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The Martial Law Crisis: How Military Disobedience Helped Save South Korea’s Democracy
Lower-ranking soldiers, through acts of disobedience, played a crucial role in stopping an undemocratic power grab. That holds lessons that extend beyond South Korea.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:
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Hong Kong slams Washington over port fees for Chinese vessels docking in US
Government condemns ‘bullying acts’ after Trump’s administration announces fees on vessels owned, operated or constructed by Chinese companies.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Southeast Asia’s Quiet Revolt Against the Dollar: Should the US Be Worried?
The shift away from the U.S. currency is still in its early days, but the era of unquestioned dollar supremacy may be gradually drawing to a close.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Bhutanese Refugees Deported From the US Find Themselves Stateless Once More
A former refugee, legally resettled in America after exile from Bhutan 30 years ago, has been sent back decades later as Trump’s anti-immigration agenda revives old horrors.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:As US Decouples, China Strengthens Biotech Ties With Japan
From joint ventures to licensing deals, biotechnology is emerging as a strategic bridge between China and Japan.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Is there a ‘silver lining’ for China in the tariff war with the US?
Donald Trump’s trade war may offer Beijing a chance to build bridges with Europe and its Asian neighbours and bolster its image internationally.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Hong Kong temperatures set to reach 30 degrees Celsius on Monday
Observatory says humid conditions and a few showers expected over the weekend.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:The ‘Trump Doctrine’ and South Korea’s Geopolitical Balancing Act
Can South Korea become a geopolitical swing state?
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Tariffs, Trade Wars, and Asian Geopolitics
How sustainable is this trade war?
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Woman brain-dead after Paris cryotherapy session goes wrong
A nitrogen leak in a closed space could lead to oxygen depletion.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Hong Kong restaurants brace for 25% drop in business due to Easter exodus
But holiday prediction not all bad, as more mainland tourists expected, according to catering industry leader Simon Wong.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Port to deep space: China’s ‘hopeless’ satellites create first Earth-moon nav-com network
DRO-L, DRO-A and DRO-B finally form a communication and navigation system spanning from low Earth orbit to distant retrograde orbit.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:The Danger of a Trump Doctrine for Taiwan
This new doctrine of dominating the Western Hemisphere while scaling back commitments elsewhere in the world could leave Taiwan dangerously exposed – unless Taipei takes action.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Hongkongers eyeing US universities despite student visa crackdown: consultants
US has become a less popular destination in recent years, but some parents still drawn to quality of universities.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Balochistan’s War on Journalism: When Truth-telling Becomes a Death Sentence
Balochistan has long been the most deadly place in an already dangerous country for journalists. Here, speaking truth to power isn’t just risky; it is often fatal.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Philippine man nailed to cross for 36th time to mark Good Friday
The man, 64, was nailed to a cross for his 36th time amid warnings of temperatures reaching dangerous levels.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:China to host Indonesia for top-level diplomacy, defence talks in pivot to Southeast Asia
The ‘2+2’ discussions are a ministerial first for Beijing and part of a bigger regional strategy.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Apple’s China smartphone shipments fall in first quarter ahead of Trump’s tariffs
Apple was the only top-five-ranked smartphone vendor in China to record a drop in shipments last quarter.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Tesla can’t make Optimus robot for US$20,000 without China, humanoid experts say
As US-China trade war tariffs bite, mass production of Tesla’s Optimus ‘likely to be put on hold’, threatening Elon Musk’s plans, according to Chinese industry insiders.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:What Did US Businesses Have to Say About Trump’s Tariffs?
Before the tariffs, businesses took advantage of a public comment period to lay out the dangers of a trade war. It seems clear that the Trump administration didn’t take their concerns into account.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:What Top Chinese Economists Think of Trump’s Tariffs
China’s academic and policy circles see economic and diplomatic opportunities amid the crisis of Washington’s trade war.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Maga and the alarming parallels with China’s Cultural Revolution
Trump is purging officials, persecuting intellectuals and burnishing his cult of personality. If reason prevails, Americans will reject this.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post wins 76 awards at news design competition
Post’s medal haul includes three gold, seven silver and 20 bronze awards at Best of News Design Creative Competition.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Modi and Musk talk India-US tech collaboration
Modi said he discussed with Musk India's potential to collaborate with the US on technology.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:The World Shouldn’t Turn Away From the Rohingya Community
“I fear it is becoming more difficult to get people to pay attention.”
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:How US could use pipelines, Russian assets to tame EU
Reuters reported earlier this month that the latest version ofTrump’s resource deal with Ukraineincludes an “Easter egg” that would give the US International Development Finance Corporation control over its international gas pipeline between Russia and the EU. This promptedanother Reuters report alleging that French and German firms are open to the possibility of resuming imports […] The post How US could use...
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Tech war: founder of Chinese semiconductor equipment maker AMEC renounces US citizenship
The change of citizenship for AMEC’s Gerald Yin Zheyao, 81, comes amid the escalating tech war between the world’s two largest economies.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Vance, Leavitt face Chinese social media backlash after sweeping Trump tariffs
Eyeliner-based jibes at US vice-president and hypocrisy accusations for press secretary’s ‘made in China’ dresses surge online.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Xi Jinping Declares China’s ‘New Era’ With Cambodia
From crime to canals, more than 30 agreements were signed during Xi's two days in Cambodia.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Vespa love affair: Indonesians turning vintage scooters electric
As Indonesia pushes for more EVs on the roads to curb air pollution, many Vespa lovers are taking part in the revolution.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Malaysia’s Prasarana pulls deodorant ad amid racial insensitivity claims: ‘it stinks’
The ad featured a dark-skinned man with a religious marking and a light-skinned man with body odour, sparking accusations of racial insensitivity.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:In move to avert Trump’s tariff, Indonesia to raise US imports by up to US$19 billion
Indonesia pledges to buy more US energy and agricultural products, and unveil other trade concessions amid a looming 32 per cent tariff.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:What would it take to get China and the US to have trade talks?
Donald Trump says discussions are already under way, but there are few signs of a deal in making.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Mainland manufacturers at Hong Kong trade show look to Middle East as US tariffs bite
Firms exhibiting their products say US is a major market but they are actively diversifying to navigate the impact of Trump’s tariffs.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:SCMP alerts Hong Kong police over bogus lookalike report on tycoon Li Ka-shing
Fake article claims billionaire offered cryptocurrency investment advice during TV news interview.
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