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People collect their belongings from a damaged house following an earthquake off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Health & Environment

Mindanao quake a stark reminder of Metro Manila’s ‘Big One’ threat: experts

Limited evacuation routes in densely populated Metro Manila would make rapid, orderly evacuation a major challenge, disaster planners warn.

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Xi lands in North Korea with denuclearisation likely off the table

Developing | At least 32 dead, 200 injured, after magnitude 7.8 quake hits Philippines

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Australasia

Albanese plans major Australian migration cuts amid falling poll numbers

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation has seized on comparatively high recent net migration as the cause of a housing shortage.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese holds a press conference on Saturday. Photo: AFP
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese holds a press conference on Saturday. Photo: AFP

People

Thai girl, 13, admits killing sister, 7, in fight over toy and mobile phone

The seven-year-old’s body was found in a rubber plantation about 600 metres from her home three days after an argument with her sister.

Politics

Japan museum under fire for ‘rewriting history’ with Nanking ‘incident’ label

Conservatives force the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum to drop the word massacre, a move critics say downplays Japan’s wartime aggression.

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People

Boy, 6, dies in Thailand after attack by grandfather’s monkey, pet released

The family is not pursuing any action over the attack by the long-tailed macaque, which was found by the grandfather as a baby in 2022.

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A long-tailed macaque looks into a motorbike’s mirror near Phra Prang Sam Yot temple, Lopburi, Thailand. Photo: Reuters
A long-tailed macaque looks into a motorbike’s mirror near Phra Prang Sam Yot temple, Lopburi, Thailand. Photo: Reuters

People

Viral petition to expel Rohingya from Malaysia triggers hate speech warning

Rights groups warn hatred risks spilling onto Malaysia’s streets as a petition to expel Rohingya refugees nears half a million signatures.

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East Asia

K-drama stars IU, Lee Dong-wook dragged into South Korean ballot protest

Protesters have called on IU to send coffee to them, in reference to her support during the 2024 rallies against ex-president Yoon.

Politics

Japan prepares to drop its pacifist mask as the right rises

A right-wing parliamentary supermajority is paving the way for Tokyo to amend its post-war pacifist constitution.

Japan Ground Self-Defence Force soldiers walk in front of a Type 88 surface-to-ship missile launcher during military drills in the Philippines on May 6. Photo: Reuters

People

‘We drank seawater’: a refugee’s journey from Myanmar to Malaysia

A Rohingya woman recalls her days adrift at sea and the legal limbo that has defined the 16 years since she reached Malaysia’s shores.

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A wooden boat carrying Rohingya migrants is detained in Malaysian territorial waters off the island of Langkawi, in 2020. Photo: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency/AP
A wooden boat carrying Rohingya migrants is detained in Malaysian territorial waters off the island of Langkawi, in 2020. Photo: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency/AP

Economics

Past failures haunt the Quad’s US$20 billion critical minerals push

The initiative aims to break China’s near-monopoly, but private-sector caution and a history of unfulfilled pledges stand in the way.

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Lifestyle & Culture

What does Singapore lose when the wrecking ball swings?

Relentless reinvention, long inevitable in the land-scare city state, puts pressure on beloved ‘third spaces’.

Politics

Why North Korea’s Kim is doubling down on nuclear might as Xi visit looms

Kim Jong-un has vowed to ‘exponentially’ strengthen North Korea’s nuclear arsenal during a recent visit to a production facility.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (centre, right) inspects a nuclear materials production factory at an undisclosed location on Wednesday. Photo: EPA/KCNA

Health & Environment

How Malaysia’s island paradise became a haven for smugglers

Traffickers exploit Langkawi’s scattered geography and proximity to Thailand to smuggle drugs, fuel and migrants.

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Sunset from Langkawi Island, Malaysia. Photo: Shutterstock
Sunset from Langkawi Island, Malaysia. Photo: Shutterstock

Economics

Most Asia-Pacific firms use AI for tasks without cutting jobs: survey

About 74 per cent of companies surveyed across industries in the Asia-Pacific have deployed or piloted AI programmes.

Economics

Malaysia’s gas-guzzling data centre boom clashes with its clean energy goals

Across Malaysia, dozens of data centres hum around the clock, powered by electricity that increasingly comes from gas-fired turbines.

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Health & Environment

How Malaysia’s island paradise became a haven for smugglers

Traffickers exploit Langkawi’s scattered geography and proximity to Thailand to smuggle drugs, fuel and migrants.

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Sunset from Langkawi Island, Malaysia. Photo: Shutterstock
Sunset from Langkawi Island, Malaysia. Photo: Shutterstock

Politics

Tariffs, war and broken trust: Southeast Asia’s Trump problem

Disillusioned by US unpredictability, the region is learning to diversify – while Trump treats allies as bargaining chips.

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Lifestyle & Culture

Southeast Asia is chasing the AI boom, but at what cost?

A regional dash for digital dominance risks running headlong into an energy crunch and an existential threat to jobs.

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Politics

Beyond bamboo: Vietnam’s To Lam mounts a diplomacy offensive

The security chief turned paramount leader is chasing the markets and capital required to reach high-income status by 2045.

Vietnam’s To Lam waves after shaking hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi before their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on May 6. Photo: EPA
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Health & Environment

How Malaysia’s island paradise became a haven for smugglers

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Sunset from Langkawi Island, Malaysia. Photo: Shutterstock

Health & Environment

Mindanao quake a stark reminder of Metro Manila’s ‘Big One’ threat: experts

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People collect their belongings from a damaged house following an earthquake off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Monday. Photo: Reuters

People

Thai girl, 13, admits killing sister, 7, in fight over toy and mobile phone

Police were called to a village in Sangkhla Buri district, Kanchanaburi province, Thailand, on May 30 after a seven-year-old girl went missing. Photo: Shutterstock

People

Boy, 6, dies in Thailand after attack by grandfather’s monkey, pet released

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A long-tailed macaque looks into a motorbike’s mirror near Phra Prang Sam Yot temple, Lopburi, Thailand. Photo: Reuters

People

Viral petition to expel Rohingya from Malaysia triggers hate speech warning

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Bangladeshi security personnel stand guard beside Rohingya refugees rescued from a Malaysia-bound boat that sank off the coast of Teknaf in 2022. Photo: AFP
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