Tag: Asia-Pacific

China’s anti-involution push aims to curb burnout, hyper-competition, and reshape work culture.

JPMorgan Chase is accelerating hiring across its corporate banking business in the Asia Pacific region and aims to increase headcount by 20% next year as part of a regional growth ...

Chinese commercial property developers are seeking to lure tenants with value-added services such as subsidies for charging electric vehicles in addition to lower rents, as they battle record-high vacancy rates ...

Coworking is growing, but private offices still bring in most of the revenue worldwide.

WeWork India reported its first profitable fiscal year in 2025, ending a long stretch of financial losses. The coworking space provider recorded a profit after tax of approximately $15.4 million ...

China's top court ruling that makes it illegal for businesses and employees to avoid social insurance payments is stoking fears about jobs and the survival of small firms, forcing Beijing ...

China’s youth unemployment rate continues to climb, with fresh data from the National Bureau of Statistics showing a significant uptick in July. Among 16- to 24-year-olds not currently enrolled in ...

South Korea has begun testing a shorter private-sector workweek as part of efforts to reduce excessive working hours and improve work-life balance. The pilot program, launched in Gyeonggi Province in ...

New Zealand citizens leaving the country have hit the highest levels in 13 years, with more than a third of those emigrating aged under 30 years as unemployment rises and ...

Mike Chai aims to cut wage costs at his kitchen cabinet factory by about 30% to remain competitive against other Chinese firms, which have stopped selling to the U.S. due ...