Migrant Times

Praised as bagong bayani—new heroes—Filipina domestic workers are expected to sacrifice, provide and endure. For one worker in Hong Kong, those expectations have come at a growing cost to her mental health.

In several Japan-bound LPK dormitories in Indonesia, senior trainees can become mentors and, at the same time, informal enforcers. They pass a quasi-feudal hierarchy from one cohort to the next.

South Korea’s Employment Permit System generally requires new applicants to be between 18 and 39. Former E-9 workers seeking another Korean job through Special EPS-TOPIK face the same ceiling, even after they have already worked in the country.

Can love cross borders? Absolutely (shout out to dating apps and this thing called the internet). Making a life together? That’s another matter. Sometimes, a government gets a say, too.

As globalization accelerates, more Japanese expatriates are sent abroad on fixed-term assignments. However, when they build families and raise children there, their stay becomes more than just a career move.

As globalization accelerates, more Japanese expatriates are sent abroad on fixed-term assignments. However, when they build families and raise children there, their stay becomes more than just a career move.

88rising scouted Indonesian performers for a girl group whose plans already included Los Angeles. Before releasing music together, they spent a year in Jakarta finding out what kind of group they would be.

A second passport can give people access to two legal and economic systems, but its value depends on whether those systems offer meaningful rights and opportunities.