Unemployment

The Covid-19 pandemic – or, as some say, rather government-imposed restrictions in response to it – has increased poverty and dealt a blow to...

Total receipts from tourism in all of Thailand’s 77 provinces slipped to another historic low in 2021, declining by 69.6 per cent to 241.4...

Nearly four million people in the Philippines fell into poverty in the first half of 2021 due to lockdown measures induced by the Covid-19...

Myanmar’s garment industry union leaders fear another 200,000 garment workers in the country could lose their jobs by the end of the year due...

Closed shops in Yangon: Feeling the heat of a double-whammy crisis Coup-torn and Covid-19 ravaged Myanmar lost an...

Empty counters at Bangkok's main international airport Suvarnabhumi Thailand is preparing to deal with a million more jobless...

As Malaysia’s hotels shut down, hospitality workers find themselves out of work. By Jeremiah Capacillo

International tourist arrivals to Thailand, before Covid-19 the most visited country in Southeast Asia for at least...

The United Nation (UN)’s International Labour Organisation in a recent assessment is painting a bleak picture for...

Indonesia could be faced with a new wave of poverty as the coronavirus crisis is causing a...

As many as 2,000 workers are expected to be directly and indirectly affected by the closure of...

Brunei’s unemployment rate rose to 9.3 per cent in 2017 from 6.9 per cent in 2014, latest available data from the Department of Statistics...

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...

Thailand is the world's happiest country, and Venezuela is the most miserable - this is the result of Bloomberg's newly released Misery Index which...

Ever wondered why Thailand isn’t simply falling apart in its endless spiral of corruption, military coups, over-challenged governments, volatile economic environment, substandard education and...

Troubled national carrier will begin the process of sacking its entire workforce via termination letters, to be sent out this Wednesday. The airliner will...

Working long hours, not enough time to sleep, spend with your family or friends can lead to an unhealthy work-life balance. That's an issue...

Unemployment rate in the Philippines has reached 7 per cent in the first quarter of 2014, representing 2.924 million unemployed people, lower than the...