Arrival lobby at Tokyo International Airport’s Terminal 3 in Haneda, Tokyo, in September 2021. Photo: MaedaAkihiko/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. A row of newly arrived Indonesian workers sit ...

No Na in a promotional photograph for their single work, released in January 2026. The four trained together in Jakarta before moving to Los Angeles in 2024 to record music for 88rising. Photo: ...

About 2,000 organisations employing more than 45% of Singapore’s workforce will be covered, alongside new support for AI adoption, job redesign and HR development. Marina Bay Financial Centre in ...

News and analysis on migration, labour, and social issues shaping East Asia and its mobile populations. In several Japan-bound LPK dormitories in Indonesia, senior trainees can become mentors and, at ...

KUALA LUMPUR — Companies should use artificial intelligence to reshape jobs and reskill employees rather than simply cut headcount, as eliminating junior roles could leave organisations without the ...

Indonesian skilled hospitality workers pose with Taiwanese and Indonesian representatives at Taoyuan International Airport on Sept. 14, 2026. The 35 recruits are the first overseas group to arrive for ...

Shoppers and visitors in Seoul’s Myeongdong district on June 25, 2026. South Korea recorded a record 1,753 tourist complaints from January through July, led by accommodation and shopping issues. Photo ...

NDRRMA says 13,399 people have been rescued, while 599 foreign nationals remain unaccounted for after Lu Haitao’s Sept. 5 tunnel rescue. Chinese worker Lu Haitao is assisted by Nepali Army rescuers ...

Cát Lái Port in Ho Chi Minh City, one of Vietnam’s major gateways for international cargo. Vietnam’s ban on imports made wholly or partly with forced labour took effect on Sept. 5 under Decree 292.

TOKYO - Japan’s government has approved a major increase in fees for residence-related procedures for foreign nationals, with the new charges taking effect on October 1 following amendments to the ...

Concourse at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Station near Jakarta. Statistics Indonesia's latest labor mobility survey shows 59.6 percent of returned overseas workers held education below senior ...

Malaysia’s next budget should be judged not by headline allocations, but by whether it strengthens purchasing power, creates better-paying jobs and improves the public services households rely on. The ...