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Japanese employees across age groups are unwilling to use up their paid leave, even as the younger generation aspires to have a better work-life balance.

Japanese schools have a reputation for being extremely strict, but there’s been a growing backlash against harsh rules on student appearance.

Singapore ‘strongly’ condemned the attacks on Israel, while politicians in Malaysia and Indonesia came down firmly on the Palestinians’ side.

In a keynote speech at the Post’s Hong Kong-Asean Summit 2023, Thailand’s deputy prime minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara said unity among Asean members can help ‘preserve regional peace and stability’.

Speaking at the Post’s Hong Kong-Asean Summit 2023, Singapore’s minister for manpower said both cities can leverage their unique strengths to attract fresh talent without necessarily needing to compete.

Refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar that house nearly a million Rohingya Muslims are struggling to cope with soaring heat, fires and the devastation being wrought by supercharged weather events.

Hong Kong brands itself as an international city but many South Asian and Southeast Asian residents face discrimination at schools and workplaces.

A U-turn in Thailand’s cannabis policy would undo the liberalisation of views in Asia in the past year on the recreational and medicinal use of cannabis.

As cooperation between the two countries grows, Chinese is gaining prominence in Rwanda as a practical language that can boost business.

Visitors now have to pay as much as 69 per cent more for a Japan Rail Pass, although some bullet trains and lines are still not included.

Hong Kong’s richest man commended Lee’s commitment to the people in his video message, adding he missed his ‘old friend’.

Hong Kong tycoons Li Ka-shing and Lee Shau-kee are among those who have extended warm wishes to Malaysia’s richest man on his centenary.

Social media users, who pointed out that one of her interview answers matched Google search results, welcome the probe by the contest organization.

The criticism came after Chitthip Bruschweiler shared an Instagram photo of her daughter, Lalisa “Lisa” Manoban of K-pop supergroup Blackpink, posing with scantily clad dancers at a Paris club.

Cases of school bullying rose 10.8 per cent on the year, but the real figure is likely higher as many such cases usually go unreported.

The fatal shooting in a popular Bangkok shopping centre has prompted the Thai government’s reassurance on tourist safety and calls for tougher gun laws.

Lee Kuan Yew’s memorialisation remains a subject of debate in Singapore, but he is said to have vehemently opposed having a personality cult around him.