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Asia - South China Morning Post
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Mother seeks justice 7 months after Thai-Swedish son’s fatal crash in Pattaya
The mother of a 15-year-old Thai-Swedish teenager who died after his motorbike crashed into a truck illegally reversing into oncoming traffic has made an…
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South Korean graduates protected from deepfake abuse by new photo tech
A South Korean university has embedded graduation photos with anti-deepfake technology to prevent a repeat of a scandal two years ago, when portraits of female…
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Indonesia presses ahead with Russian oil imports despite ‘real risk’ of US penalties
Indonesia plans to press ahead with discounted Russian crude oil imports to secure domestic energy supplies and manage fiscal pressures, despite the risk of…
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Sri Lanka court convicts 15 over 2019 Easter bombings, 9 acquitted
Sri Lanka’s High Court has found 15 of the 24 men accused of being directly involved in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings guilty. The attacks killed 279 people…
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US tightens Japan, South Korea ties ahead of Trump-Xi summit
The United States, Japan and South Korea agreed to resist “economic coercion” and emphasised the need for stability in the Taiwan Strait, taking an implicit…
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King of Thailand’s estranged son seeks return for urgent brain surgery
The third son of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has said he wants to return home for urgent brain surgery. Chakriwat “Than Aong” Vivacharawongse posted a…
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Indonesia’s UN Security Council bid tests non-aligned diplomacy
Indonesia’s bid for another term on the United Nations’ premier security body stands a good chance of success given Jakarta’s growing global engagement…
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Japan begins clean-up after Typhoon Dujuan kills 4, batters east
Residents of a wide swathe of eastern Japan were picking up the pieces on Tuesday after Typhoon Dujuan tore through the area the previous day, causing…
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Who needs a degree? South Korea’s chip boom rewires university-obsessed culture
Inside a brightly lit cleanroom at Chungbuk Semiconductor High School in South Korea, a group of teenagers in head-to-toe protective suits carefully handled…
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Cambodia hosts anti-scam summit as scepticism lingers
Cambodia is set to present the outcome of its crackdown on scams to global governments and security agencies gathering in Phnom Penh this week. Yet questions…
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Singaporean fined US$3,920 for dumping urine, faeces outside neighbour’s flat
Believing that a lorry driver in the same neighbourhood had punctured his tyres, a private-hire driver twice left urine and faeces outside his neighbour’s flat…
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South Korean killer’s escape foiled, Singapore minister’s Mandarin speech: 7 Asia highlights
We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you…
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Malaysian resort under investigation after intruder molests tourist
Malaysia’s Sabah state has ordered a full investigation into the Semporna resort where a female tourist from China was allegedly molested and assaulted inside…
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Moscow’s asset seizures unnerve Japanese companies in Russia
More than 200 Japanese companies still operating in Russia face growing uncertainty following Moscow’s seizure of three Western firms’ assets, amid…
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Why Trump-Xi summit must put Korean peninsula back on the agenda
The September 24 summit between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump is no ordinary engagement. Their May summit took place in Beijing and…
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Sisters of Pakistan’s Imran Khan arrested in Lahore, jailed ex-PM’s party says
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party said on Monday that his three sisters had been arrested ahead of a protest march planned for September 27…
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World leaders meet at UN as planet grapples with climate change, wars, runaway AI
Under a global cloud of wars and bitter divisions, world leaders meet at the United Nations in New York this week facing new fears that runaway artificial…
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South Korea gets a new internet star as Busan shark sighting goes viral
A 3.5-metre-long shark that wandered into a Busan waterfront channel has become an unlikely internet celebrity in South Korea, drawing nearly 20,000 spectators…
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Success of Xi-Trump summit lies in what happens afterwards
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington this week, after the May talks in Beijing and before the November Apec…
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Southeast Asia supports multilateralism, wary of US or China leadership: survey
Southeast Asia remains comparatively confident in international cooperation even as scepticism grows over whether the United States or China should take a…
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Flights axed, over 1 million urged to evacuate as Typhoon Dujuan hits Japan
More than 1 million people were under evacuation advisories in Japan early on Tuesday and hundreds of flights have been cancelled as Typhoon Dujuan brushed…
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South Korea beats foreign student target, but struggles to keep them
South Korea has surpassed its 2027 target of attracting 300,000 international students a year ahead of schedule, and universities must now find ways to retain…
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Malaysia’s Negeri Sembilan royal crisis escalates as chief minister defies ruler
Malaysia’s royal crisis in Negeri Sembilan spilled into a new constitutional fight on Monday after the state’s chief minister refused to accept the ruler’s…
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Will Anwar’s coalition in Malaysia implode amid Loke exit, Najib house arrest?
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has suffered a double whammy as his Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition scrambles to placate public outrage over disgraced…
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Cargo ship slams into Chinese fishing boat in Singapore Strait
Footage of a cargo ship ploughing into a Chinese fishing boat in the Singapore Strait, sending seawater surging across the smaller vessel’s deck as its crew…
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Easy access to family guns fuels Philippine school shootings
The Philippines has suffered three deadly school shootings since June. In each case, at least one weapon belonged to a relative working in government or law…
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Singapore retrenchment rates hit highest level since pandemic
Singapore’s retrenchment rate in the second quarter of 2026 hit its highest level since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in late 2020, driven by business…
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Japanese surgeon removes healthy brain tissue, leaving woman on ventilator
A Japanese woman was left unable to breathe on her own after a veteran surgeon mistakenly removed healthy tissue instead of a benign tumour from her brain…
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Black robin rules roost in New Zealand’s Bird of the Year vote
A record number of New Zealanders turned out at the polls this month, not for national elections but to vote for their Bird of the Year – the critically…
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Suspected DMZ landmine blast injures 3 South Korean soldiers
Three South Korean military officers were injured in an explosion during an operation near the heavily mined border with North Korea, Seoul’s military said…
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Singapore nets US$862,000 from first auction in money laundering case
A fierce 30-minute bidding war for a rare Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama pumpkin bag – seized in Singapore’s S$3 billion (US$2.35 billion) money laundering case…
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Japan asks for US$43 million to weed out cherry tree-devouring longhorn beetle
Japan’s Environment Ministry is stepping up measures against longhorn beetles that are devouring cherry trees, with a request for 6.7 billion yen (US$43…
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Philippines tribe vows to stand ground against US-led Pax Silica: ‘listen to us’
Tribal leader Petronila Munoz walked across the sweeping Philippine grasslands she has called home for generations, uncertain about its future, as a sprawling…
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South Korea steps up to plug Europe’s jet fuel deficit
Europe faces a fourth-quarter jet fuel deficit, even as it turns to far-flung suppliers including South Korea, which is set to boost its jet exports to Europe…
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Upgraded but underperforming: Philippines’ growth lags behind
The Philippines’ rise to upper-middle-income status was supposed to mark a new phase for one of Southeast Asia’s most closely watched emerging economies…
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Pacific island states are trapped in Cold War 2.0
In early July, China fired a test missile from a nuclear submarine into the South Pacific for the first time, a weapon capable of carrying nuclear warheads…
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New North Korea-Russia bridge delivers a powerful message to China
The recent opening of a new road bridge between North Korea and Russia may look like a modest infrastructure project. In reality, the 1km stretch across the…
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North Korea fires 2 missiles in 3 hours amid tensions over US drills
North Korea fired two missiles off its eastern coast on Sunday, its second set of tests in roughly a week and days after Pyongyang accused the US of driving…
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Middle powers don’t have to wait for a Trump-Xi-Putin summit
The prospect of United States, Chinese and Russian leaders meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Shenzhen this November has revived…
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Pending US$12.3 million house arrest fine keeps Malaysia’s Najib in prison
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak said on Sunday that he would remain in Kajang Prison as he and his legal team study the conditions attached to his…
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Australia to ban student dependants as Labor fends off far-right pressure
Australia is set to introduce sweeping changes to its immigration policy by barring international students from bringing dependants, in a bid to ease housing…
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Trump taking notes from India? US$5,000 cash pitch draws ‘freebie’ comparisons
Donald Trump’s proposal to give adult Americans US$5,000 if Republicans win November’s midterm elections has drawn an unusual accusation from India: that the…
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How wildfires are threatening Indonesia’s economy and carbon market
Forest and peatland fires raging across Indonesia are threatening to become more than an environmental emergency, with analysts warning that the thickening…
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Singapore court rejects 90-year-old’s spousal support claim against ex-wife, 89
A Singapore family court rejected a 90-year-old man’s claim for spousal maintenance from his 89-year-old wife, noting that both of them are in the twilight of…
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Hong Kong rated Asia’s top financial hub for fourth straight year: report
Hong Kong has retained its status as Asia’s top financial hub for a fourth consecutive edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), even as many of…
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Malaysian councillor resigns after DAP remarks at Umno assembly
A Malaysian city councillor has resigned over remarks he made about the Democratic Action Party (DAP) at the recent Umno general assembly. Permatang Pauh Umno…
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South Korean killer’s drone escape from Philippine prison foiled by test footage
A South Korean crime lord convicted of murder in the Philippines reportedly planned to escape prison by strapping himself to a drone – until his own…
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Japanese monks embrace material world to raise cash as donations shrink
Koukyo Yoneta, a fifth-generation Buddhist priest in a small town in Japan’s Hokkaido, was struggling to keep up with the maintenance needs of his century-old…
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India and Russia push to expand defence ties with more joint production
India and Russia are seeking to push one of Asia’s oldest defence relationships beyond arms sales and into a more technology-driven industrial partnership…
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South Korean court orders Pyongyang to pay US$32.5m for destroying border office
A Seoul court ordered Pyongyang on Wednesday to pay roughly US$32.5 million for blowing up in 2020 an office in North Korea that was intended to foster…
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Rodrigo Duterte appears in ICC courtroom for pretrial proceedings
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte appeared in person at the International Criminal Court for the first time on Wednesday as he faces charges over his…
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Japan’s Takaichi opts for stability in first reshuffle since taking over LDP
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retained many of her Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) executives on Wednesday, in her first reshuffle since taking the…
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Singapore ministers earn millions. What do other Asian leaders make?
Singapore’s ministers are among the world’s highest paid, a system its leaders have defended as necessary to attract capable people into public service and…
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Why I am grateful for Asean’s endless meetings
I remember 2011 well. Indonesia was chairing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and I was serving as deputy foreign minister for Asean cooperation. I…
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Japan jails man for forcing Thai girl, 12, into sex work
A Japanese court on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old man to five years in prison and fined him 1 million yen (US$6,500) for forcing a 12-year-old Thai girl to…
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The world is not so much embracing China as recoiling from Trump’s US
Global surveys show China is now more popular than the United States in most countries. The reality is China hasn’t become more popular, only that Uncle Sam…
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Who will shoulder the debts behind Indonesia’s China-backed Whoosh railway?
Indonesia’s finance ministry is preparing to absorb debt payments for Whoosh, the China-funded high-speed railway connecting Jakarta and Bandung, in a move…
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Malaysia’s ex-PM Muhyiddin acquitted of 4 charges in US$49 million corruption case
Malaysia’s former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin won a significant court victory on Tuesday after he was acquitted of four charges linked to a government…
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India scores Brics win with joint declaration despite divides
India scored a diplomatic win at the latest Brics summit, analysts have said, after steering an increasingly unwieldy bloc towards a joint declaration despite…
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Cambodia, Thailand take US$300 billion seabed dispute to UN
Months after deadly clashes that cost dozens of lives along their shared border, the foreign ministers of Cambodia and Thailand laid out opening arguments on…