Research institute warns Thailand risks falling behind ASEAN
If current trends continue, Vietnam’s GDP per capita will surpass Thailand’s by 2073.
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‘Job hugging’ up as resignation rates in Singapore at record lows, average job tenure rises to 8 years
The term has taken on newfound popularity in 2025, as a buzzword coined by consulting firms and adopted by social media users to explain their current career anxieties.
Under the red light: The hidden lives of Singapore’s sex workers
Those interviewed by The Straits Times say they want less stigma. They want the public to see them as people who make decisions under constraints, not as caricatures of vice or…
Brice Hernandez: How ex-public works engineer built a flood of corruption in the Philippines
The Commission on Audit has so far filed 29 fraud audit reports implicating Hernandez in a spree of anomalous flood control projects, which include ghost work, overpriced…
26 years after IC814 hijack, Nepal’s airport security still weak: Report
Committee says Kathmandu airport is dogged by poor coordination and outdated systems.
A dog on the loose – and a morning rescue in Seoul that became something more
Nationwide statistics paint a sobering picture of a reality facing impounded animals. Of all rescued animals, 18.5 percent were euthanised and 27.6 percent died of natural causes,…
How 27th Constitutional Amendment could reshape economic landscape in Pakistan
Business leaders warned that hastily rushed sweeping constitutional changes without debate risk deepening public mistrust, unsettling investors, and injecting fresh uncertainty…
Root cause of predatory lending in the Philippines
Online lending has boomed because it provides a fast and easy means for financially challenged Filipinos to have access to funds to pay for unexpected or emergency obligations.
As the US allows South Korea to join the nuclear sub club, how will this impact Japan and the region?
The US decision to let South Korea operate nuclear-powered submarines marks a major strategic shift in East Asia. Analysts say it could alter regional security dynamics, prompt…
How Nepal’s data reshaped global vaccine policy
Patan Hospital’s research with Oxford Vaccine Group helped WHO-SAGE revise vaccine schedules and expand typhoid vaccination worldwide.