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Video | Tourists avoid Jeju over missing-persons scandal

Fabricated calls and erased files kept two deaths hidden. Now, a police force prone to cover-ups is inheriting unchecked authority.

Hong Kong entertainment

US singer Post Malone postpones Hong Kong concert, sparking fan complaints

Central banks

South Korea prioritises financial stability with consecutive rate increases

North Korea

North Korea vows ‘powerful response’ to US$125 million US-South Korea arms deal

Pyongyang says the potential sale of ‌AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles and related equipment poses ‘a new threat’ to its security environment.

An AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missile at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. The US State Department has approved a potential sale to South Korea of $125 million worth of ‌AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles and related equipment. Photo: AP
Aviation accidents

South Korean police look to charge 7 for lying about structure in Jeju Air crash

The transport ministry officials put out false media statements claiming the localisers had been installed in line with regulations.

North Korea

‘Treated as expendable’: South Korean ex-spy reveals toll of secret missions

Agents work in isolation and the surveillance never stops, a former agent trained to infiltrate North Korea reveals.

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Choi Jin

South Korea hands police more power even as dead bodies expose the lies

Fabricated calls and erased files kept two deaths hidden. Now, a force prone to cover-ups is inheriting unchecked authority.

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Investigators examine the scene at a palm tree farm in Jeju where the body of missing woman Jang Mi-ran was found on Monday. Photo: Yonhap/EPA
Lee Jae Myung

Video | Jeju officer arrested for allegedly falsely closing missing-person cases

The scandal has prompted a review of closed missing-person reports by police agencies across the country.

Artificial intelligence

AI server boom fuels record supply crunch for the ‘rice of electronics’

UBS data shows a major squeeze on MLCCs, setting the stage for what some believe could be the longest demand cycle in the sector’s history.

Food and Drinks

South Korea can make good wine - and this producer has the bottles to prove it

Many think South Korea’s climate causes the flavour-masking sweetness of its wine, but Jeong Gyu-song of Jeong Ssang-eun Wine says otherwise.

Jeong Gyu-song, who runs the South Korean winery Jeong Ssang-eun Wine, talks about growing grapes organically at his farm in South Gyeongsang province. Photo: The Korea Times
Lee Jae Myung

Video | Jeju officer arrested for allegedly falsely closing missing-person cases

The scandal has prompted a review of closed missing-person reports by police agencies across the country.

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India

Why South Asian students are rethinking Western university education

Rising costs, visa restrictions and better regional choices drive a shift towards domestic undergraduate study before going abroad.

Defence

South Korea scrambles jets after Russian military planes enter air defence zone

This is the second incursion in weeks since over 10 Chinese and Russian military jets entered the zone in late June.

North Korea

North Korea’s Japan-bashing hits fever pitch as Russia ties grow

Pyongyang slams Tokyo’s record defence budget and war shrine visits, framing regional tension as a Cold War-style clash.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attend a military parade in Beijing last year. Photo: Kremlin / AP
Panama

Asian shipper pays record US$5.3 million for Panama Canal access

Demand to pass through waterway soars after Iran war upends global trade routes, leaving ships facing 11-day wait.

A Panamanian-flagged vessel transits the Panama Canal in March. Photo: Reuters
China-North Korea relations

Why was China’s response to North Korea’s latest missile launches so muted?

Missile tests hours after China’s foreign minister left Seoul won’t alter Beijing’s focus on regime stability, analysts say.

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Seoul

South Korea’s exam cheats upgrade to AI-powered smart glasses

Five exam cheats caught in eight weeks are forcing South Korea into a regulatory overhaul.

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Samsung Electronics

South Korea’s Hyundai, union agree on tentative wage deal after rare strike

Around 40,000 out of roughly 73,000 employees walked off the job on Friday in the first such strike action for a decade.

Members of the Korean Metal Workers’ Union shouts slogans during a joint strike rally in front of the Hyundai Motor headquarters in Seoul on Friday. Photo: AFP
North Korea

South Korea pledges to help Trump revive talks with North Korea’s Kim

Trump’s recent olive branch to Kim and criticism ‌of Seoul have raised concerns of a strain on long-standing Asian alliances.

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North Korea

South Korea says US cut joint marine drill over Iran war constraints

The cancellation follows US President Donald Trump’s order last week to scale down the separate annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises.

SCMP Highlights

Expat retirees fuel luxury home demand; Wang Yi’s trip to Seoul: 5 weekend reads

From rising parental estrangement in Asia to electrochemist Liu Jiawei’s move, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.

Passengers at a station in Seoul watch a news report about North Korea’s latest missile launches. Photo: EPA
Wealth management

Investment market volatility is ‘here to stay’ unless global recession strikes

Rich investors put on notice as AI advancement and geopolitical risks continue to change market structure, causing instability, says Nomura.

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Julia Wang, chief investment officer for North Asia at Nomura International Wealth Management, in Nomura’s office in Central. Photo: SCMP Pictures
China technology

Opinion | Asia is reaching for the open road that Chinese AI offers

Countries seeking sovereign AI want to control their own AI capabilities rather than rent them from a foreign platform.

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China trade

European wine producers seek new markets as China sales dream sours

Imports of bottled wine from the EU fell 16.6 per cent by volume in the first half of this year, according to Chinese customs data.

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Lee Jae Myung

How FOMO lured South Koreans into stock ‘Squid Game’ and left them broke

‘I don’t think I will ever invest in the Kospi again,’ says an emotionally drained retiree who, like others, is reeling from the rout.

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Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Kospi benchmark at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday. Photo: AP
China's ageing population

Letters | Solution to Asia’s ageing workforce could be sitting at home retired

Readers discuss second-career pathways for older professionals, and why Indonesia and China should innovate together.

Elderly people enjoy the sunshine in a park in Shanghai. Chinese government departments are increasingly hiring retirees as society ages rapidly. Photo: Shutterstock
Extreme weather

Panama Canal to reduce shipping over El Nino-fuelled drought

Further restrictions on the Atlantic-Pacific waterway are likely due to low water levels in artificial lakes that feed the canal.

China-North Korea relations

Why China may have little to lose as ‘weakened’ Trump seeks North Korea talks

The US president’s push to revive negotiations with Kim Jong-un could see Washington scaling back its military presence in the South.

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