Ed discusses the extradition of former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte to the Hague, why the Indonesian middle class is shrinking, and a new survey puts the South Korea education sector under ...

A new world order is emerging, with geopolitical convulsions not seen in decades. But no one yet knows the shape it will take nor how it will unfold. Multipolarity though seems to be the word ...

HANOI-Seething international tensions over the South China Sea have struck an unlikely victim in Vietnam: children’s dolls. These popular playthings have been pulled from shops over a facial ...

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Chinese tea chain Chagee has once again landed in hot water with Malaysia’s censorious consumers after its mobile app displayed a map with Beijing’s disputed nine-dash line claim over the ...

Google agreed to pay $28 million to settle a class action lawsuit claiming that it favored white and Asian employees by paying them more and putting them on higher career tracks than other workers.

The news for some of Southeast Asia’s big stock exchanges has not been great lately. Since mid-September 2024, the Jakarta composite index has declined by around 18 percent. On March 18, it ...

We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our ...

Member states must spend more, better and European, EU Commissioner for Defence Andrius Kubilius and the EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas urge in a draft of the upcoming White Paper on the Future of ...

Plus, the Seoul Museum of Art readies two new branches, and updates from the Gulf.

KOH SAMUI, Thailand -- "'The White Lotus' will put Thailand, and particularly Koh Samui, back on the map," says Jasjit Assi, general manager of the Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui, a hotel in the ...

WASHINGTON : Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg held meetings at the White House with Trump administration officials on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the matter.