January 2026 – Page 151 – From Inside Asia

China expels former intelligence official Gao Yichen from Communist Party for corruption

Former top Chinese intelligence official Gao Yichen has been expelled from the Communist Party for corruption after being accused of receiving bribes and interfering...

by Xinlu Liang January 20, 2026

World

Seoul airport ‘suicide flight’ threat sparks police manhunt in South Korea

Police in South Korea are hunting a person claiming to be a commercial pilot who threatened to carry out a “suicide flight” over Seoul’s...

by SCMP’s Asia desk January 20, 2026

Business

China’s CMOC to raise $1.2bn in convertible notes

Proceeds from the one-year zero coupon guaranteed bonds will be used to support the non-ferrous metal company’s overseas business. Read More

by Ryan Li January 20, 2026

Vietnam

Việt Nam’s Vested Interest in Myanmar’s Sham Election

Across the blood-stained landscape of Myanmar, a carefully choreographed political theater is unfolding under the guise of the 2025-2026 general election. This process, orchestrated...

by Aerolyne Reed January 20, 2026

US Politics

Trump Attends College Football Championship in Florida

President Donald Trump attended the College Football Playoff National Championship in Miami alongside his daughter, Ivanka, and four of his grandchildren on Jan. 19....

by FIA Staff January 20, 2026

World

Porpoise with stillborn calf found in Hong Kong waters

A female porpoise found in Hong Kong waters is believed to have died while giving birth. Researchers from the University of Hong Kong’s Swire...

by Leopold Chen January 19, 2026

World

Hong Kong inquest verdict into ferry crash ‘will be ellipsis … not full stop’

Alice Leung Shuk-ling has spent more than a decade seeking the truth behind a ferry crash in 2012 that killed her younger brother and...

by Fiona Chow January 19, 2026

World

South Korea probes if spies funded drones flown into North by student

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday ordered an investigation into claims that the country’s military intelligence command supported a civilian accused of...

by Park Chan-kyong January 19, 2026

News

New Zealand Minister Blames ‘Ethnic Vacuum Cleaner’ for Stripping Beaches of Sea Life

Growing concern over people stripping beaches of sea life has motivated New Zealand’s government to look at ways of preventing the practice, but since...

by Rex Widerstrom January 19, 2026