North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister denounced Tokyo’s military expansion, saying ‘we should make it regret’
Man with gun in car arrested at Trump golf course before US president’s visit
A man carrying ammunition and with a gun in his car was arrested on Sunday at US President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course after appearing to monitor security preparations two days ahead of Trump’s fundraiser there, authorities said on Tuesday.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Jeanine John Taele, 38, was taking photos and video and had a 16-round magazine with ammunition in his pocket.
Authorities recovered a loaded pistol in his car. Law enforcement searched his home in the
Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew’s fountain pen valued at US$23,000-US$39,000 up for auction
A silver Montblanc fountain pen owned by Singapore ’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew is up for auction with a starting bid of S$20,000 (US$15,600).
Singapore auction house Hotlotz said on Wednesday that the pen, engraved “SM Lee Kuan Yew”, was previously sold at the Lee Kuan
34% of Hong Kong students win university, diploma spots under admissions system
About 34 per cent of students who applied through Hong Kong’s university admissions system have secured tertiary education places this year, marking a slight drop from last year amid stiffer competition.
When the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (Jupas) results were shared on Wednesday, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the University of Hong Kong (HKU) each said they had offered places to half of the 24 top scorers in this year’s Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) examinations.
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Who are the officers filling the big shoes left behind in PLA anti-corruption drive?
The sweeping anti-corruption drive in China’s military appears to have cleared the way for a new batch of officers to quietly assume de facto leadership of key People’s Liberation Army bodies.
According to a South China Morning Post analysis of official insignia and protocol seating from state media coverage of recent meetings, dozens of fresh commanders have stepped into the roles of their ousted predecessors, positioning them to lead the world’s largest standing army
China’s economic shift may hinge on what migrant workers do next
Zongshuai Fan is a senior policy analyst at Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy, University of Cambridge, whose expertise spans manufacturing and intellectual property.
China’s Politburo has just set the country’s economic priorities for the second half of the year. The meeting took place against the backdrop of gross domestic product growth slowing to 4.3 per cent in the second quarter, its weakest since late 2022 , and an increasingly K-shaped economy
Jamie Oliver wants chewing gum ban – and it sticks with Singaporeans
A recent interview featuring English celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, 51, has struck a chord with Singaporeans, for the unlikeliest of reasons.
On Saturday, British publication The Telegraph uploaded a clip of its interview with Oliver, where he declared that if he could ban one thing, it would be chewing gum.
“I was walking up the street the other day and the whole street was ruined with a patchwork quilt of chewing gum. So I wouldn’t ban a flavour combination, but I would ban chewing gum,
‘Fascinating and smart’: Christopher Nolan interview with China podcaster praised for depth
A deep-dive interview between filmmaker Christopher Nolan and Chinese doctoral student podcaster Zhongshu about his new film, The Odyssey , has gone viral worldwide, amassing over 20 million views.
Building on his Oscar-winning success with Oppenheimer , Nolan has turned his attention to Homer’s Odyssey , a cornerstone of Western literature. His latest film chronicles the Greek hero Odysseus as he embarks on a prolonged journey home to Ithaca following the Trojan War, while his wife and son fend off suitors eager to claim his throne.
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Are Indonesia’s Prabowo and ultra rich ‘9 Dragons’ on a collision course?
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto ’s push to reorganise Southeast Asia’s largest economy around a stronger, more interventionist state has put him increasingly at odds, analysts say, with the country’s so-called Nine Dragons.
Known locally as Sembilan Naga, the label is a loose shorthand for some of Indonesia’s richest tycoon families – many of them Chinese Indonesian – with
Why China’s new sovereign bond sale in Hong Kong is drawing global interest
China’s Ministry of Finance is set to raise 15 billion yuan (US$2.22 billion) through a sovereign bond auction in Hong Kong, tapping international capital just days after the city launched a long-awaited tool designed to help global investors hedge against mainland bond market risks.
The sale marks the fourth tranche of Beijing’s 84 billion yuan sovereign bond programme for the year approved by the State Council , China’s cabinet. The exact tenors and yields would be announced by the Hong