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Hong Kong stock market
Hong Kong stocks waver as Chinese tech giants falter after positive start
Online travel-booking agency Trip.com slumps 20 per cent after China opens antitrust probe into the company.
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Hong Kong
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Time to end bid-rigging in Hong Kong with criminalisation, tougher enforcement
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IPO
Alibaba, JPMorgan said to back Chinese chip firm’s Hong Kong listing
14 Jan 2026 - 9:30PM
Japan
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South Korea and Japan’s leaders jam to K-pop hits
South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung and Japan’s Sanae Takaichi played drums while covering two K-pop songs from the boy band BTS and the animated film Kpop Demon Hunters.
14 Jan 2026 - 8:01PM
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Cambodia
‘Not the end’: Cambodia keeps up scam crackdown after Chen Zhi sent to China
Phnom Penh signals zero tolerance for scam centres following the deportation of the Prince Group tycoon.
14 Jan 2026 - 7:38PM
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Japan
South Korea-Japan summit exposes ‘strategic’ divide amid great-power tensions
While Seoul urged broader regional cooperation that would include China, Tokyo emphasised closer alignment with Washington.
14 Jan 2026 - 8:17PM
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China travel
‘Structurally hurt’: why are Chinese tourists spending less abroad than before?
China’s outbound travel sector has bounced back from the pandemic, but the era of duty-free shopping sprees appears to be over.
14 Jan 2026 - 4:04PM
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Netflix
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KPop Demon Hunters leads to record export of ramyeon
The surge in food exports from the country comes amid the popularity of Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters.
14 Jan 2026 - 3:01PM
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KPop Demon Hunters leads to record export of Korean instant noodles in 2025
The surge in food exports from the country comes amid the popularity of Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters.
14 Jan 2026 - 2:23PM
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Tourism
What’s fuelling South Korea’s running boom? A look at the fitness obsession
From office workers to ultra-marathoners, South Korea’s running boom is reshaping streets, travel and retail as millions hit the pavement.
14 Jan 2026 - 1:05PM
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South Korea’s Yoon could become ‘martyr’ if given death penalty: analysts
While prosecutors have demanded death for the disgraced ex-president over his martial law debacle, a life imprisonment sentence is seen as more likely.
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Hong Kong stock market
Hong Kong stocks advance as investors turn to China amid Middle East uncertainty
Hang Seng Index extends rally as regional markets find support amid rising tensions between the US and Iran.
14 Jan 2026 - 4:40PM
Japan
Japan PM, South Korean president rock out to K-pop in surprise drum duet
The Japanese leader led the session by showing the South Korean president how to play the drums after their talks in Nara.
14 Jan 2026 - 8:03PM
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South Korean prosecutors demand death penalty for ex-leader Yoon
Prosecutors seek death for Yoon Suk-yeol over martial law decree that plunged the country into chaos. Experts expect a life term as executions are rare.
13 Jan 2026 - 10:44PM
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Thailand
Suspected scam boss linked to South Korean student’s death arrested in Thailand
The arrest follows international outrage over the killing of the university student, which led to a joint Thai–South Korean investigation.
13 Jan 2026 - 8:05PM
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Artificial intelligence
DeepSeek founder’s latest paper proposes new model training to bypass GPU limits
The development underscores the start-up’s focus on maximising cost efficiency amid a deficit in computational power relative to the US.
13 Jan 2026 - 6:00PM
Art
Damien Hirst and Do-ho Suh among top artists showing in Seoul in 2026
Seoul’s 2026 art scene will also see the opening of the Centre Pompidou Hanwha Seoul and the return of the Gwangju and Busan biennales.
13 Jan 2026 - 3:15PM
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Aviation accidents
Fury erupts over ‘mound of death’ in South Korea’s worst air disaster
Opposition MPs accuse officials of trying to bury a report that blames a known design flaw for the nation’s deadliest crash.
13 Jan 2026 - 5:09PM
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Japan
Japan PM seeks unity with South Korea’s Lee as China tensions persist
Takaichi aims to bolster ties with Seoul by avoiding ‘divisive’ issues as Tokyo grapples with Beijing’s economic retaliation.
13 Jan 2026 - 2:30PM
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Hong Kong stock market
Hong Kong stocks climb as yuan strengthens and investors broaden focus beyond US
Hang Seng Index advances as investors shift focus, boosting Asian equities, with pharmaceutical and healthcare shares leading gainers.
13 Jan 2026 - 5:14PM
Diplomacy
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Why China now needs North Korea’s denuclearisation
As optimism grows over an end to the Ukraine war, a weakening of Moscow’s support for Pyongyang may give Beijing new leverage to stabilise the Korean peninsula.
13 Jan 2026 - 5:30AM
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Asean
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Why US ops in Venezuela have shaken Asia-Pacific’s middle powers
Middle powers fear a return to ‘rules of the jungle’ geopolitics as rival powers carve out spheres of influence.
13 Jan 2026 - 1:31AM
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Korean peninsula
South Koreans see joy in parenthood but fear economic strain
While 74 per cent see joy in children, 92 per cent say economic burdens impact family planning – a factor in South Korea’s record-low birth rate.
12 Jan 2026 - 6:18PM
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Asia housing and property
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3 factors Asia’s real estate investors must watch in 2026
Asia might have sidestepped the worst of Trump’s tariffs, but investors should focus on price growth, Japan’s resilience and the sustainability of the data centre boom.
12 Jan 2026 - 6:45PM
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Hong Kong stock market
Hong Kong stocks rise on tech, health as mainland China turnover hits record
Alibaba Health soars over paediatric drug deal as trading volume on Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges tops US$513 billion.
12 Jan 2026 - 5:08PM
North Korea
‘Gang of hooligans’: rebuke from North Korea signals icy ties with South
The unusually coarse language from Kim Jong-un’s sister shows that Pyongyang has no intention of reconciling with Seoul, experts say.
13 Jan 2026 - 11:59AM
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China travel
China’s outbound travel set to soar by 10 million trips – but halve in Japan
Chinese tourist flows to Japan could plunge to as low as 4.8 million this year from 9.3 million in 2025 amid political dispute, survey finds.
11 Jan 2026 - 4:00PM
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World of performing arts
Frozen, Spirited Away among shows lighting up Seoul’s theatre stages in 2026
Broadway imports Hell’s Kitchen and Lempicka, novel adaptation Arang and musical Six also among the South Korean capital’s highlights.
11 Jan 2026 - 3:15PM
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