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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 would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. ‘Now we know’: Malaysia’s Syrian refugees find Assad’s fall bittersweet

2. Singapore explains why it did not arrest Chinese fugitive on Interpol Red Notice

3. Thai masseuse urges ‘fairness’ after new details emerge in singer’s death

4. South Korea’s first lady filmed praising reporter for sexual ‘power’ after palm-reading

5. ‘Everything Malaysia has, Singapore does better’: neighbours spar over migration

6. China’s naval base handover in Cambodia: a sign of waning US influence?

7. What’s behind Japan’s family murder-suicide crisis?



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Japan’s Russia concern, businesses choose Malaysia over Singapore: 7 Asia highlights

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Singapore and Malaysia spar, South Korea’s first lady Kim Keon-hee: 7 Asia highlights

Kuala Lumpur has been featured as a choice destination by various travel and expatriate influencers at least over the past year. Photo: AFP

Syrian refugees arrive in Malaysia in 2016. Photo: AFP

Abu Adnan al-Seirawan and his younger brother Ahmed (centre) in front of their Damascus Royal Family restaurant in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Handout

Indonesian immigration officers escort recently arrested Chinese national Yan Zhenxing, during a press conference in Jakarta on December 5. Photo: AP

Thai singer Chayada Prao-hom (left) alongside an X-ray image posted by her to social media. Photos: Facebook/Chayada Prao-hom

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee. Photo: EPA-EFE/Yonhap

Cambodian soldiers at Ream Naval Base in 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE

Growing financial problems, spousal abuse and declining mental health have all contributed to the crisis. Photo: Shutterstock

Fall of Syria’s Assad, Australia’s social media ban: 7 Asia highlights

Syrian rebels celebrate following the takeover of Damascus, in Homs, Syria, on December 8, 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE

An image of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, riddled with bullets, on the facade of a government office after the opposition’s takeover of Hama, Syria. Photo: AP

A caricature depicting South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is seen near the ruling People Power Party’s head office in Seoul on Monday. The sign reads “Arrest”. Photo: AP

School students in Melbourne use social media applications on their smartphones. Photo: Reuters

Tourists walk past a mural featuring the Malaysian national flag in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: EPA-EFE

Government data showed that Singapore’s total fertility rate fell to a historic low of 0.97 last year. Photo: EPA-EFE

Left: Thai singer Chayada Prao-hom, who died on Sunday. Right: An x-ray image posted by Chayada to social media. Photos: Facebook/Chayada Prao-hom 

Malaysian actress Zahnita Wilson has posted photos on Instagram of a black eye which she alleges to be part of a two-decade pattern of abuse by her husband. Photo: Instagram/Zahnita Wilson

Taiwan losing cultural sway, Hong Kong ‘failures’: 5 weekend reads

My Fair Princess was a hugely popular production based on the work of Chiung Yao. Photo: Handout

Taiwanese romance novelist Chiung Yao, who died at the age of 86. Photo: Weibo/@会火

The Hong Kong Christian Service interviewed 597 people aged 12 to 24 to look into their experiences with failure. Photo: Sam Tsang

North Star Boys, an Asian-American boy band that have gone viral on social media, in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Photo: Dickson Lee

A Chinese company has sold an ultra-powerful laser to an unnamed client in the US. Photo: www.oeshow.cn

China creates ghost radar, big-brained early hominid sparks debate: 7 science highlights

New radar technology created by Chinese scientists will help with submarine detection and also could assist communication between surface ships and submarines. Photo: QQ

Bone fragments from several individuals at the Xujiayao site in China are challenging long-held assumptions about the region’s fossil record. Photo: Wu Xiujie

Pythagorean theorem was proved hundreds of years before Euclid by an ancient Chinese mathematician. Photo: Shutterstock

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From neighbours debating migration to South Korea’s first lady, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting


From neighbours debating migration to South Korea’s first lady, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.


Singapore and Malaysia spar, South Korea’s first lady Kim Keon-hee: 7 Asia highlights

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From neighbours debating migration to South Korea’s first lady, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting

1. ‘Now we know’: Malaysia’s Syrian refugees find Assad’s fall bittersweet

From neighbours debating migration to South Korea’s first lady, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting