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 ...

Jakarta’s crowded streets are a tell of a wider imbalance as opportunity remains heavily concentrated in the Indonesian capital. Illustration by Migrant Times. In the 1981 comedy Kejamnya Ibu Tiri Tak ...

Indonesia’s middle class may look comfortable on paper while remaining vulnerable to an illness or a sudden drop in income. Illustration by Cri Tanjoeng, Migrant Times. Failure was affordable in ...

The three-year pact strengthens cooperation on rights violations, detention conditions, forced labour risks and access to social security. SUHAKAM's Chairman, Dato' Seri Mohd Hishamudin Yunus and ...

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 ...

Baggage carts at Narita International Airport in May 2025. Japan has proposed adding aviation to the Employment for Skill Development Program, with airport ground handling as the covered work; the ...

The Port of Singapore, photographed from the Pinnacle@Duxton in December 2018. Trade and logistics recorded the strongest sector hiring outlook in ManpowerGroup’s Q4 2026 Singapore survey, at 22%.

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka in May 2023. Bangladesh says phased deployments of workers to Malaysia are expected to begin by the end of September. Photo: Md Shaifuzzaman ...

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme agents must comply with the laws of countries where they operate when promoting the programme and recruiting participants overseas, says Datuk ...

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 ...

A domestic tourist visits Borobudur Temple in Magelang, Central Java. Indonesia recorded 630.41 million domestic tourist trips in the first half of 2026. Photo: Herusutimbul/Wikimedia Commons, CC ...