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Banking & finance
Hong Kong needs to attract global champions to broaden fundraising base: FSDC
Think tank urges the expansion of connect schemes to cover a wider range of asset classes and the promotion of digital asset trading.
12 Dec 2025 - 5:30PM
China trade
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As China’s companies become industry leaders, where in the world are they going?
11 Dec 2025 - 11:21AM
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China trade
Explainer
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From railways to Labubus: how China Inc. went on a 50-year trip abroad
11 Dec 2025 - 11:21AM
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North Korea
North Korea unveils new missiles, angles for Russian jets amid Ukraine war deal
Analysts say the event served a dual purpose: grooming Kim’s potential successor and angling for Russian jets as payment for Ukraine war aid.
2 Dec 2025 - 11:27AM
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The Philippines
Why Russia is targeting the Philippines with Ukraine mercenary claims
As Moscow wages an information war far from the battlefields of Ukraine, an improbable front has opened up in Southeast Asia.
1 Dec 2025 - 4:02PM
India
India’s looming BrahMos missile deal with Indonesia challenges US-China binary
New Delhi is emerging as a serious alternative security partner for Southeast Asia, offering hi-tech arms without ‘hegemonic baggage’.
1 Dec 2025 - 3:51PM
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Singapore
Singapore becomes Plan B for Chinese travellers giving Japan a wide berth
Beijing’s call to boycott Japan after Sanae Takaichi’s remarks is benefiting Southeast Asian countries, travel agents say.
30 Nov 2025 - 9:30AM
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Malaysia
From Singapore to Malaysia, tech firms double down on AI despite bubble fears
Bubble bursting? Not here. Meet the regional founders who see a potential global AI crash as a ‘healthy’ correction.
28 Nov 2025 - 5:30PM
South Korea
Seoul sanctions Prince Group chairman Chen Zhi in Cambodia crime crackdown
Chen Zhi, the chairman of the Prince Group, is accused of overseeing scam compounds that detained dozens of South Koreans.
27 Nov 2025 - 5:10PM
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Fashion
8 viral tote bags: Emily Ratajkowski’s Daunt Books tote and more
Trader Joe’s micro bags have brought totes into the conversation again – here are a few that have taken off and are gaining cult status.
26 Nov 2025 - 2:00PM
Asean
Widodo hails Southeast Asia’s rise as ‘global force’ in entrepreneurship
Former Indonesian leader says the next unicorn could emerge from Southeast Asia and urges the region to prepare for an ‘intelligent economy’.
21 Nov 2025 - 7:17PM
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Asean
Why Asean’s AI ambition may lead to widening economic and tech divide
While countries such as Singapore and Malaysia are ahead in the AI race, others like Cambodia and Laos risk being left behind, analysts say.
21 Nov 2025 - 5:31PM
United States
Outside In
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Trump’s G20 boycott sums up a year of US attacks on multilateralism
Despite the duress, most countries clearly do not prefer Trumpian unilateralism. But while multilateralism is not dead, it is limping badly.
21 Nov 2025 - 9:15PM
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Singapore
Singapore PM hopes China, Japan ‘find ways to resolve’ Taiwan Strait row
Lawrence Wong cites the example of Southeast Asia and Japan, who have ‘put history aside’ and are moving forward.
20 Nov 2025 - 12:59AM
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Hong Kong politics
Advisory panel urges US Congress to put Hong Kong on tighter sanctions leash
Report says government’s ongoing crackdown on dissidents ‘has eliminated a once vibrant civil society and created an atmosphere of repression comparable to mainland China’.
18 Nov 2025 - 4:26PM
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SCMP Highlights
Malaysia-Singapore crossing brawl, climate crisis in focus: 7 Asia highlights
From a Bangladesh court sentencing Hasina to a Muslim trans woman’s secret, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.
18 Nov 2025 - 12:41PM
Asia housing and property
The View
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An AI-fuelled data centre bubble in the making? Not in Asia
Asia provides strong reassurance that the AI boom is not the only factor driving development and investment in data centres.
17 Nov 2025 - 4:30PM
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Japan
Japan battles drug crisis as youths get hooked on ‘zombie cigarettes’
The etomidate-laced vapes are spreading via social media, prompting nationwide vigilance and crackdowns on trafficking.
16 Nov 2025 - 3:05PM
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Malaysia
Malaysia’s start-ups shiver through a venture capital deep freeze
Global risk capital has fled Asia, with the region’s entrepreneurs left to fight over a dwindling pool of funds.
15 Nov 2025 - 3:00PM
Nepal
Asian Angle
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Nepal found out what Thailand already knew: digital repression is risky
The tactics vary, from Myanmar’s internet blackouts to Indonesia’s subtler control, but the results are the same: resentment and resistance.
15 Nov 2025 - 1:00PM
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Climate change
Climate collapse: Southeast Asia’s new normal?
With a 30th year of Cop climate talks under way in Brazil, for many of Asia’s most vulnerable populations, the crisis is already here.
21 Nov 2025 - 6:58AM
Nordic nations
3 killed as Stockholm bus slams into pedestrians
Rescuers were seen crouched under the double-decker vehicle, appearing to help people trapped underneath.
15 Nov 2025 - 6:00AM
Singapore
How Singapore’s green shipping vision is gaining traction, with China’s help
The deal with China will boost maritime decarbonisation and allow Singapore to build a strong supply chain with alternative fuels, analysts say.
14 Nov 2025 - 11:43AM
South Korea
Will Japan and South Korea join Aukus, co-develop nuclear submarines with US?
With US approval for Seoul to develop nuclear submarines, Aukus become a more expansive Indo-Pacific defence network.
13 Nov 2025 - 4:36PM
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Asean
Opinion
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How Asean quietly became China’s buffer against US tariffs
China and Asean now have a lawful way to cushion tariffs by shifting where value is added, how it is recorded and which standards to meet.
12 Nov 2025 - 4:30PM
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Britain
Chinese ‘super villain’ jailed in UK for US$6.4 billion bitcoin fraud
Qian Zhimin and her assistant Seng Hok Ling are jailed after the largest bitcoin seizure ever by British police.
15 Nov 2025 - 8:05AM
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Singapore
Singapore-based AI start-ups draw most funding in Southeast Asia: report
A total of 495 AI start-ups secured US$1.31 billion in funding in Singapore in the first half of this year.
11 Nov 2025 - 8:10PM
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Singapore
Air travellers departing Singapore to pay up to US$32 in green fuel levy
The fee will be applied on tickets sold from April 1 for flights leaving the city state from October 1.
11 Nov 2025 - 11:28AM
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