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Asia - South China Morning Post
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Japan farm minister submits resignation in first scandal blow for PM Takaichi
Japanese Agriculture Minister Kazuo Yana said he tendered his resignation following allegations of possible vote-buying, lining him up to become the first…
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Bali tipping row: call for Indonesian tourists to pay up triggers backlash
A debate over tipping culture has erupted across the Indonesian resort island of Bali and beyond, triggered by a politician’s unfavourable comparison of…
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Cloudy outlook? How haze crisis is testing Singapore’s events economy
When Daniela Cruz arrived in Singapore last week, hazy skies obscured the picture-perfect sights she had seen on social media, offering a different view of the…
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India jails ‘cockroach’ leaders over protests against alleged voter roll manipulation
Two leaders of India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) were remanded in custody for five days on Wednesday, as police ratcheted up efforts to clamp down…
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Malaysia’s Najib loses bid to suspend 15-year 1MDB sentence on medical grounds
A Malaysian court on Wednesday rejected Najib Razak’s bid to suspend his 15-year jail sentence in the 1MDB scandal pending the jailed former prime minister’s…
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13 children die after overloaded boat capsizes in India
Rescuers dragged 13 dead children out of India’s Ganges River after an overloaded boat capsized en route to a Hindu festival, officials said on Wednesday, with…
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‘I bathe, wash dishes, apply make-up’: Japan’s PM says busier than men who came before
Japan’s prime minister said on Wednesday she probably spent “three or four more hours” than her male predecessors tackling household duties on top of her…
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Will South China Sea’s code of conduct remain elusive as deadline looms?
A long-awaited code of conduct (COC) for the South China Sea risks becoming a toothless agreement, analysts have warned, as Beijing and Southeast Asian nations…
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Asia must guard against repeat of 1997 financial crisis: Philippine central bank chief
Asian countries must remind themselves about what happened during the region’s financial crisis in the late 1990s and guard against a recurrence of such…
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Submerged to save Bangkok: rural Thais bear brunt of capital’s flood defences
Stilt houses in villages north of Bangkok are no longer high enough to stay dry as Thai authorities deliberately flood riverside communities to spare the…
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Young Malaysians’ US$1.3bn short-term credit spree sparks warning over bad debt
Malaysians aged 30 and below bought some 5.4 billion ringgit (US$1.32 billion) worth of goods and services on short-term credit in the first half of this year…
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Indonesia’s Bali hit by fuel crisis as huge queues form at petrol stations
Motorists have been left queuing for hours at petrol stations across Indonesia’s resort island of Bali in recent days amid reports of a crippling fuel…
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Why younger Japanese now fear Trump’s US more than China
A growing number of Japanese regard the United States as the greatest threat to world peace ahead of traditional rival China, according to a new survey. The…
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Russia detains Japanese journalist suspected of spying
Russia’s FSB security agency said on Tuesday it had detained a Japanese journalist for alleged espionage, and Moscow’s Foreign Ministry said it regretted that…
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Philippines rejects China’s calls for direct contact amid ‘miscalculation’ warnings
The Philippine military has rejected calls to restore direct communication channels with its Chinese counterpart, despite warnings from Beijing that their…
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Plan to live-stream US execution tests Southeast Asia’s content curbs
The US government’s plan to live-stream the execution of a former Army member convicted in a deadly 2009 mass shooting is raising questions about how…
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South Korea shopping centre stabbing leaves 8 injured
A 59-year-old man stabbed at least eight people on Tuesday at a shopping centre in the South Korean city of Incheon, police and fire officials said. One victim…
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India to gain? Trump’s Russian diesel deal offers New Delhi leverage
US President Donald Trump’s decision to ease sanctions on Russian diesel exports and allow fresh supplies to reach global markets could give India greater…
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India’s ‘cockroach’ movement leaders arrested again as voter roll dispute grows
Leaders of India’s “cockroach” protest movement were detained again on Tuesday, their second detention in days, as a stand-off with authorities deepened over a…
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Is Indonesia’s haze rhetoric ‘unempathetic’? Oxygen quip tests regional cooperation
An Indonesian official’s claim that the country exports “oxygen” and not just smoke to its neighbours has renewed criticism of Jakarta’s handling of its annual…
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Japan, US review military liberty policies after Okinawa killing
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday that officials were reviewing the off-base code of conduct for US troops in Japan following the…
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North Korea’s new missile museum: part shrine, part arms bazaar
North Korea now has a museum for its bombs. The National Defence Revolution Museum, which opened on Sunday, is the country’s first dedicated exclusively to…
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Philippines drops 3 impeachment charges against Sara Duterte despite evidence
The Philippine Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, approved the prosecution’s withdrawal of most of the charges against Vice-President Sara Duterte on…
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Fiji’s justice minister resigns after intimate video goes viral online
Fiji’s Justice Minister Siromi Turaga stepped down from cabinet on Tuesday after an intimate video of him went viral online – the second such scandal to rock…
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Marcos on South China Sea row; anger in Thailand over iron cage beds: 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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How a detour saved a Malaysian trekker from jaws of deadly Nepal floods
It was a detour that saved his life. Malaysian Low Hock Meng, a 71-year-old veteran trekker, had set off on his own in Nepal. He wanted to explore the Tamang…
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Can Singapore engineer love on dating apps? From public service to private romance
For Singaporean civil servant Clare*, finding a suitable lifelong partner has been an uphill battle. Swiping on dating apps soon became a chore after multiple…
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Thailand’s deepening labour shortage roils harvest as unpicked fruits rot
Ripe mangosteen and rambutan hang unpicked from trees in eastern Thailand, where a shortage of migrant workers is forcing growers to decide which crops are…
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Not just about tax: why Australia’s tech entrepreneurs are moving to Singapore
Investor Ben Lindsay relocated from Sydney to Singapore in March, with wife and dog in tow – his sights set on growing venture capital firm Investible from an…
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Don’t leave Asia’s ageing debate until it’s too late
Last month, Japan’s internal affairs ministry released its yearly data ahead of Respect for the Aged Day. People aged 65 and over now make up a record 29.6 per…
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India’s opposition marches on Supreme Court as ‘cockroach’ protests gain ground
Indian opposition leaders and student activists marched on the Supreme Court on Monday to demand the resignation of the country’s election chief over alleged…
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AI fuelling growth while putting Asia’s young workers at risk, IMF meeting hears
An investment surge into artificial intelligence may be helping prop up a global economy battered by energy supply shocks, but the technology’s potential to…
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Indian homes, factories hit by hours of blackouts amid more demand for coal
Indian factories, smelters and households are being hit by blackouts and rising energy costs as the impact of plunging coal stockpiles at the country’s power…
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Smokescreen politics? Malaysians mock Indonesian official’s ‘we send oxygen’ haze defence
Malaysians have reacted with sarcasm and disbelief to an Indonesian official’s claim that his country provides the region’s oxygen, as toxic smoke from forest…
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Malaysian PM Anwar’s new budget tackles corruption, but critics ask: is it too late?
With his reformist credentials battered by coalition compromises and a looming general election, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has used his 2027…
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Singapore tops global air pollution ranks again, rolls out haze subsidies
Singapore again ranked as the world’s most polluted city on Monday, according to Swiss-based air quality monitor IQAir, as the fires on Borneo and Sumatra…
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Australian man rejects UAE links to Flydubai cockpit attack: ‘false accusations’
A Melbourne man whose Islamic community centre has been linked by prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates to the co-pilot who allegedly attacked the captain of…
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Shares in Malaysia’s Genting tumble by most in 28 years
Share in Genting plunged by the most in 28 years after the leisure group controlled by Malaysian billionaire Lim Kok Thay announced plans to raise about 1.25…
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AirAsia founder denies state bailout talks despite insiders’ claims
AirAsia co-founder Tony Fernandes met with officials from Malaysia’s finance ministry two weeks ago to discuss potential government support for Southeast…
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Indonesia finds orangutans saved from wildfires a new home
Indonesian authorities and conservation workers have successfully moved eight orangutans to a safe location after the endangered primates’ homes were…
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South Korea hails success of its first Arctic shipping trial
A South Korean container ship has returned from a trial voyage through the Arctic, testing an alternative route opened by melting sea ice as conflict in the…
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Days after AI missile test, North Korea fires more projectiles
North Korea on Monday fired multiple ballistic missiles off its east coast, Seoul’s military said, after weeks of mounting friction over a landmine explosion…
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How shadow banking feeds Myanmar while starving its military
On a recent Friday night in a Bangkok dive bar, a group of young Myanmar exiles sang softly along to a mournful ballad played on an acoustic guitar. None among…
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Despite a China-India thaw, military relations are stuck in 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping has met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi three times in the past three years. Indian pilgrims are back at Kailash, the Tibetan…
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Pakistan imposes emergency in stronghold of jailed ex-PM Imran Khan
Pakistan’s president declared a state of emergency and suspended the provincial government of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Sunday, the…
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India’s cockroach party leaders freed as election chief protests mount
The leaders of India’s youth-led online “cockroach” movement were released on Sunday, their lawyer said, a day after they were detained to thwart a major…
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Unsung turtle conservation heroes in Malaysia’s Sabah unite to fight poachers
Roziah Jelali has a tip or two on catching a turtle poacher: carrying a pair of binoculars and having patience in spades are key to doing the job well. The…
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Denuclearising North Korea would ‘defy history’: analyst
The denuclearisation of North Korea has become an “increasingly improbable” goal and the United States and its allies should move beyond it to devote their…
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Could Thai durian export duty mean higher prices, higher quality in China?
A Thai government proposal to charge export duties on durians, a major cash crop, could raise prices for the fruit in China – its primary market – along with…
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Why warm welcomes can’t stop Malaysia’s doctor exodus from Borneo
On Facebook, public hospitals in Malaysia’s Bornean states have been rolling out “Selamat Datang” [welcome] banner posts to embrace medical staff reporting for…
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Can ‘neutral’ Malaysia stay above the fray in the US-China tech rivalry?
Despite Malaysia’s insistence that its long-standing non-alignment policy extends to cyberspace, analysts say the country’s reliance on American and Chinese…
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Sri Lanka’s ex-first lady arrested in charity corruption probe
Sri Lanka’s anti-corruption authority arrested former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa on Wednesday over allegations that her charity misused donations collected…
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14 years after Nirbhaya gang rape horror, has India progressed on women’s safety?
Bhavya Gupta was a Grade 4 student when the 2012 horrific gang rape and murder of a medical college intern who was on a private bus in New Delhi, which sparked…
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‘Nothing is left’: deadly floods slam Thai economy and strain Bangkok ahead of IMF meeting
Monsoon floods in Thailand have killed 60 people since mid-September, officials said, as surging waters exact an increasing economic toll – destroying homes…
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Anti-terror arrests in Indonesia highlight challenge of combating ‘virtual’ groups
The recent arrests of 11 suspected terrorists by authorities in Indonesia underline how terrorism remains a persistent security challenge, with analysts…
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Kagan, Soai win Nobel Chemistry Prize for solving chemical asymmetry puzzle
Scientists Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving a long-standing riddle of asymmetric “mirror image” molecules, a…
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Ex-Buddhist monk who founded Thai Aids hospice convicted of embezzlement
A former Buddhist monk in Thailand was convicted on Wednesday of misusing donations to a highly praised hospice he established for people with HIV/Aids and…
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Singapore to charge American man over perfume theft spree at Changi Airport
A 47-year-old man will be charged on Thursday over a series of perfume thefts at Changi Airport, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said on Wednesday. The thefts…
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Malaysia’s Melaka sets election date as BN, PAS near alliance against Anwar
Malaysia’s Melaka will hold a state election on November 14 as the Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition nears a pact with Islamist rivals, leaving Prime…
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Singapore must be able to say ‘no’ to US, China to preserve trust: foreign minister
Singapore occupies a “peculiarly sensitive existential point” as it seeks to retain strategic options amid a great power rivalry, Foreign Minister Vivian…