Japan and South Korea clash over islets as old grievances resurface
Published: 1:00pm, 16 Dec 2025Updated: 1:39pm, 16 Dec 2025 Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s revival of Tokyo’s claim to islets whose symbolic weight far...
Australia Expands Pacific Policing Hub Amid Concerns Over Increasing CCP Police Activities
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) will significantly boost its commitment to a security initiative in the Pacific region amid the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP)...
Hong Kong shipping baron’s nephew buys US$9.6 million flat in Repulse Bay
A nephew of the late Hong Kong shipping tycoon Y.K. Pao has bought a HK$75 million (US$9.6 million) luxury flat in Repulse Bay, continuing...
Taiwan moves to tighten conscription rules after high-profile draft dodging
Taiwan has moved to tighten conscription rules after a string of high-profile cases involving celebrities and young men who falsified their medical records to...
US boat strikes kill 8 in eastern Pacific, adding to drug war death toll
Published: 11:43am, 16 Dec 2025Updated: 2:46pm, 16 Dec 2025 The US military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in...
US boat strikes kill 8 in eastern Pacific, adding to drug war death toll
Published: 11:43am, 16 Dec 2025Updated: 2:46pm, 16 Dec 2025 The US military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in...
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
FinanceAsia’s editorial team picks five of the biggest stories from the year across M&A, ECM, digital assets and Trump’s tariffs. Read More
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...