The Philippines loves Jollibee. Overseas Filipinos love it even more
No fast-food chain has ever meant quite what Jollibee means to Filipinos. Forget McDonald’s and KFC, Jollibee – with its sweet spaghetti and crispy...
In 2011, Hong Kong film actor Alan Tang dies at 62 – SCMP archive
This article was first published on March 30, 2011 by Danny Mok ‘Student Prince’ dies after heart problem Former actor Alan Tang Kwong-wing, known...
Hong Kong passengers caught off guard by new airport limit of 2 power banks
Air passengers departing from Hong Kong have said they were unaware of a new rule limiting the number of power banks they could carry...
Why are smugglers swarming East Africa for ants to send to China and Europe?
For most people, ants are unwelcome guests at a picnic, but international demand for the insects is driving a new black market in East...
As Iran’s drones swarm Gulf, Ukraine’s wartime tech lands billion-dollar deals
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that his country had “undoubtedly changed the geopolitical situation” in the Middle East with a series of...
One rule for Israel and another for Iran risks nuclear disaster
Israel’s avowed goal in the Middle East war is to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Yet the double standard associated with this is...
Malaysia’s Yong Zheng Xi on the ‘95% hard work’ behind his Bridgerton fame
From a law lecture hall to Barbie and later the glitzy ballroom of Bridgerton, Malaysian-born actor Yong Zheng Xi is quietly carving out a...
China proposes a new way to measure academic influence in a departure from impact factor
Chinese researchers have introduced a new methodology for evaluating medical and life science journals worldwide that does not rely on the “impact factor” traditionally...
As Cambodia’s scam crackdown deadline looms, criminal gangs flee
Young, naive and now sleeping rough on a plastic sheet outside their embassy in Phnom Penh, Indonesians Abdul* and Hafiz* are among the expendable...