Climate of fear engulfs Vietnam’s mainstream media
Author: Dien Luong, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute A fear-cloaked dynamic has increasingly percolated Vietnam’s information environment, in both cyberspace and the…
The past year’s crisis will weigh on Sri Lanka for years to come
Author: Neil DeVotta, Wake Forest University Economically, 2022 will rank as Sri Lanka’s worst year ever. The immediate reason for…
Migrant workers needed to fill critical skill gaps in Indonesia
Authors: Wayne Palmer, Bielefeld University and Nicola Piper, Queen Mary University of London In August 2022, there were 104,230 foreign…
South Korea’s misogyny problem
Author: Katharine HS Moon, Wellesley College During the 2022 South Korean presidential race, conservative candidate Yoon Suk-yeol denied that structural…
Dwindling economic opportunities for China’s youth fuels discontent
Author: Kevin Lin, Asian Labour Review College students and youth had been key participants in a weekend of protests across…
How China got stuck in its zero-COVID trap
Authors: Dustin Lo and Yves Tiberghien, UBC On November 27 and 28 2022, tens of thousands of citizens took part…
Japan’s uneven teleworking revolution
Authors: Machiko Osawa, Japan Women’s University and Jeff Kingston, Temple University Telework is not a panacea for what ails the…
Japan must reform its inflexible work culture
Author: Hiroshi Ono, Hitotsubashi University Working in Japan is full of inflexibilities. Flexible work arrangements, such as remote work and…
WeChat’s wires are crossed in Australian politics
Author: Fan Yang, Deakin University Weixin was launched in January 2011 by Chinese tech giant Tencent. It is now the…
Gender on the agenda for Indonesia’s social protection policies
Author: Citra Handayani Nasruddin, Jakarta Inflation cuts across social and economic groups. But it leaves deeper wounds on those from…