How uneven borders fuel Myanmar’s vast and resilient scam economy
Southeast Asia has become “ground zero” for the global online scamming industry, according to the UN, costing victims billions of US dollars each year....
Myanmar’s junta-backed party wins 90% of seats in first vote phase
Myanmar’s pro-military party has a decisive lead in the first phase of junta-run elections, winning 90 per cent of the lower house seats announced...
New KMT chair hopes to take peace message to Beijing while on Taiwan political tightrope
A plan by the chairwoman of Taiwan’s main opposition party to visit Beijing – where she hopes to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping –...
Why Singapore is betting on international partnerships to help its film industry scale up
A decade ago, Samantha Ong would go to the cinemas in Singapore twice a week. She now goes about once a month, opting instead...
Afghanistan-Pakistan border closure leaves thousands stranded: ‘we miss our parents’
Nearly three months since border clashes prompted the closure of land crossings between Pakistan and Afghanistan, university students, merchants and families are left hanging...
Hong Kong temperatures to dip to 12 degrees Celsius as northeasterly monsoon arrives
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North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles Towards the Sea Off Its East Coast
SEOUL—North Korea fired several ballistic missiles from its capital Pyongyang towards the sea off its east coast at around 7:50 a.m. local time on...
Rubio Warns Cuban Leaders After Maduro’s Capture
Following the U.S. military’s overnight mission in Caracas to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a direct...
China’s wealthy swap real estate for insurance, gold as retirement looms
Since 2020, Li Jiang, a veteran manufacturing entrepreneur from Guangdong, has been selling off his properties one by one – a move that once...