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Myanmar strives for changes in its education system
Myanmar plans to upgrade its education system in order to strip off what critics feel to be...
World Bank report on Thai education reveals unflattering results
Around 60 per cent of Thai students failed to meet the minimum proficiency level in reading, according to the latest PISA...
Thailand’s English proficiency deteriorates for third year in a row
Thailand has dropped further on the latest annual English Proficiency Index, a publication that assesses English proficiency...
Students in Bali can pay tuition fees with coconuts amid pandemic
A hospitality college in Bali, Indonesia, has begun accepting coconuts as tuition payment as it acknowledged that...
Philippines prepares for 300,000 jobless overseas workers returning home
The Philippine government is bracing for the return of an expected 300,000 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who...
Hungary launches new investment programme in Laos
The foreign ministers of Laos, Saleumxay Kommasith (left), and Hungary, Peter Szijjarto, agreed on a new development investment programme
Malaysia to open borders for medical tourist, expat workers and residents
Malaysia will partially reopen its borders to allow medical tourists to enter the country, while permitting its...
Thailand drops further in competitiveness ranking along most ASEAN nations
Office workers in Thailand
Most Southeast Asian saw a drop in their competitiveness in the latest world competitiveness...
Tycoon says Thailand needs five million skilled foreigners to boost economy
Thailand is in need for at least five million talented foreigners to create an economy that can...
After the virus: Prepare for a Rip Van Winkle economy!
By Max Herriman
Just over a week ago, the Australian Prime Minister, Scott
Morrison, said that he wants small...
PISA results not flattering for Filipino students
The Philippines is ranked the lowest in reading comprehension and second lowest in science and mathematics among...
Thailand slips in expat country ranking, Vietnam surges
In a surprise development, this year’s Expat Insider 2019 report, which ranks the best and worst places...
Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines surge in world talent ranking, Thailand drops
Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines advanced in the World Talent Ranking 2019 just released by Switzerland’s IMD...
Thailand hit by economic slowdown
Thailand's gross domestic product (GDP) growth has reached its
slowest quarterly rate in a year in the third...
Singapore to deploy artificial intelligence in public services
Singapore will put in place artificial intelligence (AI)-backed
tools in public services such as municipal administration, education, health,...
Thailand’s English language proficiency drops to “very low”
Sign in a grocery store in Bangkok
As every expat knows and foreign visitors are soon to realise,...
Singapore smartest city in Southeast Asia, others not so…
Traffic congestion in Metro Manila
Singapore made it to the top of the Smart City Index 2019, the...
Philippines has lowest female labour participation in Southeast Asia
Women in jobs or seeking work in the Philippines made up less
than half the female working-age population...
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Thailand considers “vaccination holidays” to lure tourists
Thailand’s tourism operators have embarked on the idea to attract tourists with vaccination tour packages after the...
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Poverty on the rise in Thailand as coronavirus, strong baht batters economy
Thailand is facing rising urban poverty
Around 1.5 million Thais are estimated to have fallen below the poverty...