Singapore Airlines incident a year on, Kim watches warship flop: 7 Asia highlights

SCMP | May 26, 2025, 11:22 p.m. | Original

The streets of Jayang-dong, a neighbourhood in Seoul, South Korea, dubbed “Little China”. Photo: Kim Jung-yeop

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The interior of Singapore Airlines flight 321 after an emergency landing at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport on May 21, last year. Photo: Reuters
The interior of Singapore Airlines flight 321 after an emergency landing at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport on May 21, last year. Photo: Reuters
Anwar Ibrahim with his daughter Nurul Izzah. Photo: Instagram/n_izzah
Anwar Ibrahim with his daughter Nurul Izzah. Photo: Instagram/n_izzah
Kim Jong-un visits the Choe Hyon warship at an undisclosed location in North Korea on April 29. Photo: EPA-EFE/KCNA
Kim Jong-un visits the Choe Hyon warship at an undisclosed location in North Korea on April 29. Photo: EPA-EFE/KCNA

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