Staff Writer
Arina Mohd Noor covers regional policy and governance, focusing on how migration laws, bilateral agreements, and frameworks shape mobility across Asia-Pacific.
Malaysian students prepare academically and culturally for university life in Japan through intensive preparatory programs that bridge educational gaps and transform cultural interest into long-term career opportunities.
The Rohingya crisis has become a regional challenge, with stateless refugees facing shrinking aid, legal exclusion, and dangerous migration across Southeast Asia.
Foreign trainees in Japan undergo a month of training and supervision to prepare for work and potential long-term employment.
A new regional programme will train 40 youth from ASEAN in conflict transformation, mental health, gender equality, climate resilience, and cross-border understanding.
Malaysia must modernise its civil service, embrace global talent, and nurture adaptable young leaders to stay competitive in a fast-changing, multipolar world.
NAWEM–BRICS WBA MoU paves the way for stronger international cooperation and expanded opportunities for women entrepreneurs.
Managing foreign worker visa systems effectively demands streamlined regulations, robust compliance measures, and safeguards for both employers and migrant workers.
Anti-immigration protests are rising across advanced Asian economies such as Australia and Japan, even as ageing populations and labour shortages make these nations increasingly dependent on migrant workers to sustain growth.
Employers must ensure wage payments for legally documented migrant workers are made through bank accounts under Malaysia’s new MoHR framework, strengthening worker protection and compliance.
Central Asia’s rapid economic growth hides a deeper challenge, creating not just more jobs, but better ones that offer stability, skills, and fair opportunities for its workers.
Europe and Central Asia are facing a growing jobs divide, as aging populations in the west and a youth boom in the east reshape labor markets and push governments to find new ways to balance growth across the region.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said Malaysia is hosting nearly 200,000 refugees under UNHCR care as the government works with Myanmar to find safe and voluntary ways for its people to return home.
ASEAN’s new agreements on the digital economy and mobility could reshape how workers, students, and businesses connect across the region but what do these deals actually mean in real life?
With over 200 million young people in Southeast Asia, ASEAN’s push for student exchanges, internships and digital work is gaining pace but unequal access, skills gaps and recognition issues remain big hurdles for the region’s youth.
The recently signed trade agreement between the United States and Malaysia expands human mobility and cross-border talent flows at the state of economic growth.
China’s new K visa aims to attract global STEM talent, especially from India, to boost innovation and competitiveness, though language and bureaucratic challenges may slow its success.
Intra-regional migration is reshaping Asia’s labour landscape, as economic growth, demographic shifts, and strengthened bilateral agreements encourage more workers to seek opportunities within neighbouring countries.
Vice President International Affairs and Operations, Indonesian Business Council (IBC), Thomas Noto Suoneto urged ASEAN countries to strengthen regional labour mobility and skills partnerships to create more job and boost competitivenes
