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Why Trump’s remittance tax will be ‘devastating’ for Filipino-Americans
Filipino-American community leaders warn of long-term effects of Trump’s latest actions, including on remittances back home, state-funded health insurance.
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Malaysia
Malaysia to seek lawyers’ views as anger over judge selection process mounts
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Singapore
Singapore’s water woes force postponement of World Aquatics swim championship
15 Jul 2025 - 3:18PM
Malaysia
Anwar’s big surprise? Malaysians sceptical over ‘tribute’ teaser post
Malaysia’s prime minister posted a cryptic ‘Coming Soon’ message on social media on Monday, stirring speculation about what it could mean.
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Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at his office in Putrajaya last week. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia
AI chip smuggling in Malaysia? No sign of it, minister says
Malaysia is under pressure to staunch the flow of high-performance chips to China to avoid Trump’s tariff threats.
15 Jul 2025 - 1:28PM
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Viral knife attack on Chinese student shocks Malaysia
Coming just weeks after another student’s murder, Monday’s attack at Taylor’s University has reignited debate about campus safety in Malaysia.
15 Jul 2025 - 11:45AM
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Vietnam
Bike ban: Vietnam to phase out fossil-fuel motorcycles in Hanoi
Motorcycles are the main mode of transport for most of Hanoi’s 8 million residents.
15 Jul 2025 - 9:27AM
Motorcyclists wearing face masks wait at a traffic signal in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: AP
The Philippines
How a scam network evolved after a nationwide crackdown in the Philippines
Observers warn the Pogo industry’s replication in Pakistan is part of ‘a natural progression’ for illegal networks.
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Malaysia’s PKR in bind over judicial crisis, Anwar’s daughter at protest march
Nurul Izzah’s presence at the march goes against party line, is an ‘implicit rebuke’ of Anwar’s position on the crisis, says lawmaker Rafizi Ramli.
14 Jul 2025 - 11:06PM
Thailand
Thailand defrocks 6 monks as sex and blackmail scandal engulfs Buddhist clergy
Authorities say a prominent temple abbot fled to Laos after a woman threatened to expose their affair if he did not pay her US$240,000.
14 Jul 2025 - 8:46PM
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Suspended Thai PM Paetongtarn faces ethics investigation over leaked phone call
The National Anti-Corruption Commission has set up an investigation panel and there is ‘no time frame’.
14 Jul 2025 - 8:15PM
Suspended Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra leaves Government House, after Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended her from duty as prime minister pending a case seeking her dismissal, in Bangkok, earlier in July. Photo: Reuters
Indonesia
Bali urges tourists to assess fitness after spike in accidents and rescues
The warning comes amid a string of emergencies involving foreigners on the island.
14 Jul 2025 - 7:08PM
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Diplomacy over drama: Indonesia rules out military action to free designer
Arnold Putra is serving a seven-year prison sentence for entering Myanmar illegally and engaging with an ethnic armed group.
14 Jul 2025 - 6:59PM
IPO
Singapore IPO revival hopes rise as NTT’s Reit debut gains
US$773 million data-centre listing is SGX’s biggest listing in eight years.
14 Jul 2025 - 5:20PM
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Decline in Chinese tourists sees Thailand target Southeast Asia, Middle East
Thailand cut its 2025 foreign arrival forecast from 40 million to 35 million due to safety concerns for Chinese tourists after incidents like actor Wang Xing’s kidnapping.
14 Jul 2025 - 4:16PM
Chinese tourists and others wait to visit the Emerald Buddha Temple inside of the Grand Palace, next to a tour guide sign written in Chinese characters. Photo: EPA-EFE
Malaysia
Malaysia’s judicial crisis deepens with leaked memo from classified meeting
Anwar’s daughter, Nurul Izzah, joins a Malaysian Bar rally calling for investigations into Terrirudin ‘to safeguard judicial independence’.
15 Jul 2025 - 9:42AM
Cambodia
Cambodia to resume military conscription amid Thai border tensions
In 2006, Cambodia’s parliament passed a law mandating military service for citizens aged 18 to 30 for 18 months, but it has never been enforced.
14 Jul 2025 - 3:03PM
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Malaysia
Malaysia imposes trade permits for US-linked AI chip shipments
Latest move comes with Kuala Lumpur facing 25 per cent tariffs announced by US leader Donald Trump.
14 Jul 2025 - 4:05PM
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Malaysia has imposed mandatory permits for US-linked AI chips exports through the country. Photo: Shutterstock
Malaysia
‘Not welcome here’: Malaysia lashes out at ‘Zionist’ US envoy pick Nick Adams
Critics have blasted as an ‘insult’ the push to appoint a self-styled ‘Alpha Male’ known for his Islamophobic tirades as US ambassador.
14 Jul 2025 - 12:39PM
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Debate over moon crater, cyber nationalists target maths star: 5 weekend reads
From China’s luxury hotels selling street food to a lunar science debate, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.
14 Jul 2025 - 12:30PM
Wealth management
Hong Kong’s ultra rich get the cheapest champagne, priciest lawyers
Hong Kong falls to third place amid dropping property prices, cheap champagne, research says.
14 Jul 2025 - 5:57PM
Singapore
Singapore dodges recession as economy grows 4.3% amid tariff uncertainty
The faster faster-than-expected year-on-year growth comes despite a weak global outlook and US tariffs, but officials warn of slower growth ahead.
14 Jul 2025 - 9:45AM
Tourists pose for photos at Merlion Park in Singapore. The country’s economy expanded at a faster-than-expected 4.3 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE
Indonesia
Indonesia, EU unveil ‘political agreement’ on trade deal
The deal, the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, is expected to be concluded in September.
13 Jul 2025 - 11:10PM
Malaysia
Malaysia’s ex-PM Mahathir, 100, discharged from hospital
Mahathir has a history of heart problems and was most recently hospitalised in October for a respiratory infection.
13 Jul 2025 - 7:33PM
The Philippines
Filipino film that China wanted to cancel wins at New Zealand festival
‘You can cancel a screening, but you cannot cancel a story whose time has come,’ ‘Food Delivery’ director Baby Ruth Villarama says.
13 Jul 2025 - 3:00PM
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