December 8, 2025 – Page 2 – From Inside Asia

Interview: Kazakhstan&#8217;s AIFC governor on the country&#8217;s capital markets

December 09, 2025 Officially commencing its operations in 2018, the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) was established to act as an autonomous financial hub...

by Ryan Li December 8, 2025

World

Commentator remanded over ‘seditious’ posts, including about Hong Kong fire

Published: 2:32pm, 9 Dec 2025Updated: 2:37pm, 9 Dec 2025 A Hong Kong court has remanded a news commentator in custody for allegedly violating the...

by Brian Wong December 8, 2025

World

Benin hunts leader behind short-lived coup that left casualties on both sides

A short-lived coup in Benin left “casualties on both sides” of the government forces and the mutinous soldiers, authorities said on Monday, as security...

by Associated Press December 8, 2025

World

Elected, outgoing Hong Kong lawmakers jointly meet media in show of solidarity

Published: 2:20pm, 9 Dec 2025Updated: 2:24pm, 9 Dec 2025 Newly elected and outgoing Hong Kong lawmakers have jointly met the media for the first...

by Matthew Cheng December 8, 2025

World

Tokyo ‘closely monitoring’ backlash from China, Japanese PM tells lawmakers

One month after the Taiwan contingency remarks that set off the diplomatic firestorm with China, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Japan would “closely...

by Vanessa Cai,Orange Wang December 8, 2025