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K-pop group BTS performs in central Seoul on March 21. Photo: Reuters

Lifestyle & Culture

South Korean ticket touts to face the music when new penalties come into play

From August 28, authorities can impose fines of up to 50 times the resale price of a ticket, a sharp rise from the current US$6,600 maximum.

Hard questions for Anwar’s PH after BN sweeps Malaysia’s Johor

Japan wants 60 million tourists, but China isn’t sending them

Economics

Southeast Asia’s scammers’ new disguise? Your leader’s face

The president is asking for your bank details. He isn’t, of course. But the AI wearing his face is.

Illustration: Kevin Wong
Illustration: Kevin Wong

Politics

Sanctioned but defiant: Philippine defence chief says China talks ‘not possible’

Blacklisted by Beijing, a defiant Gilberto Teodoro Jnr demands China ‘get out’ of waters Manila claims.

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Lifestyle & Culture

At Indonesia’s sharia frontier, a complicated love affair with flogging

Rights groups call it torture. Aceh’s residents reveal a more nuanced debate than outrage allows.

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Australasia

New Zealand-India trade, defence pact celebrated despite criticism

Anti-immigration members of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s coalition and anti-Modi members of the Indian diaspora opposed the deal.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) and New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Saturday. Photo: AFP
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) and New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Saturday. Photo: AFP

Southeast Asia

Vietnam tourist speedboat capsizes, killing 15 Indian tourists

The speedboat carried 32 Indian tourists and four crew members when it overturned about 400 metres from Hon May Rut Ngoai Island in southern Vietnam.

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Politics

BN cruises to victory in Malaysia’s Johor, in blow to Anwar and PH

Barisan Nasional has won 48 out of 56 seats, with its leaders hoping the victory will ‘trigger a blue wave’ in future elections.

Politics

Anwar, Anutin hit diplomatic high notes to mask Malaysia-Thailand tensions

Despite the leaders’ personal chemistry, the seafood row shows the ‘frictions’ embedded within the countries’ relationship, analysts say.

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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (second from left) sings while his Thai counterpart Anutin Charnvirakul plays saxophone at the Federal Government office in Putrajaya on Thursday. Photo: The Thai government spokesman office via AP

Politics

Running on empty? Why India is struggling to plug its fighter fleet gaps

Analysts say a large defence budget will not ‘automatically’ resolve combat aircraft gaps that are affecting India’s overall air power.

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The Indian Air Force’s Tejas fighter jet prepares to take off during the “Aero India 2025” air show in Bengaluru on February 2025. Photo: AFP
The Indian Air Force’s Tejas fighter jet prepares to take off during the “Aero India 2025” air show in Bengaluru on February 2025. Photo: AFP

Politics

US plan to allow Turkey back into F-35 jet scheme faces Israeli opposition

Turkey was ejected from the American F-35 programme in 2019 after it bought Russian air-defence systems.

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Southeast Asia

He watched a tiger drag his relative away. Now Cambodia is bringing them back

While residents worry for their safety, biologists warn the imported animals will simply starve in forests stripped of prey.

Health & Environment

Singapore carer burnout highlights invisible burden of super-aged society

The city state crossed the super-aged threshold this year, making carer support even more critical, experts say.

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Content creator Edgar Tang speaks to his father in a nursing home. Photo: Handout

East Asia

Flights axed, noodle shelves emptied as ‘pretty big’ typhoon nears Okinawa

‘I’ve been here when typhoons passed nearby, but nothing this severe,’ a tourist says.

A man looks around the partly empty shelves of bread at a supermarket, as Super Typhoon Bavi approaches Ishigaki, Japan, on Friday. Photo: Reuters
A man looks around the partly empty shelves of bread at a supermarket, as Super Typhoon Bavi approaches Ishigaki, Japan, on Friday. Photo: Reuters

Politics

In Malaysia’s Johor, Chinese voters prize affordability over politics

Analysts say issues such as the rising cost of living, jobs and business opportunities now matter more than party loyalty or China money.

Economics

Why the Philippines is losing out in Southeast Asia’s investment boom

With Manila capturing just US$9 billion of the region’s US$244 billion capital influx last year, analysts urge reforms to close the FDI gap.

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Economics

Southeast Asia’s scammers’ new disguise? Your leader’s face

The president is asking for your bank details. He isn’t, of course. But the AI wearing his face is.

Illustration: Kevin Wong
Illustration: Kevin Wong

Lifestyle & Culture

Is super-ageing Singapore headed for population decline?

With babies in short supply and its birth rate tanking, the city state is weighing a future of robots and immigrants.

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Lifestyle & Culture

Malaysia has never had so many Chinese tourists. It wants more

As Thailand loses its allure, Malaysia turns to viral algorithms to entice millions of independent Chinese travellers.

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Health & Environment

Asia’s shaky food supply shudders as ‘super’ El Nino arrives

Every few years, the Pacific runs a fever. This year, it could be worse than anything seen for decades, scientists warn.

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Economics

Southeast Asia’s scammers’ new disguise? Your leader’s face

Illustration: Kevin Wong

Lifestyle & Culture

South Korean ticket touts to face the music when new penalties come into play

K-pop group BTS performs in central Seoul on March 21. Photo: Reuters

Economics

Japan wants 60 million tourists, but China isn’t sending them

Tourists throng a shopping street in front of Sensoji Temple in the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo, Japan, last month. Photo: Kyodo

Politics

Hard questions for Anwar’s PH after BN sweeps Malaysia’s Johor

Barisan Nasional supporters celebrate at the coalition’s Johor Bahru command centre during Saturday’s election. Photo: Iman Muttaqin Yusof

Politics

BN cruises to victory in Malaysia’s Johor, in blow to Anwar and PH

Barisan Nasional leaders cheer at the coalition’s command centre in Johor Bahru as unofficial results show BN leading in the state election in Malaysia on Saturday. Photo: Iman Muttaqin Yusof
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