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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. Broken bodies, shattered minds: lasting toll of Singapore Airlines turbulence

2. Anwar Ibrahim mints a dynasty – but Malaysia’s youth aren’t buying it

3. North Korean warship launch flops before Kim Jong-un, a blow to his ‘prestige’

4. How India and Pakistan are preparing for the next conflict

5. In Philippines, ‘fake Filipinos’ rekindle fears of Chinese spying. Here’s why

6. ‘Go back to China’: South Korea election stokes anti-Chinese hostility in Seoul

7. Indonesia’s Bali bans small plastic bottles: bold move or industry killer?



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Singapore Airlines incident a year on, Kim Jong-un watches warship flop: 7 Asia highlights

Kim Jong-un visits the Choe Hyon warship at an undisclosed location in North Korea on April 29. Photo: EPA-EFE/KCNA

The streets of Jayang-dong, a neighbourhood in Seoul, South Korea, dubbed “Little China”. Photo: Kim Jung-yeop

The interior of Singapore Airlines flight 321 after an emergency landing at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport on May 21, last year. Photo: Reuters

Anwar Ibrahim with his daughter Nurul Izzah. Photo: Instagram/n_izzah

An Indian soldier keeps watch near the Line of Control separating Pakistan and India on Tuesday. Photo: AFP

President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has called for Filipinos to safeguard the country’s sovereignty against foreigners engaged in criminal activities. Photo: Kyodo

A street vendor sells drinks in plastic at a beach in Bali, Indonesia. The Bali Provincial Government has banned the production and distribution of bottled drinking water in plastic packaging under one litre to tackle the plastic waste crisis. Photo: EPA-EFE

Singapore’s ‘shameful’ fuel prices slammed, Malaysia Putin backlash: 7 Asia highlights

An oil refinery on Pulau Bukom off Singapore. Indonesia imports a large volume of fuel from Singapore due to its lack of refining capacity. Photo: AFP

Workers wait for customers at a fuel station of Indonesia’s state-owned oil company Pertamina in Surabaya on March 4, 2025. Photo: AFP

A survey in Singapore shows different levels of satisfaction among the age groups on the outcome of the 2025 election, in which the ruling People’s Action Party, led by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, won a resounding mandate. Photo: Xinhua

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (right) is welcomed by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Wednesday. Photo: Kremlin/dpa

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) visiting Adampur air force base in Punjab on Tuesday. Photo: India’s Press Information Bureau via Reuters

South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun, embroiled in controversy over his relationship with actress the late Kim Sae-ron, sheds tears during a press conference in Seoul on March 31. Photo: Reuters

A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (Himars) is fired as part of a US-Philippines live-fire exercise. Photo: AFP

In Thailand, a monitor lizard was found with the body of a baby in its mouth. Photo: Facebook/Nakon45

Asean, Gulf leaders to meet in Malaysia as region seeks new investment lifeline

The Port Klang Free Zone in Klang, Selangor state, Malaysia. Asean is looking to wean its export reliant economies off the US market. Photo: Xinhua

Aramco tanks and oil pipes at Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Aramco has a US$7 billion investment in Malaysia’s Pengerang oil and gas complex. Photo: Reuters

Workers at a vegetables farm in Cameron Highlands in Malaysia’s Pahang state. Asean’s available land and agricultural potential has caught the eye of GCC nations seeking food security, analysts say. Photo: AFP

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From a year after SQ321’s turbulence to Malaysian youth’s disillusionment, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting


From a year after SQ321’s turbulence to Malaysian youth’s disillusionment, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.


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Singapore Airlines incident a year on, Kim Jong-un watches warship flop: 7 Asia highlights

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From a year after SQ321’s turbulence to Malaysian youth’s disillusionment, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting

1. Broken bodies, shattered minds: lasting toll of Singapore Airlines turbulence

From a year after SQ321’s turbulence to Malaysian youth’s disillusionment, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting