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Illustration: Huy Truong

Economics

Asean’s ‘illusion of solidarity’ splinters amid Trump’s tariff threats

While Malaysia calls for a united front, the reality is a race for bilateral deals, with Vietnam leading the charge – as China watches on.

13 Apr 2025 - 12:21PMvideocam

India’s new submarine base targets China’s growing sea power

13 Apr 2025 - 6:00PM

Last chance for diplomacy? US, Iran open decade-defining nuclear talks

12 Apr 2025 - 1:10PM

Lifestyle & Culture

Singapore’s flavour face-off: mainland Chinese cuisine vs local food culture

The rise of Chinese food brands in Singapore and their impact on local cuisine has sparked debates on cultural preservation and coexistence.

12 Apr 2025 - 5:00PM

Chinatown Food Street in Singapore. Many Chinese food and drink operators see Singapore as a useful testing ground. Photo: Shutterstock

Health & Environment

Iran’s meth cartels target Australia via Malaysia’s Port Klang

Experts say crime syndicates from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan are using Malaysia as a transshipment hub for drugs destined for Australia.

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Economics

Desperate measures: can Cambodia’s tariff trim save it from Trump’s trade axe?

Phnom Penh has offered to slash import taxes, but analysts warn it could still miss the mark with a transactional Trump administration.

13 Apr 2025 - 12:00PMvideocam

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Politics

UK carrier strike group set for 8-month collaborative Pacific deployment

In ‘global messaging’ move, 12-nation force set for drills in waters near India, Southeast Asia, South Korea and Japan.

13 Apr 2025 - 8:31AMvideocam

The HMS Prince of Wales (foreground) with F-35B Lightning jets on deck, RFA Tidespring (right) and USS Gettysburg (left). Photo: Handout

Politics

Ukraine keen to end war with Russia soon: foreign minister at diplomacy forum

Kyiv’s Andrii Sybiha and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov both attended the three-day platform in Turkey but were never on the same panel, offering starkly different views on the conflict.

12 Apr 2025 - 10:48PM

Economics

Will Malaysia’s car industry face a Trump-tariff price war from Chinese EVs?

Chinese EV makers, facing US tariffs, are targeting Southeast Asia, threatening Malaysia’s auto industry with steep discounts and potential job losses.

12 Apr 2025 - 3:30PMvideocam

Politics

Indonesia’s Prabowo: Gaza violence undermines world’s rules-based system

Indonesian president says violence and unilateral decisions by the West are only leading the world towards unrest with little say for emerging nations.

12 Apr 2025 - 1:50PMvideocam

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto takes part in a panel discussion during the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on Friday. Photo: Handout

Politics

‘Yoon again’: protesters call for ousted South Korean president’s return

Yoon Suk-yeol’s downfall seen among his supporters as not just a political misstep, but also a setback in country’s battle against communism.

12 Apr 2025 - 9:28AMvideocam

Former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol shakes hands with his supporters as he leaves the presidential residence on Friday, a week after the country’s top court upheld his impeachment. Photo: Kim Jung-yeop

Politics

World leaders urge Global South inclusion amid US-China tensions, Gaza conflict

World leaders at Turkey’s Antalya Diplomacy Forum urged for greater Global South inclusion and a two-state solution in Gaza, amid rising geopolitical tensions.

11 Apr 2025 - 11:54PMvideocam

Politics

Are Malaysia’s whistle-blower laws protecting the wrong people?

A businessman who exposed alleged corruption is now facing scrutiny himself, raising questions about Malaysia’s anti-graft legal framework.

11 Apr 2025 - 10:28PMvideocam

Politics

Philippines denies health scare after Marcos appears to bleed from gums in video

Speculation about the president’s health was fuelled by footage of Marcos speaking with what looked like blood in his mouth during a speech.

11 Apr 2025 - 7:00PMvideocam

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr speaks at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on April 9. Photo: RTVM

Economics

India speeds up UK, EU trade deals to buffer against Trump’s tariffs

Analysts warn of potential ‘winners and losers’ if deals are rushed – though 90 per cent of the UK deal is already reportedly done.

11 Apr 2025 - 6:30PMvideocam

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (right) shakes hands with her Indian counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman in London on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

Lifestyle & Culture

Japanese worker arrested for mailing used condom to colleague ‘to satisfy urges’

The incident has sparked safety concerns and an investigation into similar cases.

11 Apr 2025 - 5:56PM

Politics

Philippines completes South China Sea resupply run without a hitch

Seventh trouble-free mission to disputed Second Thomas Shoal could be due to the July 2024 arrangement between both sides, analysts note.

11 Apr 2025 - 5:00PMvideocam

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Economics

Asean’s ‘illusion of solidarity’ splinters amid Trump’s tariff threats

While Malaysia calls for a united front, the reality is a race for bilateral deals, with Vietnam leading the charge – as China watches on.

13 Apr 2025 - 12:21PMvideocam

Illustration: Huy Truong

Politics

Myanmar’s double disaster: an earthquake and a heartless junta

As quake survivors dig through the rubble for loved ones with their bare hands, the military bombs villages and seeks diplomatic openings.

7 Apr 2025 - 11:00AMvideocam

Politics

What Duterte’s downfall means for Sara, Marcos and the Philippines

Ex-president Duterte is behind bars in The Hague and his daughter is fighting for political survival. But don’t discount a comeback in 2028.

1 Apr 2025 - 1:55PMvideocam

Lifestyle & Culture

Cosmetic cravings: Asia’s Gen Z risk it all to keep their youthful looks

Young Southeast Asians are running a gauntlet of bootleg botox, fake fillers and clandestine clinics in their quest to defy ageing.

23 Mar 2025 - 7:55AMvideocam

Gen Z beauty seekers appear undeterred by harrowing tales of disfiguring infections, scarring and deaths caused by botulism. Photo: Shutterstock

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LATEST Asia NEWS

South Asia

Bangladesh reintroduces ‘except Israel’ phrase on passports

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Bangladeshi Muslims buy clothes during Ramadan in Dhaka on March 25. Israel is a flashpoint issue in Muslim-majority Bangladesh. Photo: AFP

Health & Environment

Iran’s meth cartels target Australia via Malaysia’s Port Klang

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A ship coming into berth at the container terminal in Port Klang, Malaysia. Iranian meth cartels have been using the port as a key transit hub. Photo: Shutterstock

Politics

India’s new submarine base targets China’s growing sea power

13 Apr 2025 - 6:00PM

A diesel-electric attack submarine of the Indian Navy is seen off the coast of Mumbai in 2019. Photo: Indian Ministry of Defence/AFP

East Asia

‘I can’t go back to US sunscreens’: panicked Americans snap up items from Asia

13 Apr 2025 - 1:38PMvideocam

American consumers are snapping up South Korean sunscreen for its superior quality. Photo: Shutterstock

Military

US looks to South Korea as it tries to revive shipbuilding and catch up to China

13 Apr 2025 - 8:33PM

Collaboration between South Korea’s HHI and American firm HII – both of which already build Aegis-capable destroyers – is seen as having “significant potential”. Photo: EPA-EFE/South Korean Defence Ministry

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Opinion | Decoding Trump’s tariffs and the world’s multipolar future

Ooi Kee Beng

13 Apr 2025 - 10:18AM

Asian Angle | The ‘Tariff Man’ cometh: Vietnam’s misplaced faith in Trump 2.0

Hoang Thi Ha

12 Apr 2025 - 11:00AM

Desperate measures: can Cambodia’s tariff trim save it from Trump’s trade axe?

Maria Siow

13 Apr 2025 - 12:00PM

My Take | Is Trump’s tariff reprieve a false dawn for small Asian nations?

Biman Mukherji

11 Apr 2025 - 10:30AM

Michael Vatikiotis

Opinion | Whose lives matter? Navigating aid and ethics in a divided world

6 Apr 2025 - 3:00PM

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Trash to treasure: Cambodia’s plastic bottle brooms

Spinning plastic into brooms: the Cambodians on a mission to reduce waste

Japan builds world’s first 3D-printed train station

How Japan built a 3D-printed railway station overnight

South Korea’s opposition leader Lee Jae-myung runs for president

South Korea’s presidential front-runner Lee Jae-myung enters leadership race

Will Duterte be convicted by the International Criminal Court?

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