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Laos to raise monthly minimum wage to $134
Policymakers in Laos are studying a proposal to rise the country’s minimum wage as inflation and an increasing cost of living bites particularly low-earners,...
Singapore job market declined for the first time in 14 years
Singapore's total working population, excluding foreign domestic workers, shrank for the first time since 2003 by an estimated 10,700 last year, according to preliminary...
Cambodia garment makers get nervous over Hun Sen’s policies
The Cambodian textile and garment sector, the main pillar of the impoverished country’s export industry, starts feeling the heat of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s...
Philippines: High heels no more compulsory for female staff
The Philippines government issued a new order that effectively bans employers from forcing women to wear high heels at their workplaces. Instead, companies are...
Cambodia’s 400 garment factories shut down
The Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) on December 29 said all of the country’s 400-plus garment factories will remain closed until the government...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...