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Show filtersKorean credit unions raise disaster funds for rainstorm victims
The Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives is giving 5bn won in support after July's torrential rains…
Nepalese government plans tighter rules for finance co-ops after scandal
A new regulator has been formed with supervisory tech and power to conduct on-site investigations as…
Filipino government wants co-ops to help meet electrification target
Energy secretary Sharon Garin said the goal is for total electrification by 2028, with a million…
Securing livelihoods while preserving Palestine’s art of embroidery
The practice is being kept alive in a refugee camp by a women's co-op which has…
Songs, women and collective struggle: Sewa’s journey over 50 years
Semanti Chakladar and Rachna Chandira take a look at how songwriting has been used to strengthen…
India launches co-op taxi service to take on Uber and Ola
Announced by the government in a bid to improve services, Sakhar Taxi Cooperative is backed by…
ICA Asia Pacific partners with Heifer International to combat hunger
The collaboration sees Heifer International shift “from supporting individual households to addressing the broader structural barriers”
India’s only Telugu-language co-op journal turns two
Fortnightly Cooperative Land was launched by a group of journalists after they lost their jobs in…
Co-op law amended in Jordan
The new rules include an internationally recognised definition of co-ops, measures on women's and youth participation,…
The secret behind Korean women divers’ oxygen-free diving
The women of Jeju Island, who sell their catch through fishery co-ops, have undergone centuries of…
Japan’s legislators adopt resolution calling for promotion of co-ops
Japan’s legislature the National Diet has adopted a resolution calling for the promotion of co-ops, to…
