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The DG

The Japan LEP case has seen the arrest of the two BEO agents based on a police complaint by the parents after the government washed its hands of the case. Earlier, the government had given a virtual clean chit to the Labour DG who supervised the whole program despite an …

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The real issues in the Sonam Tamang and LEP case

It is good to see that the Honorable Prime Minister has responded through his official account on the issue of Sonam Tamang. In times of darkness the words from the head of the government is reassuring and also sends a clear signal. Lyonchhen is absolutely right that it is not …

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Neither learning nor earning

A bird’s eye view of the ‘Learn and Earn’ program in Japan now shows that most of the 700 Bhutanese students never had a chance. The program which was first started by Japan in 2008 was meant to get foreign students to learn the Japanese language in two years and …

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Boris Johnson and the Triumph of Gullibility? 

LONDON – US President Donald Trump has already proclaimed that Boris Johnson, Britain’s new prime minister, is popular because he is seen as “Britain Trump” (sic). After all, both politicians are widely seen as having a “populist” style. For cynics, this implies a willingness to tell blindingly obvious untruths if doing so …

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Respecting Intellectual Property

Early in school, most people encounter one form of Intellectual Property (IP) as students are not allowed to pass off the work of famous authors as their own. If they do so in their homework or projects, then they are accused of plagiarism and lose marks with the teacher. There …

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The Exploitation Time Bomb

NEW DELHI – Since reducing inequality became an official goal of the international community, income disparities have widened. This trend, typically blamed on trade liberalization and technological advances that have weakened the bargaining power of labor vis-à-vis capital, has generated a political backlash in many countries, with voters blaming their economic plight on “others” rather …

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Who failed Sonam?

The case of Sonam Tamang, a Learn and Earn Program (LEP) student who fell into coma with massive brain damage after getting TB and Meningitis in Japan, has elicited much sympathy. It is perhaps time to ask why Sonam is in the state she is in today and who failed …

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