Daily Asia briefing

China’s military mouthpiece has urged the People’s Liberation Army to speed up integration of artificial intelligence and said AI-driven warfare was at a “turning point” – as seen in the US-Israeli campaign against Iran....

HK Electric, the smaller of Hong Kong’s two electricity suppliers, will cut fuel surcharges for customers in May but has warned that costs could significantly rise later in the year due to the impact of the conflict in t...

As my wife and I quaffed our way through a sumptuous five-course South African wine tasting dinner at the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) early this week, the world food crisis and global food insecurity see...

US interceptions of Iranian-linked tankers in Asian waters suggest Washington’s maritime pressure campaign may be spreading eastward, raising new risks for Southeast Asian states overseeing crucial sea lanes. Analysts sa...

Surveillance footage reveals chaotic scenes in Tehran hospitals during air strikes, with medical staff urgently evacuating patients, including newborns carried in fruit baskets. The ongoing Iran conflict, sparked by Oper...

Pakistani security forces killed 22 alleged militants in Khyber District during an operation that also resulted in the death of a 10-year-old child. This incident occurs amidst a rise in militant attacks, particularly in...

Former Philippine vice-president Leni Robredo’s refusal to seek national office in 2028 has intensified the search for someone to unite the country’s fractured opposition against an early presidential bid by Vice-Preside...

The US government has imposed sanctions on a Cambodian senator alleging he is at the heart of a sprawling scam network, as the Southeast Asian nation comes under intense pressure – including from China – to eliminate a c...

Senator Steve Daines will lead a bipartisan US Congressional delegation to China next week, just ahead of a visit by President Donald Trump. The five-member group will arrive on May 1 and visit Beijing and Shanghai, the...

Tokyo's metropolitan government is allowing employees to wear shorts to work this summer as part of an expanded "Cool Biz" energy-saving initiative. This move aims to combat rising energy costs, exacerbated by the Middle...

Just weeks before US President Donald Trump’s planned visit to Beijing next month, China is sending two giant pandas to Atlanta in what observers describe as a “goodwill gesture” amid persistent tensions that range from...

As Southeast Asian leaders descend on Cebu in the Philippines for the 48th Asean summit on May 8, immediate concerns such as the global energy crunch will top the agenda. Yet a year-end deadline to finalise a long-delaye...

Times of India World is tracking Economy & Trade developments tied to UK couple’s dream home extension turns into “nightmare”, ends in arrest.

Burger King in Japan is tempting franchisees of rival fast-food brands like McDonald’s and Mos Burger by offering them 40 million yen (US$250,000) cashback to jump ship. The offer, under its franchise switching plan, is...

Times of India World is tracking Economy & Trade developments tied to US offers $10 million reward, possible relocation for info on leader of Iran-backed Iraqi armed group.

After two decades of a loveless personal life, a 60-year-old traditional dancer in Japan discovered unexpected late-life love with a protege who is 34 years her junior. In April, the couple made an appearance on the Japa...

Times of India World is tracking Economy & Trade developments tied to After Iran war, can US defend Taiwan from China? Missile stockpile crunch in focus.

The death of a Bangladeshi gaming influencer in an alleged drink-driving crash involving a Malaysian soldier has sparked cries for justice and renewed demands for punitive laws, as anger grows over a second similar fatal...

Although he was already married, a man began dating a domestic helper he was introduced to and later got married to her in Batam, Indonesia. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) caught wind of the bigamy and flagged the case t...

Adamant about retaining its runaway lead in supplying smart driving systems in China, Huawei Technologies plans to invest as much as 80 billion yuan (US$11.7 billion) over the next five years to boost computing power ess...

The farm was said to be the area’s rebound from severe flooding, but it's not fully operational, analysts say.

A young girl in southwest China firmly refused to leave the tombs of her grandparents, who had died within six months of each other, and would sometimes sleep there. A touching video that melted millions of hearts on soc...

A winning bid involving Henderson Land Development to operate a major Hong Kong harbourfront event space has expanded the developer’s footprint in Central to three prime locations, a situation that experts have said coul...

A former executive at MrBeast's media company has filed a federal lawsuit alleging sexual harassment, gender bias, and wrongful termination. Lorrayne Mavromatis claims the company's then-CEO made inappropriate comments a...

National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik condemned US Republicans’ claim that South Korea was discriminating against e-commerce giant Coupang, calling it “interference in domestic affairs”. His remarks followed a letter se...

Playing one last song on a piano that cannot be retrieved from a fire-ravaged home is among the wishes of residents returning to the scene of the deadly Tai Po blaze, with one man climbing stairs on a fractured leg to tr...

Hundreds of alleged Mara Salvatrucha gang members sat chained, shaved and mute as they were accused of murder and torture during a mass trial at El Salvador’s notorious CECOT jail on Thursday. Seated in neat columns of p...

The head of Hong Kong’s City University, Professor Freddy Boey Yin Chiang, has resigned with immediate effect for personal reasons, leaving his post two years earlier than expected. The university expressed its gratitude...

A social media spat has erupted between Twitch streamer Marlon Lundgren Garcia and boxing star Jake Paul. The dispute began when Garcia livestreamed from a football tournament where Jake Paul's fiancée, Jutta Leerdam, wa...