Ana Maria Dima

1 month ago | globalvoices.org | Oiwan Lam |Ana Maria Dima |Marius Stan |Mong Palatino

This article is based on coverage by Meta.mk. An edited version is republished here under a content-sharing agreement between Global Voices and the Metamorphosis Foundation. In just a few weeks, the music video of “Balkan Boys,” the new single of the Bosnian rock band Dubioza kolektiv, reached over four million views across social networks, gaining a status of regional hit in the Balkans.

1 month ago | globalvoices.org | Ana Maria Dima |Marius Stan |Nurbek Bekmurzaev |Giovana Fleck

This article was originally published in the online magazine Baikal People. Global Voices is republishing a translated and edited version, with permission. In February 2024, after a four-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, North Korea reopened its borders to tourists from Russia. Over the course of a year, about 1,500 people visited the country. A group of tourists from other countries were allowed for a visit in February 2025 but were once again denied entry in March 2025.

1 month ago | globalvoices.org | Mong Palatino |Liam Anderson |Oiwan Lam |Ana Maria Dima

Labor activists in the Philippines saw a major victory after a 74-hour strike of 1,800 workers at Nexperia Philippines, a Dutch semiconductors factory. The strike ended in victory on March 8 after the management agreed to increase daily wages and reinstate dismissed union officials. Nexperia manufactures and exports transistor chips and microchips that are used in e-vehicles, phones, and other electronic devices.