COMMENT | Malaysia has long prided itself on maintaining internal stability despite being a magnet for migrant labour and a crossroads of global trade. Thus far, the accumulation of cases involving ...

When you think of a revolution, what comes to mind? You might picture seasoned leaders, historic speeches and marches that make headlines. But in Nepal this September, it wasn’t the old guard making ...

I WAS very honoured to visit Zimbabwe as a speaker at the National Competitiveness Conference hosted by The Eastern Caucus. I was invited to speak on lessons learnt from different countries. Running a ...

It was 8pm and everyone in the house was preparing to sleep after dinner, but the fire was still flickering in one corner of the kitchen. Sambarman Okhati, a 66-year-old elder of the family, bore a ...

Bolivia and Nepal stand out as improbable sites of radical transformation. Landlocked and mountainous, on opposite ends of the planet yet linked by parallels of geography and history, they are the ...

Over 111,000 beneficiaries were trained in market-relevant short-term vocational skills through five rounds of project-supported programs. Eighty-five (85) percent of trainees were female or youth ...

I first covered Nepal’s struggle for democracy in the 1980s. I remember the bans and jailings, the absolute poverty that pushed families to the edge, and the exploitation that greased trafficking ...

Seun Kuti blamed Nigeria's stunted democratic development on the absence of a committed and vibrant professional class in the country. Seun Kuti talks dangers of leaderless protest in Nigeria after ...

he turmoil in Nepal is more than a political crisis; it is a profound lesson in how democracy and development are intertwined. Institutions, elections and parliaments deliver democracy, but its ...

EPS-TOPIK, the standardized Korean language test for foreign workers under the Employment Permit System (EPS), will move entirely to tablets next year, a change officials say will strengthen fairness ...

The recent convulsion in Nepal began as a backlash against a social media ban and rapidly became something far larger—a Gen Z eruption that struck at the symbols of state and elite power, left scores ...