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YMAX 2025 PRESS CORPS

The YMAX conference publication and website are prepared by Press Corps editors and delegates. The perspectives and opinions expressed here do not necessarily represent that of Youth Model ASEAN Experience, media organisations and public figures represented at the Press Corps.

AMMSWD
ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Social and Welfare Development


Child labour in ASEAN: Rosenau’s take on intervention and the role ASEAN can play
A ssistant Professor Dr. Patrick Quinton-Brown of the Singapore Management University (SMU) School of Social Sciences delivering a...

Kyodo News
Jun 18, 20254 min read


Thailand Takes Inspiration From AMMSWD to Solve Child Labour; Advised Not To Blindly Follow
While Thailand expresses their ambition to implement AMMSWD’s proposed solutions, reality proves it to be more of a challenge than...

The Nation
Jun 18, 20253 min read


ASEAN’s frameworks and policies, are they effective?
*Picture by The ASEAN Post, https://theaseanpost.com/article/child-labour-rise-amid-pandemic . South-East Asian countries like Laos...

Phnom Penh Post
Jun 18, 20253 min read


AMMSWD moves towards the establishment of mechanisms to cease child labour in the long run
Ministers met under the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting for Social Welfare and Development (AMMSWD) to delve into the child labour issue ...

Vientiane Times
Jun 18, 20253 min read


Targeting The Pressing Issue of Child Labor
Targeting The Pressing Issue of Child Labor The alarming issue of international migration and lack of education in immigrants from ASEAN...

Borneo Bulletin
Jun 18, 20253 min read


Breaking the Cycle: Addressing the Causes and Consequences of Child Labour
The term 'child labour', is best defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, which is...

Hindustan Times
Jun 17, 20253 min read
ASEAN Nations Strengthen Child Labour Policies, Drawing Parallels with Japan’s Ethical Supply Chain Model
Southeast Asia has made real progress in tackling child labour in recent years, with countries stepping up cross-border efforts and...

Kyodo News
Jun 17, 20253 min read
“Where’s the funding?” Council propels strides towards the light
Fruitful discourse results in setting up of vocational training schools for children Despite the council moving in circular discussion...

Wall Street Journal
Jun 17, 20254 min read
India Urges Society to Acknowledge and Take Accountability on Measures of Child Labour
As India's population grows, more children fall prey to child labour, and this is what society has to say about it. Child labour remains...

Hindustan Times
Jun 17, 20252 min read


ASEAN’s child labour industry: A promising look for the future, with need for consideration
*An image of the Minister of Singapore consolidating discussions regarding the categorisation of child labour. In the first ASEAN...

Phnom Penh Post
Jun 17, 20253 min read


ASEAN ministers come together to debate over child labour with proposals similar to Japan’s
ASEAN ministers debating about the limitations of vocational training in tackling child labour in ASEAN countries at the Singapore...

Kyodo News
Jun 17, 20253 min read
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