Churches were closed in South Korea on Sunday, with many holding online services instead, as authorities fought to rein in public gatherings as 586 new coronavirus infections took the tally Continue Reading
China’s Uighur minority are being moved from their homes and mass detention camps into factories to work under conditions that strongly suggest forced labour for suppliers to a range of Continue Reading
Economic data shows the virus is hitting Chinese factories harder than the 2008 financial crisis Factory activity in China fell at a record rate in February, as manufacturers closed their Continue Reading
The Taekwang factory is among those employing Uighurs Thousands of Muslims from China’s Uighur minority group are working under coercive conditions at factories that supply some of the world’s biggest Continue Reading
The pressure to get China back to work after the coronavirus shutdown is resurrecting an old temptation: doctoring data so it shows senior officials what they want to see. This phenomenon Continue Reading
South Korea reported 123 new coronavirus cases, taking the country’s total infections to 4,335, the Yonhap news agency said, citing health authorities. The updated numbers added to the 476 recorded earlier Continue Reading
Tens of thousands of ethnic Uighurs were moved to work in conditions suggestive of “forced labor” in factories across China supplying 83 global brands, an Australian think tank said in Continue Reading
The Chinese city at the center of the coronavirus epidemic closed its first makeshift hospital, one of 16 hurriedly built to handle the epidemic after it discharged the last recovered Continue Reading
China’s factory activity suffered the sharpest contraction on record in February, the Caixin/Markit Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) showed, underlining the crippling effects of tough travel curbs and public health Continue Reading
Hyundai Motor reported its lowest monthly global sales in a decade in February as the coronavirus outbreak hurt demand, in what is the first major indicator of damage to the Continue Reading
