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Asian cinema: Korean films
How Colony features a new kind of zombie to reflect modern fears
Director Yeon Sang-ho of Train to Busan fame explains how AI and social media anxiety inspired the zombies in his new horror film.
19 May 2026 - 8:55PM
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North Korea
South Korea’s Lee hails ‘deep friendship’ as he hosts Japan’s Takaichi in hometown
19 May 2026 - 6:54PM
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Semiconductors
Does China’s rapid chipmaking expansion threaten the global AI memory chip boom?
19 May 2026 - 5:30PM
Electric & new energy vehicles
AI
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China’s Ganfeng secures orders amid surge in demand for energy storage, AI boom
Company says its orders are booked through the first half of 2027 as it plans to increase production volume by 50 per cent next year.
19 May 2026 - 5:00PM
SCMP Highlights
Singaporeans’ work ethic, South Korea’s AI ‘goddess’: 7 Asia highlights
From Southeast Asia’s climate hazards to South Korea’s AI ‘baseball goddess’, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.
19 May 2026 - 12:52PM
Environment
Letters
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Naphtha shock must spur East Asia to cut its plastics reliance
Readers discuss a potential positive consequence of Middle East volatility, the Russian leader’s coming visit to Beijing, and AI’s impact on China’s real economy.
19 May 2026 - 11:30AM
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Starbucks
Starbucks Korea boss loses job after ‘Tank Day’ promotion misfires
Sohn Jeong-hyun was fired following public anger over the campaign that was seen as mocking the anniversary of the Gwangju uprising.
19 May 2026 - 3:48PM
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Hong Kong economy
Hong Kong finance chief woos French wealth managers as European tour starts
Paul Chan, who arrived in Paris on Monday, met representatives of French asset management association and think tank Asia Centre in Paris, sources say.
19 May 2026 - 8:30AM
Samsung Electronics
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Samsung strike could cost South Korea $66.7 billion
50,000 workers are set to begin an 18-day strike on May 21 at the world’s largest memory chipmaker, Samsung Electronics.
18 May 2026 - 10:21PM
Semiconductors
CXMT’s soaring profits lift China’s semiconductor stocks
The Hefei-based DRAM producer reported revenue of US$7.4 billion in the first quarter, up 719 per cent from a year earlier.
18 May 2026 - 7:05PM
Robotics
Video
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Robo-monks lead Seoul’s Lotus Lantern Festival
South Korea’s Lotus Lantern Festival, or Yeon Deung Hoe, was added to Unesco’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2020.
18 May 2026 - 6:35PM
Samsung Electronics
South Korea weighs the cost of stepping into Samsung’s US$400,000 bonus row
Seoul is considering using a rarely used emergency power to halt a strike that could cost the economy US$67 billion.
18 May 2026 - 10:57PM
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Asia housing and property
The View
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Japan no longer Asia’s only rental housing market attracting investors
While Japan remains the most developed market, property investors are finding new opportunities elsewhere in the region.
18 May 2026 - 5:33PM
SCMP Highlights
Trump’s China trip assessed, South Korea’s AI problem: 5 weekend reads
From how Trump’s trip to Beijing measured up to South Korea’s deepfake epidemic, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.
18 May 2026 - 12:30PM
China stock market
Chinese tech stocks buck regional trend, regain momentum after Xi-Trump meeting
Despite sell-offs in the Asia-Pacific region, investors continue to bet that China’s technology stocks will extend their blistering run.
18 May 2026 - 4:59PM
North Korea
North Korea to turn southern border into ‘impregnable fortress’
Experts say the plans reflect awareness of drone and other types of hi-tech warfare amid the Russia-Ukraine and Iran conflicts.
18 May 2026 - 11:37AM
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Samsung Electronics
South Korea weighs arbitration to avoid Samsung semiconductor plant strike
The world’s largest memory chipmaker and its South Korean labour union will resume pay talks on Monday with a government mediator.
17 May 2026 - 11:18PM
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US, Israel war on Iran
Drone strike sparks fire on edge of UAE nuclear power plant complex
UAE investigates the source of drone attack, as Trump warns the ‘clock is ticking’ for Iran.
18 May 2026 - 3:02PM
North Korea
North Korean footballers arrive in South, match tickets sell out
The rare visit comes as North Korea has in recent years labelled the South its ‘most hostile state’.
18 May 2026 - 11:33AM
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Thailand
Face forward: why Thailand is the next big thing in beauty trends
The T-beauty industry is growing by 5 per cent each year and is estimated to be worth over US$10 billion by 2030.
17 May 2026 - 1:37PM
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China-Asean relations
Asian Angle
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China offers Southeast Asia clear advantages in nuclear power
With its experience in exporting nuclear reactors, China can offer long-term energy security and technological upgrades.
17 May 2026 - 12:00PM
Artificial intelligence
Reality deficit: how South Korea lost the plot on AI
A viral ‘baseball goddess’, a wolf that never was and a deepfake epidemic. Generative AI is rewriting South Korea’s reality.
17 May 2026 - 11:00AM
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Vietnam
Vietnam’s US$5 billion Apec island is running out of time
Phu Quoc is a test case for Vietnam’s build-fast model. But with 18 months to go, the island is short of workers, diesel and hotel rooms.
17 May 2026 - 8:00AM
Asia travel
From Hamburg to Hong Kong, the art of the tourist nap explained
The culturally immersive and sensory-rich siesta – for a uniquely restorative travel experience.
17 May 2026 - 8:00AM
Seoul
South Korea uses AI to prevent suicides, track crime on Seoul’s Han River bridges
AI sounds an alarm if it identifies a person staying for more than 300 seconds in a bridge’s ‘loitering zones’, allowing humans to swoop in.
16 May 2026 - 10:56AM
History
Opinion
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The West was never the whole world. It’s time to move on
As Asia reclaims its roots, the burden of reinvention now falls on the West. Its brief era of supremacy was a historical aberration.
17 May 2026 - 9:25AM
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2026 Xi-Trump summit
Trump and his CEOs want China’s business – but has Asia moved on?
The US delegation went to Beijing looking for deals, but a ‘super cycle’ of capital expenditures across Asia is already fuelling enormous growth.
16 May 2026 - 6:03AM
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Mainland China
Being Chinese
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How to deal with this ‘very Chinese time’ in Western lives
The question is not whether outsiders are getting China or Chinese culture right, but what we choose to do with their attention.
16 May 2026 - 5:30AM
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