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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. South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol detained

2. Trump’s defence pick fails Asean test, sparking mockery across Southeast Asia

3. ‘Our society has not learned’: Masahiro Nakai sex scandal sparks anger in Japan

4. Thailand seeks to soothe Chinese visitors’ scam centre fears

5. China’s Himalayan mega dam deepens India’s water worries

6. Did Trump snub Philippines’ Marcos by not inviting him to his inauguration?

7. Malaysian freed from Cambodian scam centre over lack of computer, English skills



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SCMP Highlights

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South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol sits as he is wheeled away for detention on January 15, 2025. Photo: Yonhap via Reuters

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol arrives at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials in Gwacheon, South Korea, on Wednesday. Photo: AP

Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speaks during a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025. Photo: AFP

Masahiro Nakai (left) poses with his fellow members of popular Japanese boy band SMAP in 2015. He now faces criticism for sexually abusing a woman and his management’s subsequent attempts to cover it up. Photo: AFP

A view of Myanmar’s Myawaddy town seen from Mae Sot district in Thailand. A number of foreigners fled an online scam centre in Myanmar across the border to Thailand last year. Photo: AFP

The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon in Tibet. Photo: AFP

A November 7 newspaper in Manila shows Trump’s win. The Philippine capital was abuzz earlier this month with talk about President Marcos Jnr’s exclusion from Trump’s swearing-in. Photo: AFP

A Malaysian father, lacking computer and English skills, was freed from a Cambodian scam syndicate after being lured by a fake job offer. Photo: Shutterstock

Yoon impeachment blame game, Singapore’s Yale-NUS shutdown stirs ire: 7 Asia highlights

An effigy of President Yoon Suk-yeol is displayed by pro-impeachment protesters near his residence in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Park Chan-kyong

Pro-impeachment protesters camp out near Yoon Suk-yeol’s residence in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Park Chan-kyong

Philippine marines during a joint visit, board and seizure (VBS) exercise with their US and South Korean counterparts in Cavite province, west of Manila in October 2024, as part of the annual Philippines-US joint marines exercise dubbed Kamandag (Venom). Photo: AFP

Despite the college closing, there have been efforts to keep the spirit of Yale-NUS alive through an alumni network. Photo: AFP

A supporter of former prime minister Najib Razak waits outside the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Monday. Photo: AP

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets soldiers during a visit to a military training base in North Korea last March. Photo: AP

US president-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on Brics members. Photo: Reuters

Younger Japanese are turning their backs on grind culture. Photo: Reuters

Malaysia’s Najib scores court victory, Indian-Americans slam Trump: 7 Asia highlights

A Donald Trump supporter wears a MAGA hat at a watch party for the first presidential debate of the 2024 US presidential election. Photo: AFP

A supporter of Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak takes part in a solidarity rally outside the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya on Monday. Photo: Reuters

A view of the Kanmon Straits from Mount Hinoyama. Photo: Shutterstock

Supporters of former president Donald Trump gather at the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

A visitor lies down in Kuala Lumpur Tower’s “Sky Box”, one of the city’s most popular tourist attractions, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in January 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE

Japanese mochi rice cakes. The country’s emergency services have warned people to eat the treat with care due to its potential choking hazard. Photo: Shutterstock

LGBTQ rights, deepfake threats, falling fertility: Asia’s gender equality landscape in 2024

An LGBTQ parade is held in Bangkok. Photo: Shutterstock

South Korean author Han Kang, who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, attends the Pony Chung Innovation Award ceremony in Seoul on October 17. Photo: AFP/Pool

Lesbian couple Juntagon Seneewong Na Ayutthaya, and Kamontip Aurareemaitrichit attend an LGBTQ Pride parade to celebrate after Thailand’s passing of the marriage equality bill on June 30. Photo: Reuters

Junior doctors carry India’s national flag and hold placards during a protest to demand the resignation of a city police commissioner and condemn the rape and murder of a doctor, in Kolkata on September 2, 2024. Photo: AFP

Girls make their way home after school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: Reuters

US Marines in Japan, Malaysia’s first home-grown EV: 7 Asia highlights

Japan-based US Marine Corps soldiers embark an aircraft in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, in November 2013. Photo: EPA

A Marine Corps pilot prepares for a vertical landing of Lockheed Martin F-35B stealth fighter aboard the USS Wasp amphibious assault carrier during their operation in the waters off Japan’s Okinawa on March 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (left) and his daughter and PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrive before the royal endorsement ceremony in Bangkok in August. Photo: AP

Filipino death row inmate Mary Jane Veloso gestures as she leaves Yogyakarta Women’s Prison for her transfer to the capital city of Jakarta in preparation for her repatriation to the Philippines, in Gunung Kidul, Indonesia on December 15, 2024. Photo: AP 

Malaysia’s first locally produced electric vehicle, the e.Mas7, was launched in Kuala Lumpur on December 16. Photo: AFP

Chefs prepare their dishes before service at a monthly supper club in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Hadi Azmi

A screengrab, of a viral video of a bakery assault in Indonesia, has sparked anti-Chinese sentiment. Photo: X/@untoksikk

A Yotteba customer receives a slap to the face at one of its izakaya outlets in Japan. Photo: TikTok/Salty_Gourmets

Singapore and Malaysia spar, South Korea’s first lady Kim Keon-hee: 7 Asia highlights

Kuala Lumpur has been featured as a choice destination by various travel and expatriate influencers at least over the past year. Photo: AFP

Syrian refugees arrive in Malaysia in 2016. Photo: AFP

Abu Adnan al-Seirawan and his younger brother Ahmed (centre) in front of their Damascus Royal Family restaurant in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Handout

Indonesian immigration officers escort recently arrested Chinese national Yan Zhenxing, during a press conference in Jakarta on December 5. Photo: AP

Thai singer Chayada Prao-hom (left) alongside an X-ray image posted by her to social media. Photos: Facebook/Chayada Prao-hom

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee. Photo: EPA-EFE/Yonhap

Cambodian soldiers at Ream Naval Base in 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE

Growing financial problems, spousal abuse and declining mental health have all contributed to the crisis. Photo: Shutterstock

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From the arrest of South Korea’s Yoon to a Japanese pop star’s sex scandal, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting


From the arrest of South Korea’s Yoon to a Japanese pop star’s sex scandal, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.
