appConfigEntityId

bodyType

customContents

entityId

entityUuid

isVideo

articlePageQuery

article

articleSchemaContent

content

hooksArticlePageAdvertisementConfigArticle

appConfig

filter

json

liveArticle

SCMP

We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. ‘Disaster’: Egyptian exhibition at Hong Kong museum descends into chaos

2. ‘Limited alternatives’: why Japan will struggle to replace China’s tourists

3. Malaysia’s poorest state prepares a poll shock for the prime minister

4. China team simulates large-scale electronic warfare against Musk’s Starlink

5. Singapore minister apologises to Hong Kong government after ‘idiots’ insult



Singha beer dynasty scandal, Malaysia’s sunken missile deal: 7 Asia highlights

Chinese coal mine accident, Cathay Pacific flight turbulence: 5 weekend reads you missed

Selfies and symbolism: behind the scenes from Xi’s summit with Trump and Putin

Leaders Xi, Putin meet over tea; rare earth find in northeast China: SCMP’s 7 highlights

SCMP Highlights

Hong Kong Egyptian exhibition chaos, Japan’s tourism debacle: 5 weekend reads you missed

Anthropoid coffins are among the artefacts being displayed at Hong Kong Palace Museum. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hours-long lines formed at the Hong Kong Palace Museum on Saturday for “Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums”. Photo: Handout

Tourists take pictures with Mount Fuji in the background in Yamanashi prefecture, Japan. China has issued several travel warnings urging its citizens to avoid Japan amid a diplomatic row over Taiwan. Photo: AFP

Sabah’s vote is seen as a litmus test of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s “Madani” coalition. Photo: Yonhap/AFP

An antenna of the Starlink satellite-based broadband system donated by the US tech billionaire Elon Musk stands in Izyum, Kharkiv region, in September 2022 amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: AFP

David Neo addresses a jubilant Singapore dressing room after their win over Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Tougher English rules daunting for many Hong Kong BN(O) holders: veteran teacher

Britain launched the BN(O) migration pathway in January 2021 in response to the Beijing-imposed national security law. Photo: AFP

Why US tariff refunds are now a very real possibility … and a giant ‘mess’

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

John Ellis, president of Optics For Hire, which designs laser and related systems. Photo: Handout

Josh Salazar, CEO of Dirtbag Brands, works on a vehicle. His company makes accessories for off-road vehicles. Photo: Handout

Co-owner of Tennessee-based Vol Case and Container, Matteo Valles, right, and two employees, with a box of military equipment being shipped to Europe. Photo: Handout

Ferry smashes into Hong Kong’s Central Pier, damaging structure

Safery barriers have been erected at Central Pier No 5. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Japan man wins US$3.8 million lottery, hides windfall from wife, lives in secret luxury

An elderly man in Japan who won US$3.8 million in the lottery hid his windfall from his family and lived a life of secret luxury. Photo: Shutterstock

The man’s lucky lottery ticket. He decided to keep his intensely frugal wife in the dark over his win. Photo: QQ.com

The elderly man pretended to live as normal, but was spending large amounts of money in secret. Photo: QQ.com

Mount Fuji beyond the skyline of Tokyo, the city in which the couple lived a frugal life before the lottery win changed everything. Photo: Getty Images

Before his windfall, the retired man, only identified as “S”, used to spend his days reading in a coffee shop. Photo: Getty Images

China’s Shenzhou 20 debris crisis: a catalyst for space war – or peace?

A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert, in northwest China on April 24. Photo: AFP

News

World

From Malaysian state’s political fight to Chinese team simulating electronic warfare, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From Malaysian state’s political fight to Chinese team simulating electronic warfare, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.


Hong Kong Egyptian exhibition chaos, Japan’s tourism debacle: 5 weekend reads you missed

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From Malaysian state’s political fight to Chinese team simulating electronic warfare, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. ‘Disaster’: Egyptian exhibition at Hong Kong museum descends into chaos

From Malaysian state’s political fight to Chinese team simulating electronic warfare, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend