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Man arrested after ‘air-con dispute’ turns violent

A 60-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of slashing a family of three with a knife at a Hong Kong residential estate on Friday morning, with the Post learning…

73 South Koreans repatriated from Cambodia face probe over online scams involvement

Dozens of South Koreans allegedly involved in online scams in Cambodia were returned to South Korea on Friday to face investigations in what was the largest group repatriation of Korean…

3 children accused of setting man on fire in Thailand for a video

Thailand’s police have identified three children aged nine to 15 who are suspected of setting a homeless man on fire in Bangkok and filming their victim’s ordeal. The man, identified…

‘Kamikaze drones’, laser systems: Malaysia to boost defence industry amid ‘uncertain security realities’

The new National Defence Industry Policy aims to reduce Malaysia’s reliance on foreign security and defence technology and bolster long-term domestic industrial capacity.

Wealthy investors’ policy purchases propel Hong Kong life insurance sales to another peak

Life insurance sales in Hong Kong rose 56 per cent in the first nine months of last year to another record as affluent customers continued to buy policies in the…

AI in TMS Improves Logistics

Real-time data insights are transforming logistics performance, driving down costs and improving CO2 emissions management. Adding Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Transport Management Systems (TMS) is set to further enhance the…

Remaining bodies found of 10 killed in Indonesia plane crash

The turboprop plane, chartered by the fisheries ministry, was carrying seven crew members and three civil servants when it lost contact with air traffic control on Jan 17.

Asian CEOs feeling burden of China, US tech restrictions, survey finds

Asian companies are feeling the impact of technology restrictions imposed by the US and China “more acutely” than American firms, and supplier diversification is topping the agenda for CEOs in…

Computing constraints force China’s Zhipu to restrict sign-ups for AI coding service

Zhipu AI, known internationally as Z.ai, is restricting sign-ups for its new flagship artificial intelligence coding product, as existing users face performance issues amid a computing crunch that continues to…

Indonesia’s defence deal with Bosnia signals Asian middle power’s clout

Indonesia has signed a new defence cooperation agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina in a move analysts say marks another step in Jakarta’s bid to expand its security partnerships beyond traditional…

Revisiting the peaks of Nobel laureate Chen-ning Yang’s remarkable career

In the latest instalment of his exclusive series for the South China Morning Post, American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek pays tribute to the mathematical beauty of Yang’s…

Indian wind and solar firm emerges in ranking of world’s greenest corporates

Suzlon Energy Ltd is the second most sustainable company in Asia Pacific, appearing in the Corporate Knights’ Global 100 index for the first time. Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp reclaims the…

Omniva: Handling record-breaking peak volumes also translated into on-time delivery

Omniva delivered a record-breaking total of over 50 million parcels globally, 36 million of these in the Baltics. 

ICE detains 5-year-old in Minneapolis as school officials claim child was used as ‘bait’

A 5-year-old boy arriving home from preschool in Minnesota was taken by federal agents along with his father to a detention facility in Texas, school officials and the family’s lawyer…

Kinpo Group strengthens profitability in 2026, accelerates AI business and ODM transformation

Kinpo Group held its annual year-end party on January 21, during which company chairman Jerry Hsu highlighted that US tariff policies in early 2025 had temporarily stalled the global consumer…

Why Trump’s Davos farce may come to be seen as a watershed

In a week marked by the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s second inauguration as US president and a Davos-based melodrama over his ambitions to own Greenland, it is perhaps timely…

Thai tourism officials say ‘no AI’ for viral Lisa image amid online backlash

Thailand’s tourism authority has denied using artificial intelligence (AI) to produce a viral campaign image of Thai pop star Lalisa “Lisa” Manobal, after the highly polished visual became a lightning…

To Lam wins second term to rule Vietnam through 2030

In the one-party state, Lam was re-elected by all 180 party officials from a newly-formed committee at the end of the five-yearly party congress.