Every year, tens of thousands of people in Japan go missing on purpose to get a second shot at life. The South China Morning Post spoke to two men who have disappeared from their old lives. "I was ...

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We have race to-the-top competitions in education and I'm advocating such a race in urban renewal in slum areas. I'm saying that we can have grants to stimulate growth in slum areas. We've had trickle ...

(CNN) — A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families homeless as flames billowed for nearly eight hours. (CNN) — A massive ...

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MUMBAI: In a move that will expedite the redevelopment of Mumbai’s slums, the state government on Thursday said the consent of slum residents is not required for the slum cluster redevelopment scheme.