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Supporters of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold Indian flags at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, in 2019. Photo: Reuters

Politics

Anti-South Asian online hate surges in US under Trump 2.0, study finds

Trump’s immigration crackdown and economic anxiety have led to a spike in racist posts targeting South Asians, especially on X.

South Korea hits back at Trump’s investment claims in ‘tit-for-tat move’

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Indonesia’s Prabowo appoints new police chief following scandals at the force

Politics

Why Japan is looking to Ukraine’s front lines to overhaul its defences

A senior Japanese politician is in Kyiv to study battlefield drone tech as Tokyo seeks low-cost ways to counter rising regional threats.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (right) meets Japanese lawmaker Itsunori Onodera at the Foreign Ministry in Kyiv on Wednesday. Photo: by Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images
A Ukrainian soldier prepares a drone in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, in September. Photo: AP
A ground drone operates in the frontline town of Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine in August. Photo: Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade/AP

Health & Environment

A third of Singaporeans open to nuclear energy’s potential, highest in Asean

Singaporeans’ wider support for nuclear power was due to a lack of green energy sources aside from solar in the city state, an analyst says.

People

Indian pride swells as flydubai pilot who saved 174 lives hailed as hero

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Smit Machchhar for unlocking the cockpit door to avert a crash after his co-pilot’s attack.

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Health & Environment

Philippines’ uranium find a ‘vital’ boost for nuclear energy ambitions

The discovery of uranium-bearing minerals in Luzon comes as the country explores integrating nuclear power into its future energy mix.

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A motorcyclist drives past the South Luzon Thermal Energy Power Plant in Calaca, Batangas, in the Philippines in October 2025. Photo: AP
Workers installing solar panels on the roof of a house in Kawit, the Philippines, in June. Photo: Reuters

Politics

Border mine blasts show why both Koreas urgently need to restore communication

With North Korea stepping up fortification works along the border, constant contact is needed to avoid accidental clashes, experts say.

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Lifestyle & Culture

Indonesia targets free public schooling amid funding concerns

Education experts question where the money will come from, and urge the government to focus on improving the quality of learning.

Economics

Southeast Asia faces ‘sleeper’ food crisis from Hormuz fertiliser bottleneck

The Middle East shipping gridlock risks a regional hunger crisis unless Asean resists export controls and pushes a US-Iran deal, experts say.

A digital display tracks shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz in May. The choke point carries about one-third of the world’s seaborne fertiliser trade, where ongoing conflict has driven supply bottlenecks and price surges. Photo: AFP

People

Seoul residents up in arms over school for North Korean defectors

Opposition from residents in Gangseo district has led the principal of Yeomyung School to kneel and beg for acceptance.

Young North Korean defectors study in a classroom of Yeomyung School in Seoul, South Korea in November 2005. Photo: AP
Young North Korean defectors study in a classroom of Yeomyung School in Seoul, South Korea in November 2005. Photo: AP

Lifestyle & Culture

Can India curb childhood obesity by banning junk food near schools?

The proposal will not be effective on its own, parents and experts say, calling for more comprehensive measures.

People

Behind closed doors, fatal beating exposes Malaysia’s secret school dorm rules

The fatal beating of a 14-year-old student reveals how informal disciplinary rules continue to operate behind closed boarding school doors.

People

Philippines urged to adopt Malaysia’s lasting tourism strategy

Senators say changing national taglines with every election wastes resources and dilutes global recognition.

A “Love The Philippines” tourism sign at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City in March. Photo: Wikipedia

Politics

Malaysia’s Mahathir in hospital for observation a day after wife’s death

The former prime minister’s office says it is waiting for the diagnosis from his doctors.

Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad pays his last respects to his late wife, Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, during a prayer ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Photo: EPA
Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad pays his last respects to his late wife, Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, during a prayer ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Photo: EPA

People

Can pay-as-you-earn funding fix Southeast Asia’s higher education debt problem?

A Singapore scheme linking tuition to graduate income is testing if private finance can fill the ‘missing middle’ in regional student loans.

Lifestyle & Culture

From Ed Sheeran to Massive Attack: Gaza rows spark Southeast Asia backlash

With global acts also touring Asia, UK star Ed Sheeran’s concert fallout in the US raises the question of how the saga would play out regionally.

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Economics

Thailand has had enough of foreign tourists behaving badly

Viral misbehaviour, crimes and foreign-ownership scandals are exhausting the patience of a country famous for its hospitality.

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Illustration: Kevin Wong
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Economics

South Korea wants free ‘AI for All’. Is society ready?

Seoul’s roll-out of free, unlimited AI is set to shake up classrooms, careers and crime – for better or worse.

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Health & Environment

Up in smoke: why Southeast Asia failed to halt the haze

Asean was going to eliminate transboundary haze by 2020. What happened?

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Health & Environment

Golden years: in ageing Southeast Asia, growing old is big business

From Singapore to Thailand, private operators and luxury resorts are cashing in, as more retirees seek care on their own terms.

Illustration: Huy Truong
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Economics

South Korea hits back at Trump’s investment claims in ‘tit-for-tat move’

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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has issued a clarification that further negotiations are necessary in the country’s trade deal with the US. Photo: EPA

Southeast Asia

Indonesia’s Prabowo appoints new foreign minister

Indonesia’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir speaks to the media during a press conference following his inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Jakarta on Thursday. Photo: EPA

Southeast Asia

High ‘no-show’ rate of doctors posted to East Malaysia raises alarm

Doctors protest against poor working conditions outside the Sungai Buloh Hospital in Malaysia during the Covid-19 outbreak on July 26, 2021. Photo: AFP

East Asia

Trump touts US$200 billion South Korean energy deal ahead of US midterms

US President Donald Trump (seated) is accompanied by politicians and energy executives during his announcement of South Korean investments on Wednesday. Photo: EPA

Southeast Asia

Kuala Lumpur is world’s most polluted city due to haze, Singapore third

Buildings in the background past the National Monument seen shrouded by haze in Kuala Lumpur on September 21. Photo: AFP
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