committee of senators and lower-house lawmakers examines the contested bill

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

French senators begin debate on Macron’s contested pension reform

French senators will start debating President Emmanuel Macron’s contested pension plan on Thursday, as the centrist government hopes to find a compromise with the conservatives at the upper house of parliament to be able to push the bill through.

France 24 · Mar 2, 2023

French senators to start debating contested pension plan

French senators will start debating President Emmanuel Macron’s contested pension plan

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

France's controversial pension reform bill arrives in Senate

Debate over French President Emmanuel Macron’s contested pension reform legislation starts Thursday in the Senate, where the right – which controls the chamber – is expected to treat the text more favourably than opposition parties did in the National Assembly a fortnight ago.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 2, 2023

Cambodian opposition leader set for treason trial verdict

Cambodia’s beleaguered pro-democracy forces face another day of reckoning, as the country’s most prominent opposition politician not in exile is scheduled to hear the verdict in his trial for treason

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

Vo Van Thuong confirmed as new Vietnam president

Vietnam's rubber stamp National Assembly voted in a new president on Thursday, who immediately pledged to crack down on corruption following the resignation of his predecessor in an anti-graft campaign.

Bangkok Post · Mar 2, 2023

New president of Vietnam nominated by Communist Party: Report

Vietnam’s Communist Party has nominated Vo Van Thuong, 52, as the country’s next president, according to sources.

Al Jazeera · Mar 1, 2023

Vietnam parliament to appoint new president this week - sources

Vietnam's National Assembly will hold an extraordinary meeting this week, a session that officials and diplomats expect to confirm the appointment of a new president amid a leadership reshuffle prompted by a sweeping crackdown on graft.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2023