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A customer looks at a board with the menu at AGI Bar in Beijing’s Zhongguancun district on August 9. AI users are shopping around as US giants face fierce competition from Chinese rivals -- and in Beijing’s tech district, customers at an AI-themed bar can even plug into DeepSeek for free. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Macroscope | Could China be a hedge against risk of AI investment boom going bust?

The more ‘DeepSeek moments’ there are in China, the likelier markets are to doubt the AI-related revenues and financing of US hyperscalers.

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Hong Kong property

BTS bump? Hong Kong’s hotels set for bonanza from pop superstars’ world tour

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North Korea

North Korea missile launch hints at upgraded weapons exports to Russia

Semiconductors

Why does SK Hynix want to sell its chip facility in southwest China?

The South Korean chipmaker wants to pivot towards the high-margin AI memory sector, but analysts warn any sale would face valuation hurdles.

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The SK Hynix logo is displayed at a trade expo in South Korea. The company is reportedly looking to sell one of its Chinese facilities. Photo: AP
North Korea

Japan slams North Korea’s ballistic missile firing ahead of US-Seoul drills

Japan’s Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi called the launch a ‘threat to peace and security in our region’.

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Ukraine war

Ukraine says Russia fired North Korean missiles in deadly attack

‘The city was struck with North Korean ballistic missiles, Zircons,’ President Zelensky said of the strike on Zaporizhzhia that killed 7.

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Fame and celebrity

South Korean star Ha Young sorry for row over ancestor’s pro-Japanese ties

The actress’ agency confirms her great-grandfather, Ahn Sang-ho, was listed as a councillor of a pro-Japanese association in 1916.

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South Korean actors Jung Hae-in (left) and Ha Young in a still from Netflix’s “Our Sticky Love”. Photo: Netflix
China stock market

Gold breakout rally sends Chinese bullion stocks near record highs

Sovereign-debt risks and reserve diversification seen helping revive investor optimism in the precious-metals market.

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Artificial intelligence

South Korea aims to criminalise fictional AI porn after man’s acquittal

Lawmakers move to close a legal loophole by proposing a bill criminalising virtual porn of fictional characters.

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Britain

‘Too backward’: why South Korean football is struggling for loyalty

Observers say the K League has fallen short of the standards European clubs have set for quality, spectacle and emotional connection.

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Korean fans wearing European club jerseys take photos in front of the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Sunday, ahead of the friendly match between Manchester City and Atletico Madrid. Photo: David D. Lee
Defence

South Korea faces quandary over Ukraine’s air defence system request

If South Korea were to agree to Zelensky’s request, it could further strain ties with Russia and impair its own defence, analysts say.

The KM-SAM Cheongung missile system on display during the Seoul International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition in Seongnam last year. Photo: AFP
Nvidia

Nvidia to team with Wall Street on US$500 billion package for AI projects

Apollo Global Management, Blackstone and Goldman Sachs are among the firms in talks with Nvidia on the deal, the Financial Times reported.

Malaysia

Malaysia seeks to deepen trade ties with South Korea in chips, AI, halal sector

South Korea’s biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors can complement Malaysia’s halal certification system, a Malaysian official says.

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Travel

6 ‘glowcation’ destinations for your next beauty and wellness fix

A trip built around a wellness treatment, beauty ritual or targeted pharmacy haul, ‘glowcations’ are trending throughout the travel world.

The Friedrichsbad in Baden-Baden has been running its 17-stage bathing circuit since 1877. The sequence moves through steadily rising heat, a soap-and-brush scrub partway through, then a cold plunge that resets the whole cycle before it climbs again.
Japan

Opinion | Japan’s defence white paper is the opening move in a longer game

Japan’s latest defence white paper confirms Chinese strategists’ fears that post-war pacifist guard rails are being dismantled under the guise of ‘self-defence’.

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Illustration: Mario Rivera
Vietnam

Vietnam pays the price at home for sending workers abroad

Between 130,000 and 150,000 Vietnamese go abroad to work annually, leaving seafood and garment sectors scrabbling for labourers.

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Video | Single Koreans seek soulmates at Buddhist temple

The South Korean government expects the country’s 51.8 million population to shrink by almost a third to 36.2 million by 2072.

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Fifa World Cup 2026

South Korean football body apologises after report on referee sex scandal

The Korea Football Association refers to reports about events that ‘even many within the organisation ‌were unaware of’.

A sign stands outside the offices of the Korea Football Association in Seoul. Photo: dpa
China travel

China tops South Korea’s outbound travel charts as short-haul tourism surges

About 1.7 million South Koreans visited China in the first half of this year, up 16 per cent from the same period last year.

Fifa World Cup 2026

South Korean football faces ‘whistles in favour’ foreign referee sex scandal

In response, a South Korean football official refers to ‘unpleasant incidents 15 years ago’ and that the body now ‘strictly’ follows rules.

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Singapore

After Singapore gig, Massive Attack runs into trouble in South Korea too

The British band is facing backlash over a video caption that said the US supported the bloodbath.

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Massive Attack performs with guest vocalist Elizabeth Fraser at the 2026 Pentaport Rock Festival in Incheon, South Korea, on August 1. Photo: Incheon City
Extreme weather

As record heatwave hits Asia, fears of energy crisis and health risks mount

Asia’s power infrastructure may come under pressure due to high demand for air conditioning amid lingering concerns over energy supply.

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Two tourists use a hand fan and an umbrella to seek relief from the extreme heat in Seoul on Thursday. Photo: EPA
Gold in Hong Kong

Gold’s price potential still ‘explosive’ amid Beijing hoarding

Rising demand from central banks to drive a rebound despite temporary downside pressure from energy and interest rates, Goldman Sachs says.

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Science

Chinese satellite captures video of SpaceX rocket debris crashing into the moon

Gande-1 01 is China’s first space debris monitoring satellite and the lead unit in a planned 120-satellite monitoring constellation.

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Artificial intelligence

The ‘rice of electronics’: AI boom is fuelling China’s MLCC supply chain

Driven by the insatiable computing needs of global AI infrastructure, the upstream MLCC supply chain is racing to expand capacity.

In a filing to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on August 5, Shandong Sinocera Functional Materials says it is planning to expand its capacity for AI servers and vehicles. Photo: Handout
North Korea

North Korea fires ‘unidentified projectile’: South Korea

The launch came a day after Pyongyang accused Japan of turning ‘into a war state’ as Tokyo beefs up its military stance in the Pacific.

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People watch the news at a station in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday. According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Thursday. Photo: EPA
Fifa World Cup 2026

Police raid South Korea FA in investigation into World Cup coach appointment

Officers conduct ‘search and seizure operations’ at the Korea Football Association (KFA) headquarters.

China-Japan relations

Chinese and Russian warships were seen circling Japan. What could it mean?

The pair aim to show they aren’t boxed in by the first island chain and that Moscow can project power despite the Ukraine war.

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