Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund launches in 2000 – from the SCMP archive
This article was originally published on December 2, 2000 By Felix Chan Warning for MPF-dodging bosses Employers were warned on Friday (December 1, 2000),...
‘Weight gain subsidy’: China food tasters share videos, reveal new side to job
Chinese food tasters are going viral by sharing videos that reveal a job much tougher than its dreamy image, even if the task comes...
China halts Brazilian soy imports, disbelief over robot clip: 5 weekend reads
Advertisement SCMP Highlights World From portraits of courage from Hong Kong’s deadly fire to Brazilian soy imports, here are five stories you may have...
Unification Church leader denies knowing about gifts for Kim Keon-hee
The leader of one of South Korea’s largest cultlike churches stood trial on Monday accused of bribing the country’s former first lady with gifts...
Hanwha receives L-SAM production contract
Hanwha Aerospace announced on 28 November that it had received a KRW705.4 billion (US$482 million) contract for production of the Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (L-SAM)...
Soldiers deployed in Sri Lanka, Indonesia as Asian flood toll tops 1,000
Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel on Monday to help victims of devastating flooding that has killed nearly 1,000 people across four countries...
African nations push for recognition of colonial crimes and reparations
Published: 12:41pm, 1 Dec 2025Updated: 1:26pm, 1 Dec 2025 African leaders have made a new push to have colonial-era crimes recognised, criminalised and addressed...
Tropical Storm Deaths Top 600 in Southeast Asia, Over 4 Million Affected
JAKARTA/BANGKOK—The death toll mounted to over 600 from floods and landslides caused by torrential rains across three countries in Southeast Asia, officials said on...
A ‘State Within a State’: Indonesian Minister Sounds Alarm Over Unsupervised Chinese-Owned Airport
A lack of oversight of the operations of a Chinese majority-owned and operated private airport in Indonesia’s nickel-processing region of Morowali poses a potential...