China sellers use AI to clone dive queen Quan Hongchan, top athletes to push products
Egg sellers in China have used artificial intelligence (AI) to clone the country’s diving queen, Quan Hongchan, and other top athletes to sell their...
170 Hong Kong schools to offer extra languages under HK$250,000 subsidy scheme
Published: 8:30am, 1 Sep 2025Updated: 8:37am, 1 Sep 2025 About 170 Hong Kong secondary schools will offer Japanese, Korean, French or other languages as...
The Seoul shuffle: why foreigners are loving and leaving South Korea
Seoul’s neon-lit streets regularly draw throngs of young visitors, eager to soak up the city’s reputation as the global epicentre of K-pop, TikTok trends...
Young Chinese are seeking their fortune in Southeast Asia. Will they find it?
Kent Cai, a Chinese entrepreneur based in the eastern province of Zhejiang, made a major life decision earlier this year by moving abroad to...
As China’s military closes gap on US, economic security becomes the new frontier
Published: 8:00am, 1 Sep 2025Updated: 8:26am, 1 Sep 2025 As next-generation tanks and fighter jets roll past the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Beijing...
South Korean actress Go Min-si denies school bullying allegations
South Korean actress Go Min-si has denied allegations of school bullying, saying that while she was a reckless pupil who enjoyed youthful misbehaviour, she...
Suspect arrested in murder of former Ukraine speaker Parubiy
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said early on Monday that a suspect has been arrested in the murder of former parliamentary speaker Andriy Paruby, a...
Houthi rebels storm UN offices in Yemen, detain employees
Published: 6:32am, 1 Sep 2025Updated: 9:37am, 1 Sep 2025 Iran-backed Houthis on Sunday raided offices of the United Nations’ food, health and children’s agencies...
The ‘godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton on when superintelligence will arrive
Published: 6:00am, 1 Sep 2025Updated: 9:48am, 1 Sep 2025 Geoffrey Hinton is a British-Canadian computer scientist often called the “godfather of AI” because of...