Your lens on migration, mobility, and economic shifts in Asia.
Affordability and accessibility drive demand for healthcare across the Causeway, while experts urge patients to consider total treatment costs.
Eligible informal waste sorters can access BPJS employment protection, with work-accident and death-insurance contributions halved from Rp16,800 to Rp8,400 in 2026.
New regulations introduce stricter checks on travellers, entry bans for some foreigners and registration requirements for immigration service providers.
South Korea added 108,000 jobs from a year earlier in July, but youth employment fell by about 191,000 and the unemployment rate stood at 2.6%.
The IIMM says Myanmar’s military escalated deliberate aerial attacks before elections completed in January, alongside torture, sexual violence and other alleged crimes.
Global youth unemployment rose to 12.4 per cent in 2025 as the ILO warned that weaker job creation and AI-related disruption could make young people’s entry into decent work harder.
Authorities are expanding inspections and multilingual heat-safety guidance while enforcing existing rest requirements and recommending staged outdoor-work restrictions during dangerous temperatures.
The move aims to strengthen coordination on foreign nationals facing deportation and address gaps in local public services.
