South Korea aims to criminalise fictional AI pornography after man’s acquittal
South Korea is working to close a legal loophole that allowed people sharing AI-generated pornography featuring fictional personas to go scot-free. The move by...
Man arrested for allegedly doxxing 2 former associates in failed restaurant business
Published: 12:40pm, 11 Aug 2026Updated: 12:41pm, 11 Aug 2026 Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog has arrested a man on suspicion of doxxing a former restaurant...
Malaysian scam kingpin walks free; Lee Kuan Yew’s pen up for auction: 7 Asia highlights
Published: 12:30pm, 11 Aug 2026Updated: 12:37pm, 11 Aug 2026 We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week...
Tesla faces uphill battle for FSD entry as China rewrites self-driving car rules: analysts
The likelihood that US electric vehicle (EV) giant Tesla will obtain Beijing’s approval for higher-level autonomous driving remains a distant prospect, according to analysts....
US swaps ideology for ‘flexible realism’ and hard deterrence in Southeast Asia
Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby has pressed Southeast Asian nations to join a “flexible realism” strategy in the Indo-Pacific, as the United States prioritises...
Tougher than armour, hard as diamond: China’s unbreakable crystal breakthrough
Chinese scientists have created a diamond with no Achilles’ heel – one that cannot be broken, even by a hard knock with a hammer...
How US staged Air Force One departure to hide Trump’s secret exit from Turkey
US President Donald Trump secretly flew out of Turkey last month on a smaller plane than previously known due to an assassination threat from...
SCMP signs 3 MOUs in Malaysia to deepen Hong Kong-Asean regional cooperation
Published: 11:26am, 11 Aug 2026Updated: 11:36am, 11 Aug 2026 The South China Morning Post has signed three memorandums of understanding (MOUs) in Kuala Lumpur...
Why did US defence official Colby avoid mention of Scarborough Shoal in Manila speech?
US Undersecretary of Defence for Policy Elbridge Colby avoided naming Beijing or addressing escalating tensions in the South China Sea during a speech in...