China’s state buyers buttress stock run with US$553 billion in holdings
China’s state buyers have emerged as one of the biggest groups of investors in the nation’s US$12 trillion stock market, underscoring how government support...
China vows faster global roll-out of BeiDou, its GPS rival, to expand ‘friends’
Beijing has pledged to accelerate the global adoption of its home-grown BeiDou satellite navigation system, an alternative to the US-run Global Positioning System (GPS)...
Singapore gives Meta deadline to fight scams as US$776,400 fine looms
The Singapore government has ordered Meta to put in place measures such as facial recognition to curb Facebook impersonation scams in the first such...
Post photographer shares story behind viral Ragasa man-on-bench photo
Post photographer Elson Li did not expect to see anyone when he arrived at the Tseung Kwan O promenade, where raging waves were crashing...
Can South Korea afford to fulfil Trump’s US$350 billion trade demand?
South Korea is digging in as negotiations stall over a US demand for a staggering US$350 billion in direct investments, a condition that critics...
Hong Kong aims to curb storm chasing after mother and son hospitalised in Ragasa
Published: 12:56pm, 25 Sep 2025Updated: 1:07pm, 25 Sep 2025 Hong Kong’s security minister will consider new legislation to curb storm chasing after a woman...
China’s Hengrui gets boost from fifth drug-licensing deal of year
Shares in Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, China’s largest drug maker by market value, got a boost on Thursday after it announced its fifth licensing deal...
South Korean woman accused of cutting off husband’s genitals denies murder bid
A woman in South Korea has denied attempted murder charges in her first court appearance after she allegedly sliced off her husband’s genitals and...
TSMC unveils AI-designed chips to cut energy use
The computing chips that power artificial intelligence consume a lot of electricity. On Wednesday, the world’s biggest manufacturer of those chips showed off a...