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Indonesia
‘Could go extinct here’: orangutans at risk as Indonesia floods devastate habitat
Orangutans have disappeared since landslides struck Sipirok in North Sumatra province.
9 Dec 2025 - 10:00PM
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Indonesia
Is Indonesian disaster response failing Sumatra’s flood victims?
9 Dec 2025 - 6:31PM
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Indonesia
Jakarta office building fire kills 22, including pregnant woman
10 Dec 2025 - 5:49PM
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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film
‘We have this gift’: Hong Kong film shows healing power of city’s nature
Never Too Late shows how four Hongkongers found balance and freedom in the city’s natural spaces and why people should cherish its beauty.
8 Dec 2025 - 6:15PM
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Volcanoes
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Force of Kilauea eruption knocks out remote camera
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been erupting intermittently since December 2024.
9 Dec 2025 - 6:27PM
Science
China desalination tech makes fresh water cheaper than tap water – plus hydrogen
Facility in Shandong province also produces mineral-rich brine for industrial use, achieving ‘one-in, three-out’ circular economy.
8 Dec 2025 - 1:22AM
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India
India to pause coal power expansion beyond 2035 amid grid stress
Several Indian utilities are signing contracts with coal-fired power generators to meet a projected surge in demand for cooling.
8 Dec 2025 - 2:50AM
Sri Lanka
627 dead in Sri Lanka landslides as rains batter South, Southeast Asia
At least 1,812 people have been killed in the natural disasters rolling across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
7 Dec 2025 - 7:45PM
Climate change
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Fashion industry must tailor climate plans to Asian suppliers’ reality
Efforts to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions in the fashion industry will not work if they rest on a Western design paired with Eastern sacrifice.
7 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
Extreme weather
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Asia is waking up to storms that are stronger – and more polluted
Readers discuss new research that shows how typhoons spread microplastic pollution, encouraging the use of an anti-scam app, and the migrant domestic workers who fell victim to the Tai Po fire.
6 Dec 2025 - 11:30AM
The Philippines
6 cyclones, 5 weeks: Philippines can’t escape its endless cycle of disaster
Corruption, complacency and climate chaos conspire to turn the Philippines’ natural hazards into man-made tragedies.
6 Dec 2025 - 8:17AM
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China exports
Waste to wealth: why China is building incinerators around the world
China’s economic slowdown has left its waste-to-energy sector without enough trash to burn. So, companies are heading overseas.
5 Dec 2025 - 1:55PM
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India
New Delhi’s smog surge linked to 200,000 respiratory cases
Acrid smog chokes Delhi’s skyline each winter, when cool air traps a deadly mix of pollutants from crop burning, factories, and traffic.
5 Dec 2025 - 4:55AM
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Climate change
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Asia’s floods a deadly reminder of need to combat growing climate threat
Devastating flooding and landslides have focused attention on disaster preparedness efforts as rising temperatures threaten the region.
4 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM
Extreme weather
Asia’s floods kill over 1,000, lay bare human cost of climate inaction
From Indonesia’s deadliest disaster since 2018 to a state of emergency in Sri Lanka, Asia reels from a week of climate-fuelled destruction.
3 Dec 2025 - 5:45PM
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Indonesia
Indonesia’s cyclone tragedy exposes lethal cost of forest destruction
Green groups say plantations and mines have degraded Sumatra’s land, amplifying a disaster that killed more than 700 and displaced thousands.
4 Dec 2025 - 3:26PM
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Thailand
One man kept his home dry amid Thailand’s floods. Here’s how he did it
Wicharit Leelakorn fortified his house with a makeshift flood-protection system after the first heavy rain fell on November 21.
2 Dec 2025 - 6:05PM
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Indonesian flood survivor returns to ruined home
Separate weather systems brought torrential, extended rainfall to the entire island of Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia in late November 2025.
2 Dec 2025 - 4:19PM
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South China Sea
Senior Chinese diplomat takes swipe at US over deep-sea mining strategy
‘The oceans are not calm,’ vice-minister warns in comments aimed at Trump executive order pushing American exploitation of seabed minerals.
2 Dec 2025 - 2:20AM
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Japan
‘Dying en masse’: Japan’s oyster farmers face ruin as waters heat up
Japan’s oyster farms hit by 90% deaths due to rising sea temperatures and high salinity, threatening the country’s top production area.
1 Dec 2025 - 4:48PM
Extreme weather
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Nearly 1,000 killed in flooding across Asia
Torrential storms have unleashed devastating floods across Asia.
1 Dec 2025 - 4:44PM
Sri Lanka
Soldiers deployed in Sri Lanka, Indonesia as Asian flood toll tops 1,000
Indonesia sent three warships carrying aid while Sri Lanka used military helicopters to reach people stranded by flooding.
2 Dec 2025 - 4:21PM
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Indonesia
Flood death tolls rise in Indonesia, Sri Lanka as aid trickles in
Flooding has killed hundreds in both countries and displaced thousands, as damaged roads and downed power lines hamper rescue efforts.
1 Dec 2025 - 4:40PM
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India
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If China can cut its pollution, why can’t India?
India’s pollution crisis demands sustained, year-round action, not just emergency steps that kick in when the air turns toxic.
30 Nov 2025 - 5:30AM
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South China Sea
China gives disputed Scarborough Shoal a clean bill of health
The Philippines also claims the atoll and has accused Chinese crews of using cyanide to catch fish in the area.
29 Nov 2025 - 3:03PM
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Climate change
Opinion
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How Cop30 laid bare the new geopolitics of climate action
Fractures, even among the Global South, show the energy transition is not just a technical challenge but a deeply political negotiation.
28 Nov 2025 - 8:30PM
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Indonesia
‘We’ve lost everything’: deaths in Indonesia’s flood-hit Sumatra rise to 174
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced in North Sumatra and Aceh, while hundreds are missing.
28 Nov 2025 - 9:15PM
Thailand
Thailand flood death toll doubles as government faces mounting criticism
Floods in Thailand have killed 145 people and displaced millions, with relief efforts accelerating as the waters recede, revealing the damage.
28 Nov 2025 - 5:59PM
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