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Prime Minister Kim Min-seok
North Korea
North Korean footballers arrive in South, match tickets sell out
North Korea has labelled the South its ‘most hostile state’ and ruled out reunification, while South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has called for improved ties.
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Thailand
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China-Asean relations
Asian Angle
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China offers Southeast Asia clear advantages in nuclear power
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
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
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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
Electric & new energy vehicles
Peugeot, Jeep take on Chinese rivals with new models using local EV tech
Peugeot and Jeep are following in the footsteps of Hyundai Motor’s Ioniq to regain lost ground in mainland China.
15 May 2026 - 10:20PM
The Philippines
Western powers ramp up support for Philippines’ Luzon economic hub
Eight more countries will invest in the project as they accelerate regional trade diversification in sectors ranging from AI to energy.
15 May 2026 - 7:07PM
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China-Latin America relations
China restores US beef trade amid Trump-Xi summit, alarming Brazilian exporters
Beijing’s renewal of import licences for US beef plants comes as Brazil nears its annual quota cap and scrambles for alternative markets.
15 May 2026 - 4:46AM
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Crime in Hong Kong
Truck driver arrested after accident leaves 1 highway worker dead, 5 others hurt
Truck hit back of worker’s patrol vehicle parked in closed slow lane of Cheung Tsing Highway, which then struck minivan carrying South Korean tourists.
15 May 2026 - 12:17AM
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2026 Xi-Trump summit
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Trump-Xi summit puts US vulnerabilities on display
China weaponising rare earths turned the tables on Trump, showing how unprepared Western governments and firms were for a full trade war.
14 May 2026 - 8:30PM
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Technology
Samsung union’s strike threat fuels fears of South Korea’s economic slowdown
The AI boom and SK Hynix’s profit-sharing arrangement with its workers have reportedly galvanised Samsung’s biggest union to take action.
14 May 2026 - 5:00PM
SCMP Highlights
Hong Kong parks as gyms, vegetarian omakase: 7 Lifestyle highlights
From a Hong Kong coach turning parks into gyms to vegetarian omakase in Vancouver, here are five stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.
15 May 2026 - 6:33AM
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China stock market
AI
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Chinese chip ETFs pause trading as they warn of soaring premium risks
With two funds trading at least 30 per cent above net asset values, the large premiums would trigger sell-offs when sentiment turns.
14 May 2026 - 3:59PM
Japan
Japan-South Korea ‘comfort women’ row stoked by statues abroad
The removal of wartime sex slave memorials in Germany and New Zealand has electrified certain LDP hardliners, risking a diplomatic rift.
14 May 2026 - 8:00AM
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Semiconductors
Chinese memory module makers ramp up production with new CXMT DRAM
Founded in 2016, CXMT is widely regarded as China’s only domestic DRAM maker to have achieved mass production.
14 May 2026 - 7:30AM
Diplomacy
Opinion
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North Korea is not Iran. The same pressure tactics won’t work
North Korea’s nuclear reality and the overlapping interests of the US, China and Russia make tension reduction a prerequisite.
14 May 2026 - 8:08AM
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Hong Kong transport
HK Express cuts surcharge by 12.8% as fuel prices ease amid Mideast war
Adjustment follows similar moves by Cathay Pacific and Hong Kong Airlines, which have both announced reductions in fuel surcharges.
13 May 2026 - 9:09PM
War and conflict
‘Like whale bones’: South Korea’s war memorial sparks conflict over symbolism
Critics argue the Korean war memorial should not be in a space in Seoul long associated with pro-democracy protests and its imperial past.
13 May 2026 - 5:12PM
2026 Xi-Trump summit
Leaving so soon? US, China hold briefest trade talks yet before leaders’ summit
The two delegations met in Seoul’s Incheon Airport, spoke for a few hours and skipped the press conferences typically held after earlier sessions.
13 May 2026 - 5:14PM
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Extreme weather
South Korea adds ‘extreme heat emergency’ to first major alert update in decades
Over the past five years, the average number of heatwave days and tropical nights has surged nearly threefold compared to the 1970s.
13 May 2026 - 3:17PM
China trade
Asia needs ‘institutional toolbox’ to survive global shocks, China experts warn
Ahead of Trump’s China visit, experts at an RCEP forum discuss a supply-chain overhaul, looking to insulate the world’s biggest trading bloc.
13 May 2026 - 4:42PM
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Defence
South Korea signals ‘phased’ support for US-led Hormuz mission after ship attack
Defence Minister Ahn said the support could include political backing, personnel dispatches and sharing of information and military assets.
13 May 2026 - 2:40PM
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2026 Xi-Trump summit
China and US teams race to find easy summit deliverables at meeting in Seoul
The two sides will seek to ‘iron out any last-minute issues’ in single day of talks, economist says.
13 May 2026 - 1:09PM
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