How sex tourists from Japan, China and beyond are stealing Lao girls’ future
Published: 11:36am, 14 Oct 2025Updated: 11:37am, 14 Oct 2025 In a quiet corner of the Lao capital Vientiane, an unremarkable compound conceals a dark...
Hong Kong’s summer flu season very active, may last until November: expert
Published: 11:35am, 14 Oct 2025Updated: 11:40am, 14 Oct 2025 Hong Kong’s current summer flu season is much more active than last winter’s and is...
Typhoon Elsie batters Hong Kong in 1975, leaving 50 hurt – SCMP archive
This article was first published on October 15, 1975. Direct hit – but Elsie’s harmless Hong Kong on Wednesday (October 15, 1975) began to...
‘Take it to heart’: why Japan’s atom-bombed cities want Trump to visit
Published: 11:00am, 14 Oct 2025Updated: 11:10am, 14 Oct 2025 The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have urged US President Donald Trump to visit their...
Europe’s 3-body problem: collapsing global order sparks hunt for new trajectory
Everywhere they look these days, Europe’s politicians see chaos. Advertisement The United States is helping to trash the global order it built in its...
How Hong Kong teen’s struggle with anxiety led to student mental health campaign
Published: 10:15am, 14 Oct 2025Updated: 10:59am, 14 Oct 2025 A Hong Kong student who once struggled with anxiety and perfectionism has turned her experience...
China and US held ‘working-level talks’ on Monday despite trade spat
Published: 9:51am, 14 Oct 2025Updated: 10:35am, 14 Oct 2025 Beijing and Washington conducted working-level talks on Monday despite a renewed escalation in trade tensions,...
‘Bad actor’ fears prompt Japan to review foreign-owned land sales
Japan has launched a study into how foreign governments regulate the sale of land and property to non-citizens, with analysts suggesting that lax existing...
Better public awareness of coral will help preserve our natural bounty
Last March, I took a group of students to the Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park, where we embarked on a chilly snorkel across one...