A report has been sent to Jakarta about migrants in Hong Kong who wanted to vote after polling stations closed on Sunday

Some voters said the long queues and poor organisation made them miss out on voting but electoral supervisor in Hong Kong maintains the arrangements were fair.

Filipino Baby Jane Allas, who has stage-three cervical cancer, was fired in February after her employer found out about her diagnosis.

Political awareness among Indonesian domestic workers is higher than ever, as thousands are set to cast their vote in Hong Kong for elections in their home country

Supporters of Joan Guting, who died of late-stage cervical cancer a year after being fired, are seeking damages for discrimination but face legal hurdles.

Former soldier Ajith Pushpakumara and a family of four from Sri Lanka hope to regain their freedom soon.

Spanish authorities claim Adrian Hong, a founder of Liberty in North Korea, led a group of 10 that stormed Pyongyang’s embassy in Madrid. In 2006, Hong was arrested in China while helping a group of North Korean defectors seek asylum.

Vanessa Mae Rodel and her seven-year-old daughter touch down in Toronto and prepare to settle in Montreal.

Labour attaché Jalilo Dela Torre, who is expected to leave the city this month, has called on domestic workers in particular to go for medical check-ups amid mounting complaints at the consulate about health concerns.

The high-profile case of a worker from Myanmar, who was forced to eat her own vomit and barred from using the toilet, has again laid bare Asia’s toxic reliance on cheap labour. Is society ready to change?

The dissident group, said to be behind a February raid on Pyongyang’s embassy in Spain, has appealed to media not to reveal their members’ identities. Cheollima previously took credit for the 2017 extraction of Kim Han-sol, the son of Kim Jong-un’s assassinated brother.

Baby Jane Allas, who has begun treatment after crowdfunding more than HK$800,000, was not allowed to be represented or accompanied by a lawyer, and was not provided with a professional interpreter despite not being fluent in English.

The report also said the supply of methamphetamine and other designer drugs in the region has reached “unprecedented levels”.

Mohammad Naciri, director of the UN Women agency in Asia-Pacific, says both cities should use their wealth and international status to spearhead change

Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong are more financially excluded and more in debt than those in Singapore and Malaysia.

The Philippine national stands to lose access to free medical care, and supporters have launched an online fundraising drive on her behalf.

Many women in Asia head overseas to feed their families but risk losing their children and money due to patriarchal rules at home.

Ryan Clayton, an American tourist, was swimming at Gili Trawangan beach, near Bali, and nearly drowned when he was dragged out to sea. He will never forget the generosity of the man who rescued him or the kindness of his fellow villagers

The uptake of Chinese surveillance technology in the region sparks fears it could be subverted both by local governments and Beijing.

More than 7,500 women from Myanmar were in forced marriages with Chinese men in the past five years, according to a new study

Calls have emerged for the city’s authorities to look into ties between three people detained in the Philippines and local agents who allegedly charged domestic workers excessive job placement fees and withheld their passports

• Dozens of workers claim they have been deceived into paying extra fees and are waiting to get thousands of pesos back, in cases linked to three suspects believed to have scammed workers after promising them jobs in Hong Kong.

• Organised crime groups are beating controls by changing the chemical structures of lethal opioids. But a top UN expert says regulating the entire class of drugs in China will free authorities to act faster

Georgia and Xyza Cruz Bacani broke the cycle that faces so many helpers. Xyza, now an award-winning photographer, has published a book about her mother’s life – and the invisible, but essential role domestic workers play

Trafficking syndicates lure victims by offering to pay the cost of their travel to the United Arab Emirates, where they are told that high-paying jobs await

As drug syndicates are expanding their global networks and forging deeper international connections, a growing number of vulnerable women and children are being trapped in the web.

Six months after three families blew themselves up in Surabaya, killing 28, Indonesia is poised to release a wave of extremists from prison. And with Christmas and an election looming, experts fear terror will return.

Record seizures have been reported in 2018, already surpassing the 70,000kg of methamphetamine intercepted last year. This oversupply is making the drug accessible to more people – mainly youngsters.

Far-right President Bolsonaro has angered Beijing with a visit to Taiwan and Trump-style anti-Chinese rhetoric. But Brazil’s economy is sorely reliant on China, its largest trading partner since 2009.

Trafficked to the city and forced to endure unpaid work, abuse, threats and hunger, this man sued the government. A decade after his ordeal began, he is still fighting for a change in the law that could help others like him.