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Mounting healthcare challenges have raised fears of a creeping privatisation as overstretched and underfunded state facilities seek new revenue streams. Photo: Shutterstock

Health & Environment

‘Change is coming’: will Southeast Asia have to abandon universal healthcare?

Malaysian underwater photographer Nurul Azlifah Mohd Ismail, known professionally as Ipah Uid Lynn. Photo: Ipah Uid Lynn

People

She escaped death in Malaysia’s seas. Now she’s a warrior for the world’s oceans

Domestic longhairs belonging to Malaysian cat owner Yana Zulkarnain. Photo: Yana Zulkarnain

Lifestyle & Culture

Halal pet food: meat-ing the needs of Southeast Asia’s Muslim ‘pawrents’

Ahn Andersen has spent decades searching for her Korean roots. Photo: David Lee

People

South Korea’s adoption scandal: a 20-year fight for truth amid corruption

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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr at last month’s Asean summits in Laos. Photo: Reuters

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As Marcos faces the Trump test, can Philippines count on continued US support?

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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Junior during his visit to a village that was hit by a landslide brought by Typhoon Trami in Talisay, Batangas, Philippines, on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Southeast Asia

Philippines to evacuate 2,500 villages ahead of Severe Storm Toraji

Nearly 700,000 people are still sheltering after their homes were destroyed by tropical cyclones Trami, Kong-rey and Yinxing.

Indonesia’s President Subianto calls for collaboration with China before US trip

She escaped death in Malaysia’s seas. Now she’s a warrior for the world’s oceans

China Economy

Are durian exporters witnessing last days of ‘golden era’ in China?

Producers more concerned about unchecked growth in regional cultivation than China’s self-sufficiency drive.

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Customs officers check imported durians at Youyiguan Port in Pingxiang, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, in August. Photo: Xinhua
Customs officers check imported durians at Youyiguan Port in Pingxiang, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, in August. Photo: Xinhua

Lifestyle & Culture

Halal pet food: meat-ing the needs of Southeast Asia’s Muslim ‘pawrents’

Southeast Asia’s growing cohort of Muslim pet owners are prioritising halal options.

Southeast Asia

Balinese hope construction freeze can tame tourism

While Bali’s residents acknowledge the importance of tourism, many worry the influx of travellers is damaging the resort island.

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People

South Korea’s adoption scandal: a 20-year fight for truth amid corruption

Ahn Andersen is one of many adoptees who have spent decades searching for their Korean roots, facing roadblocks from adoption agencies and government bodies.

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Ahn Andersen has spent decades searching for her Korean roots. Photo: David Lee
Ahn Andersen has spent decades searching for her Korean roots. Photo: David Lee

Politics

As Marcos faces the Trump test, can Philippines count on continued US support?

Analysts warn that Donald Trump’s transactional style will require President Marcos to demonstrate his country’s strategic importance.

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Southeast Asia

Priest stabbed during mass in Singapore, attacker arrested

Police said they did not think the attack was an attack of terrorism, while the priest was sent to hospital in ‘stable condition’.

Southeast Asia

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki spews ash days after a deadly eruption

Activity at the volcano on the remote island of Flores, in East Nusa Tenggara province, has increased since Monday’s initial eruption.

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Ash and smoke spill from Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, as seen from Lewolaga village in East Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, on Thursday. Photo: AFP

South Asia

26 killed in Pakistan rail station suicide bombing, BLA claim responsibility

The attack occurred in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, as the BLA demands a halt on all Chinese-funded projects in Pakistan.

Pakistani security officials inspect the scene of a blast at a railway station in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, on Saturday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Pakistani security officials inspect the scene of a blast at a railway station in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, on Saturday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Politics

Less stranger danger, but Asia will still pay for Trump’s return

Trade, US support in the region and climate issues hang in the balance as Trump looks to advance US interests ‘with additional gusto’, analysts say.

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Health & Environment

‘Change is coming’: will Southeast Asia have to abandon universal healthcare?

Across Southeast Asia, rising costs and funding struggles are threatening the very foundations of public health systems.

Politics

Will Tokyo’s giant fountain make a splash or be a US$17 million washout?

The cherry blossom-shaped fountain planned for Tokyo’s Odaiba Marine Park district has divided residents over its cost and potential economic benefits.

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An artist’s rendering of the new fountain to be built in Odaiba Marine Park. Photo: Bureau of Port and Harbour of Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Lifestyle & Culture

‘Huge opportunity for us’: can Nepal cash in on China’s tourism campaign?

Nepal should introduce more incentives and use Chinese social media platforms to promote itself to bring in visitors, industry players say.

A view of the Boudhanath stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Bibek Bhandari
A view of the Boudhanath stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Bibek Bhandari

East Asia

North Korea’s GPS jamming attacks disrupt flights, ships in Seoul

The South’s military warned vessels and aircraft operating in the Yellow Sea to be cautious, urging Pyongyang to cease its provocations.

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Southeast Asia

‘I am gutted’: singer Dua Lipa cancels Indonesia show over unsafe staging

The pop star said ‘it truly pains me that we cannot perform for you all, especially after such a long time since my last performance in Jakarta’.

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Health & Environment

‘Change is coming’: will Southeast Asia have to abandon universal healthcare?

Across Southeast Asia, rising costs and funding struggles are threatening the very foundations of public health systems.

Mounting healthcare challenges have raised fears of a creeping privatisation as overstretched and underfunded state facilities seek new revenue streams. Photo: Shutterstock
Mounting healthcare challenges have raised fears of a creeping privatisation as overstretched and underfunded state facilities seek new revenue streams. Photo: Shutterstock

Economics

Kuala London: aspiration, class and the Malaysian dream of a British education

In a country still shaped by its colonial past, the pursuit of a UK education by Malaysia’s elites reveals a stark opportunity gap at home.

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Politics

‘The race is on’: Brics ramps up its challenge to the Western-led world order

The growing bloc, which seeks alternatives to Western-led institutions, is being leveraged by Beijing and Moscow to forge a multipolar world.

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Economics

Huawei and Malaysia’s 5G future: unpacking the embrace of Chinese tech

The Chinese tech giant has emerged as the odds-on favourite to build Malaysia’s second 5G network – despite the West’s espionage concerns.

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Malaysia has been under significant US pressure to reconsider any future relationship with Huawei. Photo: Shutterstock