Trump’s defence chief to visit Manila as Typhon system to be deployed at joint drills
A senior Philippine military official has confirmed to This Week in Asia that US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth will visit Manila later this month,...
11 pregnant women at Thai-Myanmar border among hundreds in limbo after scams crackdown
Eleven pregnant women are among the more than 2,400 people stuck in limbo on after being pulled out of illicit scam compounds in Myanmar...
Beijing protests over former Japanese military chief’s Taiwan adviser role
Beijing has protested to Tokyo over the appointment of a former Japanese military chief as an adviser to the Taiwanese government. Advertisement Taiwanese media...
China’s six-gen stealth fighter, ultranationalist blogger fined: SCMP daily highlights
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider...
Comac ramps up challenge to Boeing and Airbus with plans to boost C919 production capacity
China’s leading aircraft manufacturer plans a further 50 per cent boost to production capacity for the C919 – the country’s first home-grown narrowbody jet...
Vietnam’s State Media in Flux: Government Launches Press Reform Initiative
Ngọc Giàu and Huỳnh Kha wrote this Vietnamese article, published in Luat Khoa Magazine on Mar. 4, 2025. Thúc Kháng translated it into English...
Kansans Will Vote Next Year on Electing the State Supreme Court
Republicans support electing the Kansas Supreme Court, while Democrats say it will politicize the state judiciary. The Kansas Legislature gave final approval on March...
Star scientist Pan Linfeng picks cutting-edge China post over fading Oxbridge
After more than four years as a postdoctoral researcher at Cambridge University’s historic Cavendish Laboratory, rising star Pan Linfeng faced a career path choked...
Ukraine children executed by Russia, says UN, amid other suffering including torture
Published: 8:42pm, 21 Mar 2025Updated: 8:46pm, 21 Mar 2025 Russia inflicted unimaginable suffering on millions of Ukrainian children and violated their rights since its...