From geek to chic: Japan PM stuns women’s fashion show with trendy new look
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who is usually known for his geeky image, wowed a fashion show audience this weekend during a surprise appearance...
Chinese man hospitalised after 3-hour childbirth simulation at lover’s request, sues
A man in China has been hospitalised and had part of his small intestine removed after undergoing a painful three-hour childbirth simulation at his...
Have luxury Hong Kong estates made changes a year after Post exposed land grab?
Only a quarter of homeowners at three upmarket Hong Kong estates exposed by a Post investigation have ceased occupying public land a year after...
Standard Chartered to open sixth Hong Kong wealth centre, increase headcount: Mary Huen
Standard Chartered, one of Hong Kong’s three note-issuing banks, will continue to hire additional private bankers and open more new wealth management centres in...
Philippines’ push for Asean-wide prisoner transfer treaty: will it spur reforms?
Corrections officials have thrown their support behind the Philippines’ push for an Asean-wide prisoner transfer agreement, touting it as a step towards stronger regional...
‘Two sessions’ set to unveil China’s top economic priorities for this year
China’s top policymakers will gather in Beijing this week for the annual “two sessions”, the country’s biggest political event, where the National People’s Congress...
Oscars 2025: first Academy Award for Kieran Culkin, wide open race for best picture
This is the start of our live coverage of the 2025 Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles. The Academy Awards, the most coveted honours in...
‘Quick, nice, great’: 5 cancer patients test Hong Kong-made ‘living drug’
Published: 7:30am, 3 Mar 2025Updated: 7:33am, 3 Mar 2025 Retiree Li Chun underwent various treatments for lymphoma for nine years before a new “living...
China watcher Wang Xiangwei on how red tape is stifling growth and why Trump may bring calm
Wang Xiangwei is a veteran China-watcher teaching journalism at Baptist University in Hong Kong, and a former editor-in-chief of the South China Morning Post....