From Asimov to Terminator: The rise of the working robotJapan Airlines is testing robots for baggage handling at Haneda airport. These robots could also clean aircraft cabins. This move addresses...
01 May, 2026, 11.11 PM IST
Japan balances record arrivals with stricter immigration checksJapan's stricter immigration controls are yielding results, with overstayers declining for a second consecutive year despite record foreign...
11 Apr, 2026, 03.31 PM IST
China is rebuilding its grip on North Korea. Is Kim Jong Un ready to oblige?China and North Korea are strengthening their bond. New infrastructure projects are underway along their shared border. This collaboration ...
11 Mar, 2026, 11.07 AM IST
South Korea to expand visas for foreign talent, technicians under new immigration strategySouth Korea is expanding visa benefits for high-tech professionals and introducing new pathways for skilled technicians to address declinin...
06 Mar, 2026, 10.53 AM IST
New Zealand to raise Visa Application Centre fee in India and 25 other countries from January 2026New Zealand will increase Visa Application Centre (VAC) service fees for applicants in India and 25 other countries starting January 1, 202...
15 Dec, 2025, 02.25 PM IST
South Korea surpasses 300,000 foreign students target two years ahead of scheduleSouth Korea has surpassed its 2027 international student goal, attracting over 305,000 by August 2025, nearly two years early. This signifi...
03 Oct, 2025, 01.47 PM IST
South Korea's LG Energy was using US visa workarounds before Trump, documents showInternal documents reveal LG Energy Solution's reliance on the ESTA visa waiver program due to increasing B-1 visa rejections for South Kor...
19 Sep, 2025, 08.57 AM IST
Hyundai factory raid in Georgia leads to detention of hundreds of South Korean engineersA raid at a Hyundai factory in Georgia led to the detainment of hundreds of workers, including many South Korean engineers and technicians ...
09 Sep, 2025, 08.22 AM IST
South Korea birth rate rose last year, first time in a decadeSouth Korea's birth rate increased for the first time in a decade, reaching 4.7 babies per 1,000 people in 2024. The rise is attributed to ...
26 Feb, 2025, 10.20 AM IST
Govt likely to introduce bill for services related to immigration, foreignersThe government plans to introduce the Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025, in Parliament to streamline services related to immigration, e...
30 Jan, 2025, 09.49 PM IST
South Korea may become the first country to disappear from the face of Earth. The reasons are not as simple as they seem to beSouth Korea is grappling with a severe fertility crisis as birth rates plummet. The situation is exacerbated by socio-economic pressures an...
30 Nov, 2024, 12.52 PM IST
Indonesia launches 5-year visas for tourists, business peopleUnder the new visa, holders can stay in Indonesia for up to 60 days per visit. However, the announcement did not specify the time frame wit...
03 Jan, 2024, 12.33 PM IST
How North Korean women and children face hardships after defecting to South KoreaNorth Korean women escaping to China face even less freedom and are vulnerable to trafficking and violence. Third-country-born children of ...
18 Jul, 2023, 12.32 PM IST
Canada's Quebec plans to bar most immigrants who don’t speak FrenchThe percentage of Quebeckers declaring French as their first spoken language declined 1.5 percentage points to 82.2% between 2016 and 2021,...
02 Dec, 2022, 12.44 PM IST
Ghosn escape: Japan to tighten immigration rulesAuthorities have remained quiet after Ghosn revealed on Tuesday that he had fled to his childhood home of Lebanon to escape a “rigged” just...
05 Jan, 2020, 10.53 PM IST
Fears of Donald Trump drive immigrants to become citizensNationwide, naturalization applications are up 14 percent in the last six months of 2015 compared with the same period in 2014, according t...
02 May, 2016, 01.02 PM IST
30,000 illegal Indian immigrants to benefit from US policyOf these 1.76 mn illegal immigrants an estimated 30,000 each are from India, and Korea - the two top countries of origin outside Latin Amer...
08 Aug, 2012, 06.15 AM IST