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A view of residential buildings in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong and Singapore, many mainland Chinese buyers have become a key source of domestic demand in the property market. Photo: Reuters
Asia housing and property

The View | Why Chinese wealth is still powering Hong Kong and Singapore property

The draw of safe-haven assets in these cities sees more Chinese becoming permanent residents – a trend Beijing’s clampdown on capital outflows may even encourage.

China airliners

China’s C919 on Malaysia Airlines’ radar, but Western certification preferred

Indonesia

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

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong can be the Asia-Pacific’s longevity hub

City has unique conditions to be the premier regional hub for longevity research, clinical trials, regulatory approval and capital scaling.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
Artificial intelligence

Southeast Asian 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.

Food and Drinks

Explainer: Ice cream, gelato, sorbet and granita – discover the difference

Chefs and ice cream makers break down how fat, sugar and air content shape various frozen desserts, from dense gelato to fluffy soft serve.

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Cryptocurrency

Why Payward chose Hong Kong to be its Asian stablecoin gateway

By setting clear rules, Hong Kong is pushing to become the world’s safest launch pad for the digital currency.

Daren Guo (L), co-founder at Reap, and Arjun Sethi, Co-CEO of Payward and Kraken. Photo: Handout
Malaysia

Go big or go home: why numbers matter in Malaysia’s Johor election

Prime Minister Anwar has called on voters to take BN down a peg in its stronghold, accusing his federal partner of ‘arrogance of power’.

Ageing society

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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The Philippines

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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Fishermen paddle past a cargo ship unloading containers at the Manila international port in the Philippines in December 2025. Photo: AFP
Malaysia

Threat of Najib pardon gives Malaysian coalition new battle cry in Johor poll

A win for BN is a sign that Johoreans still love Najib, his son says, in a remark that has stirred up the spectre of 1MDB again.

Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak, jailed for corruption in the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, is escorted by prison guards at Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex in 2025. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia

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.

Banking & finance

How the RMB Business Facility will help consolidate Hong Kong’s financial role

Quota expanded to 500 billion yuan from Friday, with tenor increased to two to three years, up from one.

Crime

Singaporean man pleads guilty to starving, beating children at facility

Pupils at the educational facility endured months of abuse by the 31-year-old, who had no childcare or teaching qualifications.

A Singaporean man hired to tutor primary school pupils beat and starved them instead. Photo: Shutterstock
Electric & new energy vehicles

It costs a record US$99,700 to buy a small car permit in Singapore

The surge in premiums comes ahead of the December 31 expiry of incentives given by the government to encourage EV adoption.

Practitioners perform martial arts next to a BYD electric car during a motor show in Singapore last year. Photo: AFP
Myanmar

Myanmar has ‘a mountain to climb’ to woo 2 million tourists a year

Myanmar saw 4.5 million tourist arrivals at the peak in 2015, but the numbers have fallen sharply since the military coup in 2021.

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China's economic recovery

What was China’s FDI last year? US$174 billion keeps it the world’s No 3 source

As China redraws global investment map, mainland firms use leading roles to secure critical supply chains with overseas plans.

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Asia elections

Inside the existential crisis facing Singapore’s smaller opposition parties

Progress Singapore Party and People’s Power Party have been hit by leadership resignations after poor showings at last year’s poll.

Progress Singapore Party supporters wave flags at a nomination centre on Apriil 23, 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE
Asian cinema

Do Singapore ministers watch films? Joke raises hackles amid dialect debate

The culture minister’s quip about being too busy to go to the cinema has some critics jumping up from their seats.

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Malaysia

Johor votes on Saturday. Polymarket has already called it

As the Malaysian state heads to the polls, a prediction market banned elsewhere in Asia gives one coalition a 93 per cent chance of winning.

Malaysia

Exclusive | Stop ‘one-party dominance’ in Johor to compete with Singapore: Malaysia’s Loke

The transport minister urges voters to flood Saturday’s state election to ensure Malay-led Barisan Nasional does not have its way.

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Malaysia’s Transport Minister Anthony Loke (centre) during a recent campaign event. Photo: Facebook/Anthony Loke Siew Fook
Mainland China

Video | How a Chinese indie film conquered the box office

Lan Hongchun’s story about love, loyalty and immigrant struggles has struck a chord with the overseas Chinese diaspora, topping the box office with US$290 million.

Lan Hongchun’s story about love, loyalty and immigrant struggles has struck a chord with the overseas Chinese diaspora, topping the box office with US$290 million
Indonesia

Can Singapore and Indonesia’s energy push kick-start regional power grid?

The cooperation could boost both countries’ sustainability goals and help shape regional frameworks for the Asean Power Grid, analysts say.

India

Beyond payments: India aims to architect Indonesia’s digital future

A successful digital collaboration with Indonesia could elevate India into ‘a primary architect of its infrastructure’, analysts say.

Malaysia

Rafizi’s revenge? How Bersama could cost Malaysia’s Anwar the Johor poll

Rafizi Ramli’s breakaway party won’t win the state, analysts say, but it could cannibalise the reformist vote and act as a spoiler.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Observers say Bersama could chip away at support for Anwar’s coalition specifically. Photo: EPA-EFE
Diplomacy

Dear You: Beijing holds movie night to help diplomats ‘better understand’ China

Staff from 74 embassies attend the screening of the smash hit that has triggered debates about propaganda across Southeast Asia.

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The film traces a family’s history over half a century through remittance letters. Photo: Handout
Vietnam

Vietnam bets on baby bonuses to get rich before it grows old

Hanoi is throwing cash and housing at its low birth rate, scrambling to protect an export boom that is fast running out of young workers.

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Law

Time bar saves Singapore WP’s Lim, Faisal from parliamentary action

The case stems from a false anecdote that former WP MP Raeesah Khan told in parliament in August 2021.

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