AA - 18 January 2016 - Labor agencies in Myanmar have suspended sending workers to Malaysia to protest against a tenfold increase in visa fees, officials said Monday.
Free Malaysia Today - 15 January 2016 - The Indonesian and Cambodian women, aged 17-40, were found locked in a room on the premises.
Vice News - 18 January 2016 - "How can they indict me for computer crimes when I didn't even put the report on the internet?" British human rights activist Andy Hall told VICE News on Sunday.
The New York Times - 18 January 2016 - Disruptive labor market changes, including the rise of robots and artificial intelligence, will result in a net loss of 5.1 million jobs over the next five years in 15 leading countries, according to an analysis published in Davos on Monday.
The Standard - 17 January 2016 - MONEY sent home by migrant Filipino workers this year is seen to grow faster by 5 percent, from the projected 4-percent expansion in 2015, as inflows from key sources will remain robust, Barclays Plc said in a report over the weekend.
The Korea Times - 31 December 2015 - Korea will eventually have to accept immigration as one of most effective means of tackling its decreasing population amid a record low birthrate, analysts said Thursday.
Myanmar Times - 13 January 2016 - A tenfold increase in visa fees has prompted employment agencies to consider boycotting Malaysia, long a favoured destination of Myanmar migrant workers. The threat, which could be backed up by demonstrations, followed an announcement by the Malaysian embassy to raise visa application costs from US$6 to $57.
The Christian Science Monitor - 11 January 2016 - In Thailand, the Issara Institute gives freed workers money, instead of services, and a chance to make their own choices again. Part 12 of a series on ending human trafficking.
Asian Correspondent - 11 January 2016 - Migrant workers in Thailand are discriminated against, scapegoated, vulnerable to exploitation, and human rights abuses. Over the years, Civil Society Organizations (CSO) have played a key role in providing support, empowering communities and documenting abusive practices against migrant workers in Thailand.
The Japan Times - 6 January 2016 - A shrinking population has long been an issue for an increasingly graying Japan.
Asia One - 6 January 2016 - Domestic workers with employment-related grievances or hardship will have a new centre specifically for them to turn to by the end of the month.
The Phnom Penh Post - 6 January 2016 - Cambodian recruitment agencies are drawing up more extensive training programs for maids being sent to Malaysia following a lifting of a ban on the practice in December.
Time - 31 December 2015 - In January 2014, the abuses suffered by a young domestic helper at the hands of her Hong Kong employer shocked the world. Two years on, critics say the city's helpers are still at risk
Radio Free Asia - 30 December 2015 - Myanmar says it will formally appeal the verdict against two migrant workers from the country sentenced to death in Thailand last week for the 2014 murder of a British couple at a Thai resort, citing the chance that conflicting evidence may be uncovered in a case that has drawn protests in Myanmar’s major cities .
Asia One - 3 January 2016 - The Little India riots in which foreign workers clashed with the police spurred university student Rachael Ng, 22, to join the Migrant Workers' Centre (MWC) for a 12-week internship.
