Laos to improve quality of labor data collection

23 Sept 02:00 Key points summarised by AI

Laos seeks to enhance the quality of labor data for local, foreign, and overseas Lao workers through a new initiative.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Lao government entities and South Korean companies (POSCO International, PentaGate) to conduct a feasibility study.
The study focuses on developing a Big Data technology-based labor management system to accurately track foreign workers, especially anticipating an influx from China and Vietnam, and Lao laborers abroad.
The five-month feasibility study will assess the suitability and benefits of integrating Big Data for comprehensive labor data collection and management in Laos.

Detained Suu Kyi receives UK royal package: Myanmar govt

Today 03:08 Key points summarised by AI

Myanmar's detained Nobel laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, received a package from Britain's King Charles III, which included two gardening books, a sealed envelope, and diplomatic communication.
The event marked the first release of images of Suu Kyi in two months and saw Myanmar authorities describe her as a "special female prisoner" for the first time.
Suu Kyi, who was deposed in a 2021 military coup that triggered an ongoing civil war, remains under house arrest on charges that rights groups contend are politically motivated.