Malaysia crypto event drops Ms Pui Yi as DJ after backlash over adult-content past

Siew Pui Yi DJing at a nightclub event in June. Photo: Instagram / ms_puiyi

A major Malaysian blockchain conference has dropped Siew Pui Yi, an influencer previously known for adult content, as the headline DJ for its official after-party after the country’s digital economy agency withdrew support.
The uproar tapped into a familiar cultural fault line in Muslim-majority Malaysia , putting the country’s push to promote itself as a regional technology and crypto

Philippines seeks coders, hackers for military – will it be ‘a career killer’?

Philippine troops participate in live‑fire exercises during Balikatan, which also involves US soldiers, in Barangay Aporawan, Aborlan, Palawan, in April. Photo: Reuters
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Malaysia’s ‘mobile electorate’ could swing Negeri Sembilan state poll

An aerial view of Port Dickson in Malaysia’s Negeri Sembilan state. Just shy of 890,000 voters are registered to cast their ballots in the state election on Saturday. Photo: Shutterstock

Malaysia ’s Negeri Sembilan state heads to the polls on Saturday, but a growing portion of its young workers – and their votes – are based elsewhere.

Leaving home was never Ammar Idlan Hassan’s long-term plan, but better pay and stronger career prospects eventually drew the 27-year-old project engineer away from Seremban, the state capital.


How a Chinese model stopped a cyberattack when US guard rails failed

OpenAI admitted its latest flagship models – including GPT-5.6 Sol and an unreleased, “even more capable” system – recently breached Hugging Face’s infrastructure after escaping its testing sandbox. Photo: Reuters

Wei Wei is the former chief correspondent of the Eurasian bureau of China Central Television, based on Moscow, covering events in the states of the former Soviet Union.

An American company found itself under attack by American artificial intelligence systems. Its unlikely rescuer was a Chinese AI model.

It sounds like a Hollywood science fiction film. It’s not.

During an internal

Hong Kong internet personality ‘Mr Ho’ dies at 79, week after receiving jail term

A Hong Kong man known on the internet as “Mr Ho” has died, a week after receiving a two-month prison sentence for stabbing his wife.

A source told the South China Morning Post on Tuesday that Ho Huen, 79, had died in a public hospital a day earlier.

Ronson Chan Ron-sing, former chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, also said on social media that Ho had died, citing people close to the deceased.

“He could not survive without being able to eat


Hong Kong steps up support as premium taxi fleets face driver shortage

Premium taxis in an outdoor car park in Tsing Yi. More than 2,000 fleet taxis and about 2,400 drivers are currently in service. Photo: Sam Tsang

A top Hong Kong transport official has pledged to step up efforts to help the city’s premium taxi fleets recruit drivers, conceding that the number of vehicles on the road remains about one-third below target a year after the scheme was launched.

As the five taxi fleets offering premium service marked a year of operations in July, the government said on Tuesday that


China’s rare earth reserves could be much larger than reported: leading geologist

But potential resources at massive Bayan Obo mine in Inner Mongolia do not automatically translate into economically recoverable reserves

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Containing 100 million tonnes of rare earth reserves, the Bayan Obo mine in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region has served as the backbone of China’s rare earth industry for decades. Photo: VCG via Getty Images

The world’s largest known rare earth deposit in northern China could contain far more resources underground than currently reported, according to a leading Chinese geologist.

Containing 100 million tonnes of rare earth reserves , the Bayan Obo mine in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region has served as the backbone of China’s

Hong Kong’s Asean charm offensive bags US$1.5 billion Malaysian bond listing

Dual listing on Bursa Malaysia and HKEX comes as Hong Kong officials further expand financial ties beyond mainland China

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Bursa Malaysia, a Malaysian stock exchange and one of the largest in Asean, in Bukit Kewangan, Kuala Lumpur. Shutterstock

Hong Kong’s push to draw Southeast Asian companies and markets into its financing orbit has scored a milestone, with the Malaysian government preparing to list a US$1.5 billion Islamic bond in the international financial centre later this week.

The dual listing – sold on Bursa Malaysia and Hong Kong Exchanges and

Strong quake hits southern Japan, tsunami alert issued

Authorities say 1-metre waves could hit coastal areas after a maximum-intensity tremor shook the island of Kyushu

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News showing a large quake and possible tsunami wave in southern Japan. Photo: AFP

A strong 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit southwestern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, issuing a tsunami alert.

The tremor at 4.27pm on the island of Kyushu also measured at the


China-made vessel carries record number of EVs in shipment from Shanghai to Europe

An aerial view of new cars prior to export to overseas markets in Shanghai on March 10. Photo: AP

China has shipped a record number of electric vehicles (EVs) overseas from a Shanghai terminal, carried by a new generation of China-built car carrier ships – the latest instance of the country’s products taking on an even larger role in global supply chains.

The Malta-flagged Glovis Nova, a newly delivered vehicle carrier built in China, loaded 7,738 new energy vehicles at Shanghai’s South Port Terminal on Sunday