‘Absolute nightmare’: in Japan, red tape is strangling foreign start-up owners
Published: 3:12pm, 2 Mar 2025Updated: 3:15pm, 2 Mar 2025 It has been several weeks since Beau Becker applied to the Japanese immigration office to...
After Trump-Zelensky feud, Europe stares at prospect of tackling Russia’s Putin without US
European leaders are confronting their worst-case scenario: maybe they really are going to be dealing with a bellicose Russia alone. Advertisement When the US...
China’s Tiangong space station will host Pakistani astronaut as first foreign visitor
The first foreign astronaut to visit China’s Tiangong space station will be from Pakistan, the two countries’ space authorities have said. Advertisement China will...
South China Sea: Asean, Beijing need recalibrated approach to reach binding code of conduct
Disputes in the South China Sea have heightened insecurity in the Indo-Pacific, with claimant nations pursuing diplomatic and legal resolutions, including arbitration, while non-claimant...
4 bizarre China dishes to challenge traditional palates – ox dung hotpot, rabbit heads
Overseas visitors to China are often mesmerised by the multifarious culinary dishes the country boasts. Advertisement As a result of the vast expanse of...
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak sports park launch evokes nostalgia but where is the global appeal?
Published: 1:33pm, 2 Mar 2025Updated: 2:02pm, 2 Mar 2025 As an invited guest at the two-hour opening extravaganza at the main stadium of Hong...
In ‘fixing’ a trumped-up crisis, Trump may end up creating one
“I alone can fix it,” Donald Trump proclaimed in 2016, when accepting the Republican nomination for US president. Fix what, exactly? Among other problems,...
Unmasking ‘Captain America’ man who tried to raid Chinese embassy in Seoul
Dressed as the Marvel character “Captain America,” a 42-year-old South Korean man identified as Ahn was arrested on February 22 for attempting to break...
Hong Kong health authorities investigating imported case of measles
Health authorities are investigating an imported case of measles involving a 38-year-old man who returned from Vietnam and visited the Hong Kong Sports Institute...