Japan had a record 2.3 million foreign workers as of October 2024, marking a 12.4 per cent increase from the previous year, ...

THE number of foreign workers in Japan reached a new high, underscoring the country’s growing reliance on people from overseas to address its chronic labour shortage. Read more at The Business Times.

The project is intended to bring together Malaysia’s land and labor with Singaporean finance and investment.

South Korea's exports are expected to have fallen for the first time in 16 months on U.S. tariff uncertainty and a slower tech sector, a Reuters poll showed, underscoring risks for trade-reliant ...

White House, addressing concerns at Seoul, says Washington’s demand for North Korea to denuclearize is unchanged after Trump ...

Korean Air will initially fly its long-range A350-900s on short-haul flights to Japan before flying to Europe later in the ...

As the American Airlines crash adds to a recent spate of air accidents, we look at the safety of flying and find cause for ...

Each piece of litter and every choked gutter is a testimony to the people’s refusal to take ownership of the spaces they share. The inconvenient truth is that the streets and gutters are not dirty ...

Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is a vibrant celebration observed by millions ...

As global tourism transitions from a year of recovery to a year of growth in 2025, global merchants tap on Alipay+, Ant International’s cross-border mobile payment and digitalisation solutions, to ...

Across 36 countries, most people say religion helps society and encourages tolerance. They're more divided on whether it promotes superstition.

Lunar New Year, or Tết Nguyên Đán (Tết), is Vietnam's most important celebration - a time to honour ancestors, cherish family ...