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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. As US missiles leave South Korea, the Philippines asks: are we next?
2. Nepal just elected a rapper for PM. His foreign policy has a new beat

3. Why has the US-Israeli war on Iran left Brics speechless?
4. ‘He’s so handsome’: Japan’s youngest governor, 36, sets social media abuzz again

5. Top of the world: why Indonesian workers are happiest in Asia-Pacific
6. Thai police thought she was drunk. She was already dying

7. 250 men went down with a WWII ‘hell ship’. Now the US is coming back for them


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SCMP Highlights

Left: Takato Ishida, the 36-year-old governor of Fukui, attends a session of the prefectural assembly. Right: Ishida attending the Special Committee on Anti-Harassment on Monday. Photos: Instagram / ishida.takato

Patriot missile launchers are seen deployed at a US military base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Sunday. Photo: Yonhap/AFP

Balendra Shah, 35, receives his victory certificate on Sunday after defeating former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli in Nepal’s parliamentary election. Photo: AP

A Thai officer interacts with a woman who was brought to a police station instead of a hospital following a motorcycle crash in Bangkok. Photo: Facebook / anuwatf.ch7

Most Filipino women think a woman’s place is in the home, survey finds

Filipinos take part in a protest in Manila to commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8. Photo: Reuters

A protest to commemorate International Women’s Day is held in Manila, the Philippines, on March 8. Photo: Reuters

People raise clenched fists and shout slogans as they take part in a protest to commemorate International Women’s Day in Manila on March 8. Photo: Reuters

A protester holds an image of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte with a message reading, “Hold Duterte Accountable!”, during a rally in Quezon City, the Philippines, on March 11. Photo: EPA

Malaysia’s US$6 billion megaport imperils Mah Meri way of life

Malaysian fisherman Lingan bin Man pulls up to the jetty in Kampung Sungai Kurau with his family. Photo: Ushar Daniele

Lingan bin Man fears losing Pulau Carey’s traditional fishing grounds to the Port Klang expansion. Photo: Ushar Daniele

Lanuza Luyon, the Kampung Sungai Kurau village chairman, says locals were not consulted about the port expansion. Photo: Ushar Daniele

Mah Meri fishermen at sea. The Mah Meri Orang Asli are an indigenous group. Photo: Ushar Daniele

Shipping containers are seen stacked at Port Klang, Malaysia. Photo: AP

Thai coconut farmer Lamduan Haochareon. Photo: Aidan Jones

The profiles of (from left) Wu Manqing, Zhao Xiangeng, and Wei Yiyin have disappeared from the website of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Photo: Handout

A THAAD interceptor launching from the Marshall Islands in 2019. The US is reportedly moving parts of its THAAD system from South Korea to the Middle East. Photo: Handout

A man holds a placard featuring OpenClaw in Beijing. OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent framework that performs real-world tasks for users, much like a supercharged digital assistant. Photo: AFP

A single mother in China who started with next to nothing running a street stall now runs a successful “new Chinese-style clothing” brand which rakes in tens of millions a year. Photo: Weibo

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From the unlikely background of Nepal’s new leader to Thai police’s deadly blind spot, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting


From the unlikely background of Nepal’s new leader to Thai police’s deadly blind spot, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.


Philippines’ missile question, Nepal’s new PM is a rapper: 7 Asia highlights

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From the unlikely background of Nepal’s new leader to Thai police’s deadly blind spot, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting

1. As US missiles leave South Korea, the Philippines asks: are we next?

2. Nepal just elected a rapper for PM. His foreign policy has a new beat

3. Why has the US-Israeli war on Iran left Brics speechless?

4. ‘He’s so handsome’: Japan’s youngest governor, 36, sets social media abuzz again

From the unlikely background of Nepal’s new leader to Thai police’s deadly blind spot, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting