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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. Everyone gets a BrahMos? Global interest in missile raises India’s profile
India’s BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system has reportedly drawn interest from at least 15 countries spanning from Asia to South America after its use in cross-border strikes against Pakistan enhanced the global profile of the Indian weapons industry.
2. Viral knife attack on Chinese student shocks Malaysia
Malaysian police arrested a 21-year-old Chinese national on Monday on suspicion of slashing his ex-girlfriend’s neck with a knife at Taylor’s University on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur.
3. Marcos vs Marcos: the bitter truth behind the Philippine first family’s feud

As Ferdinand Marcos Jnr touches down in Washington this weekend, his mind may well be half a world away, fixed not on the security and trade talks that await him but on the family feud back home: one born of betrayal, blind ambition and the wounds of history.
4. Malaysia has a new chief justice but appointment stirs fresh controversy
Malaysia has named Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh as its new chief justice, a move Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said should put to rest weeks of public criticism and accusations that his government was meddling in the judiciary.
5. Why Singapore restaurateurs are finding an appetite for Malaysia

Malaysia offers a lifeline for Singapore food businesses squeezed by rising costs and shrinking consumer spending, amid high closure rates.
6. Why Trump’s remittance tax will be ‘devastating’ for Filipino-Americans
A new tax on international remittances introduced under US President Donald Trump’s sweeping economic reform bill is drawing criticism from Filipino-American communities, who say the measure will hit working-class migrants hardest and threaten the livelihoods of their families in the Philippines.
7. Indonesia’s dream of a ‘smart forest’ capital becomes a vice-ridden nightmare

Indonesia’s dream of a gleaming new capital in the Bornean jungle is fast becoming mired in vice, ambivalence and growing doubts about its future under President Prabowo Subianto.


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India’s BrahMos draws global interest, Philippine first family’s feud: 7 Asia highlights

The BrahMos missile system being set up for a rehearsal in January in New Delhi ahead of the Republic Day parade. Photo: Reuters

Illustration: Mario Rivera

A hawker food centre in Singapore’s Chinatown. Photo: Shutterstock

Indonesia’s future capital city of Nusantara is seen under construction in July last year. Photo: AFP

Mount Fuji rescue, Trump’s pick for Singapore envoy, Mahathir turns 100: 7 Asia highlights

Visitors to Bali watching a Kecak dance performance. Photo: Anadolu via Getty Images

Mount Fuji in Japan seen from a mall in the city of Gotemba, Shizuoka prefecture. Photo: AFP

Anjani Sinha at his Senate confirmation hearing. Photo: C-Span

Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad (centre) joins a rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people, in Kuala Lumpur, on March 28. Photo: EPA

Malaysia’s ‘luxury’ tax; Singapore’s identity explored in new memoir: 7 Asia highlights

A nickel smelter in Indonesia. The proposed bauxite smelter would occupy about 400 hectares of land currently used by the Indonesian Navy on Singkep island. Photo: Reuters

A Malaysian woman shops for fruit at a market in Kuala Lumpur. New taxes on apples and oranges were rolled back soon after their introduction. Photo: AFP

Avocados being harvested at a farm in California. The “expensive, imported” fruits are subject to higher levies under Malaysia’s new tax regime. Photo: Los Angeles Times/TNS

Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand’s former prime minister, greets his supporters next to his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra (right) in August 2023. Photo: AFP

Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is in custody at The Hague. Photo: AFP

China’s Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian has criticised the heavy defence spending of some countries in an opinion article in The Australian newspaper. Photo: EPA-EFE

Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s new Aerotrain. Photo: Ministry of Transport Malaysia

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivers a speech at the opening of the Commonwealth Press Union conference on October 15, 1990 in Hong Kong. Photo: AFP

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From Malaysia’s new chief justice to doubts about Indonesia’s future capital, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting


From Malaysia’s new chief justice to doubts about Indonesia’s future capital, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.


India’s BrahMos draws global interest, Philippine first family’s feud: 7 Asia highlights

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From Malaysia’s new chief justice to doubts about Indonesia’s future capital, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting

1. Everyone gets a BrahMos? Global interest in missile raises India’s profile

From Malaysia’s new chief justice to doubts about Indonesia’s future capital, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting