US H-1B visa fee hike: The impact on IT companies and Indian workers
Citing abuse of the H-1B program, US President Trump imposed a massive visa fee of $100,000.
The growing gender gap among Malaysia’s older workers
Experts say the gender gap exists because women are doing the bulk of unpaid caregiving duties for family members, forcing them to leave the workforce earlier than men.`
Here is what analysts have to say about the Pakistan-Saudi defence agreement
The two countries have long shared a multifaceted relationship rooted in strategic military cooperation, mutual economic interests, and shared Islamic heritage.
Continuing brutality at the Bangladesh–India border
The systematic reliance on illegal push-ins, combined with extrajudicial killings and the denial of due process, signals a profound collapse of justice at the India–Bangladesh…
Why South Korean President Lee chose J.Y. Park over other K-pop moguls
A clean record and an active creative role make Mr Park the safest pick for a minister-level post.
Who is really funding student elections in Bangladesh?
Bangladesh's students have long been the conscience of the nation. Today they face a choice. Student unions can renew campus democracy by making fair competition a lived…
Can company-run graduate schools fuel Korea’s tech ambitions?
In 2022, LG AI Research opened its graduate school program, and this August, it became the country's first government-accredited, corporate-run AI graduate school.
Jakarta’s ‘invisible’ lives: Undocumented coastal children denied basic rights
Without birth certificates, the gateway for every Indonesian citizen to education, healthcare and other state services, these children are trapped in legal limbo.
Explainer: Social media as town square, battleground in Indonesia’s protests
The challenge, an expert said, will be for citizens to use social media not only to coordinate protests but also as a catalyst for building broader, lasting coalitions capable of…
In Thailand’s rural heartland, former Thaksin loyalists count cost of nation’s ‘lost decades’
A constant refrain from villagers is how they feel it is now harder to make ends meet than when Thaksin was prime minister.