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Hong Kong exodus grows on COVID-19 policies – Part 1

May 30, 2022 Anticentric

Hong Kong exodus grows on COVID-19 policies that are unpredictable and push people as much as rising cases. Leaving Hong Kong is not easy due to flight bans, testing and cancelled routes. Avoiding positive tests emerges as biggest challenge before joining the exodus. An exodus out of Hong Kong has grown. Spooked

Oppressed LGBTQIA+ communities in Asia face unfriendly attitudes and little change – Part 3

October 9, 2021 Angie Ling

Oppressed LGBTQIA+ communities in Pakistan, Malaysia and South Korea face discrimination, legal peril and have little hope for change.

Oppressed LGBTQIA+ communities in Asia face stark prospects and little acceptance – Part 1

September 6, 2021 Angie Ling

Discrimination against LGBTQIA+ remains rife across Asia. Members of the LGBTQIA+ community often find themselves hiding their sexuality, assuming that they will not be accepted by friends, family, society or the law.

Vaccine hesitancy and antivaxxer sentiment on the rise around the world

November 18, 2020 Alfred Romann

Vaccine hesitancy and antivaxxer sentiments are on the rise. The podcast series Antivaxxers?! explores how they might impact the COVID-19 recovery.

Vaccines: In South Korea, the value of vaccines is built into the country’s economic DNA

June 24, 2020 Anticentric

Even as vaccine hesitancy reemerges as an issue in parts of the world, South Korea is counting on its effective vaccination program and vaccine manufacturing capacity to recover from Covid-19 as fast as possible.

COVID-19: South Korean elections show effective response to outbreak can gather support

April 16, 2020 David Ho

South Korea’s Minjoo Democratic Party won a landslide victory on the back of its effective response to Covid-19 as well as its liberal agenda.