The number of foreign nationals slain, missing, or taken captive in Israel

Dozens of foreigners have reportedly been slain, reported missing, or taken captive as a result of the weekend attack on Israel by Hamas fighters.

More than 900 people have been slain in Israel, and more than 700 have been killed in Israeli retaliatory attacks on Gaza.

When th...

Illegal migrants in Seoul to receive incentives from government after getting vaccinated

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• People staying in South Korea illegally must get vaccinated
• These people will be handed in police custody, if not vaccinated

The Ministry of Justice, said that people living illegally in South Korea and wanting to leave th...

Japanese tourism minister considers resuming “Go To Travel" subsidy program

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• Tetsuo Saito is considering the resuming "Go To Travel" program
• The government is planning to attract 60 million foreigners by 2030

Japan's new tourism minister, Tetsuo Saito is considering the resuming of&nb...

18 people arrested in Singapore for bringing foreigners on illegal acquired work passes

Highlights

• Ministry of Manpower have arrested eighteen people for allegedly bringing foreigners in Singapore
• These arrests were held at 22 locations and within 12 hours.

The Ministry of Manpower, on Tuesday said that they have arrest...

TO TACKLE AGING SOCIETY & DECLINING POPULATION, SOUTH KOREA IS WELCOMING MORE FOREIGNERS

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• As per the plans, the Justice Ministry is considering in an attempt to create a new residency visa for remote working foreigners in IT and other cutting-edge technologies

In an attempt to deal with issues like falling number in the population and aging societ...

S. KOREA’S CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE ON TOURISM DECLINES IN 2020

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• S. Korea’s consumption expenditure on tourism declines in 2020.
• Foreigners' spending in the domestic tourism and leisure sector plunged by nearly 80%.
• Foreigners' spending plummeted 76.6 percent to 1.66 tril...

JAPAN TO STREGTHEN BORDER CONTROLS AS PREVENTION FROM NEW COVID-19 VARIANTS

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• Japan to strengthen border controls as prevention from new COVID-19 variants.
• Japan has added Austria and Italy to the list of countries that would require going through additional quarantine measures.
• Citizens and reside...

SEOUL GOVT. REPORTS AROUND 80 NEW FOREIGNERS’ TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19

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• Seoul govt. reports around 80 new foreigners’ tests positive for COVID-19.
• The local government has been testing all foreign nationals living in the city 40 kilometers.
• Around 509 people got tested on Sunday, among ...

FOREIGN VISITORS ARE RISING SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGUN IN SINGAPORE

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• Singapore saw its biggest number of guest appearances a month ago since actualizing travel limitations toward the finish of March to check the COVID-19 pandemic

A sum of 14,676 guests showed up in Singapore in November, as per inform...

STAY PERIOD EXTENSION FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS ATTENDING JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL

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• Stay period extension for foreign students attending Japanese language school.
• This will be allowed to students in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi.
• An extension of one year after graduation to be given to search for...

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FINDING DIFFICULTIES IN SECURING JOB IN JAPAN

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• International students finding difficulties in securing job in Japan
• Around 68.5 percent of 343 international students responded to an independent survey in July.
• Japan had launched a new visa scheme in April last year to...

SINGAPORE WANTS BALANCED FOREIGN WORKFORCE POLICY

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• Foreign worker policy reformation is taking the path of quality over quantity as the country is still open for foreign laborers, the minister of Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing said on Tuesday.

Mr. Chan, who was talking at a virtua...

THAILAND WANTS TO NULLIFY EXTRA COSTS LEVIED ON TOURISTS FOR BOOSTING BUSINESS

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• People who are not Thailanders will be unable to join the travel industry improvement boosters, yet the administration promises to end double pricing at the earliest.

The travel initiative was taken by the Thai government, We Travel ...

HONG KONG IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT BOMBARDS FOREIGN JOURNALISTS WITH SET OF UNUSUAL QUESTIONS

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• The Hong Kong Immigration Department solicited an extensive list of questions while visa processing of an honorary Pulitzer winning journalist who welcomed to start his tenure as a visiting professor at the University of Hong Kong.

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TEMASEK SINGAPORE OPPOSES RACISM POSTS ON FACEBOOK

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• Temasek put up a statement on Friday saying they feel angry as to what has been said on Facebook about their colleagues of India. They feel it as racist, false, and divisive.

Sticking to its hiring policies it said that there must be...

UAE LIFTS THE BAN OF ENTRY FOR NON RESIDENTS

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• UAE plans on getting the foreigners back in town as the country eases coronavirus restrictions
• No approvals will be needed for foreign citizens

The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday lifted section limitations that nonoccup...

MILLIONS OF FOREIGNERS IN DUBAI RETURNING HOMES

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• A mass departure of outsiders living in Dubai, due to unprecedented times
• People living in Dubai feeling uncertain about their future
• Government is helpless in retaining people of outer origins, due to stall in economic uncertainty

PATTAYA TO AMEND FOCAL POINTS OF LOCKDOWN BEGINNING WITH INNER CITY

• It all started with a traffic snarl that erupted at all of the 5 checkpoints which was inundated with traffic.
• There was no other way out but to adjust the lockdown.

The City officials were forced to adjust the lockdown as they tried to curb the rampant spread...

THAILAND IMMIGRATION BUREAU EASES VISA RULES FOR VISITORS

• Thailand Information Bureau enforces visa rules to make it simpler for visitors stranded in and out of Thailand.
• Visitors needn’t become perplexed as there are a slew of measures put in place for all categories of visitors.

As of now, three different cat...

KOSPI DIVES MORE ON FEBRUARY 28, 2020 – COVID -19

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• KOSPI falls as of Friday, Feb.28
• Foreign investors binge sell for fifth consecutive session
• Top conglomerates’ shares continue to plunge

According to a news report by the Yonhap News Agency, South...