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Where South Korea’s seasonal workers program went wrong

An investigation into foreign labour on the country’s oyster farms reveals how illegal brokers are profiting off exploitation
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This side of the bridge

Venezuelan women cross into Colombia for abortions they cannot legally have at home, only to find that this “right” is not always easy to reach
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Mothers for hire

How Colombia has turned into a “paradise for reproductive tourism”
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When the whistleblower becomes the prisoner

How a Chinese videographer who documented Xinjiang’s detention facilities found himself facing deportation from the United States
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Don’t call me dad

Despite Russia’s homophobic laws, queer people in Russia are still choosing to become parents
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The Egyptian border’s cruel economy of exploitation

An expansive cross-border investigation into the brutality facing refugees from the war in Sudan
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Looking beyond El Ramillete

Mexico’s invisible workforce and the cycle of exploitation that feeds the country’s agricultural boom
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Cabo Delgado’s forgotten daughters

In Mozambique’s war-torn north, girls fleeing conflict face a second nightmare inside displacement camps meant to protect them
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Workers of all nations, relax!

Аn essay explores how 20th-century socialism brought tourism to the masses in Eastern and Central Europe
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Who gets to keep their name?

In Japan, the decades-long debate over allowing married couples to keep separate surnames has become a political stalemate
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When the house always wins

As Thailand makes casinos legal for the first time in decades, Tawan Manakul argues that moral outrage misses the point Gambling has been around as long as people have been

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