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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. Elon Musk’s alleged child with Japanese pop star sparks online storm in Japan

2. Meet India’s answer to Pakistan’s Chinese jets: the AMCA stealth fighter

3. Trump and Lee Kuan Yew similar in ‘common sense’ approach: Pete Hegseth

4. ‘I’m sad’: Blackpink fans in Malaysia lament tour snub, slam censorship

5. With India set to be world’s No 4 economy, calls for deeper reforms get louder

6. Battle for the Philippines’ 2028 presidency begins: ‘they’ve smelled blood’

7. Netflix probes mistreatment claims on set of ‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’



Japan moves to ease China tensions, US ambassador irks Singapore: SCMP’s weekly roundup

UK film on Hong Kong immigrants, top travel trends for 2026: 7 Lifestyle highlights

China’s new tech war warriors, study on jamming Starlink signals: 7 science highlights

Marcos family scandal, Singapore becomes Plan B for Chinese travellers: 7 Asia highlights

SCMP Highlights

Elon Musk’s alleged Japan child, ‘Trump and Lee Kuan Yew similar’: 7 Asia highlights

Elon Musk leaves Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg on March 13, 2024. The billionaire entrepreneur is at the centre of renewed public scrutiny following claims he fathered a child with a Japanese pop star. Photo: DPA

Blackpink members perform at the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California. Photo: Getty Images/AFP

A prototype of India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) stealth fighter jet is seen at Aero India 2025 in Bengaluru earlier this year. Photo: Reuters

Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew. Photo: AFP

India’s nominal GDP is projected to rise to US$4.187 trillion in the 2025–26 financial year, according to the International Monetary Fund. Photo: EPA-EFE

Illustration: Huy Truong

Park Bo-gum and IU in a still from “When Life Gives You Tangerines”. Photo: Netflix

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

India-Pakistan water wars, NewJeans saga ‘detrimental’ to K-pop: 7 Asia highlights

NewJeans rebranded as NJZ amid the dispute with Ador and Hybe. Photo: Facebook/NewJeans


A photo circulated on social media shows Su Haijin (back row, far left) and Chee Hong Tat (front row, far right) at an event. Photo: Instagram/toxicstatenarrativeinsg

A key witness in a Malaysian corruption case was kidnapped on her way to see authorities. Photo: Shutterstock

NewJeans attend the Billboard Women in Music Awards in Inglewood, California, US, March 6, 2024. Photo: Reuters/Mario Anzuoni

A parched stretch of the Indus River in Hyderabad, Sindh province, Pakistan. Photo: Shutterstock

According to the results of a new survey, 45 per cent of Japan’s full-time workforce is engaging in “quiet quitting” – doing just enough to get by without striving for promotions or recognition. Photo: Shutterstock

A traditional Balinese Janger dancer performs at Pererenan Beach in Indonesia’s Bali on April 29. Photo: Xinhua

Dr Jaiteerth Joshi (right), CEO of BrahMos, gestures during the inauguration of the BrahMos Aerospace Integration and Testing Facility in Lucknow in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. Photo: AP

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From Elon Musk’s alleged child in Japan to India’s AMCA stealth fighter, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting


From Elon Musk’s alleged child in Japan to India’s AMCA stealth fighter, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.
