In Vietnam’s villages, cancer stalks recyclers who do ‘extremely dirty’ job
Crouched between mountains of discarded plastic, Lanh strips the labels off bottles of Coke, Evian and local Vietnamese tea drinks so they can be...
FA year in review: Five key stories from 2025
December 16, 2025 Reflecting on a very busy year, the FinanceAsia editorial team has selected five important stories from Asia Pacific’s financial markets across...
Chinese CH-7 stealthy UAV performs its maiden flight
China is a prodigious innovator and producer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) but, just because new designs appear regularly at air shows, this does...
Hong Kong classical concert to raise money for family of firefighter lost to Tai Po fire
Some of Hong Kong’s biggest names in classical music are coming together to raise funds for the family of the firefighter who died in...
India wary as US backs Pakistan with F-16 upgrades and mineral projects
The United States and Pakistan are reviving defence and minerals cooperation in a bid to reset their uneasy ties, marking a policy shift that...
‘Don’t be misled by lies,’ Beijing tells foreign media in Hong Kong after Jimmy Lai ruling
Published: 10:54am, 16 Dec 2025Updated: 10:56am, 16 Dec 2025 Beijing’s foreign ministry arm in Hong Kong has issued a rare open letter explaining the...
Hong Kong police deployed to Tai Po fire site show resilience: psychologist
Hong Kong police officers assigned to identify victims of the deadly Tai Po fire remain mentally stable despite facing tougher conditions than in previous...
BYD Insults Toyota, Claims Japan Copies It, But BYD’s Quality Is So Bad It Rusts After One Year
Recently, a video surfaced on mainland media platforms, claiming that a Japanese automaker is trying to “cross the river by feeling the stones” with...
Trump Says He’s Considering an Executive Order to Reclassify Marijuana
President Donald Trump said on Dec. 15 that he’s considering an executive order to reclassify marijuana out of Schedule I of the Controlled Substances...