• Chinese police investigating 5 missing teens warn of telecoms crime risk
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from China feed
    Chinese police are investigating at least five cases of teenagers who have gone missing recently and are suspected of being caught up in scam centres, including some who have lost contact with their families after travelling to Myanmar....
  • US-China trade deal may resemble phase 1 pact from Trump’s first term: ex-official
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from China feed
    The US-China deal under negotiation is likely to bear similarities to the phase one trade agreement from Donald Trump’s first term, according to a former senior official in that administration – offering clues to what the highly...
  • Defector Sues Kim Jong-un for Torture, Sexual Violence in N. Korean Prisons
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Politics] : Anchor: North Korean defector Choi Min-kyung has filed civil and criminal charges against North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Choi alleges that she was subjected to physical torture and sexual violence when she was detained in...
  • Hong Kong 47: court expected to rule on appeals in 9 months’ time
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Hong Kong feed
    A Hong Kong appellate court is expected to rule in nine months’ time on appeals arising from the city’s largest national security trial, as lawyers wrapped up their verbal submissions on Thursday after 3½ days of hearings. Legal counsel...
  • Japan sees record 22 mil foreign visitors in 1st half of 2025
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - National
    Japan saw a record 21.5 million foreign visitors in the first half of 2025, government data showed Wednesday, with travel demand remaining strong even outside peak seasons. Visitor…
  • South Korean man drowns in flood after telling wife: ‘car being swept away’
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from South China Morning Post - Asia feed
    A South Korean man was believed to have drowned in his submerged car on Thursday, after he told his wife on the phone that their vehicle was being swept away by treacherous floods caused by record rainfall. Rescue personnel discovered...
  • South Korea lashed by heavy rain; two dead and more than 1,000 evacuated
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - World
    Two people died and more than 1,000 have been evacuated in South Korea after the country was lashed by torrential rain on Thursday, the safety ministry said. As…
  • 3 Dead as Heavy Rains Pelt Central Region
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Domestic] : Anchor: Torrential rains have pelted the central region, with South Chungcheong Province seeing more than 110 millimeters of rainfall per hour, resulting in three deaths. The government has raised its emergency posture to...
  • KOSPI Up 0.19% Thursday
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Economy] : The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) gained five-point-91 points, or zero-point-19 percent, Thursday to close at three-thousand-192-point-29. The tech-heavy KOSDAQ rose six-point-04 points, or...
  • 6 arrested in Malaysia over nudity in marriage course
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from South China Morning Post - Asia feed
    Malaysian police have confirmed there was public nudity during a controversial marriage motivational programme that has raised an uproar in the Muslim-majority country. “There were confirmed instances of undress involving at least four...
  • Apartment Prices in Seoul See Slower Growth for Third Consecutive Week
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Economy] : The increase in apartment unit prices in Seoul has slowed for the third consecutive week, after the government implemented loan restrictions last month with the aim of cooling down the heated housing market. According to data...
  • China’s corruption busters target science sector in research funds crackdown
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from China feed
    China’s top anti-corruption watchdog has pledged to focus on funding for scientific research in its latest crackdown to help ensure that hi-tech development and innovation remain a driving force for the country’s economy. Li Xi, party...
  • Mind the gap: what Hong Kong students need to know before taking year off
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Hong Kong feed
    As Hong Kong students receive their results in the city’s two major university entrance exams – Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) and International Baccalaureate (IB) programme – this summer, they face many pressing choices that could...
  • Wahaha heiress’ inheritance battle puts Chinese family firms in spotlight
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from China feed
    Kelly Zong Fuli, chairwoman and CEO of mainland China’s largest soft-drinks producer Hangzhou Wahaha Group, is embroiled in a wealth-inheritance dispute that has prompted questions about the sustainability of the country’s family...
  • Gov’t to Handle Child Adoptions under Revamped System, Starting Saturday
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [International] : Starting Saturday, a revamped child adoption system will take effect in which the central and local governments will take responsibility for the entire process. According to the health ministry and the National Center...
  • Japan discards state-acquired COVID-19 drugs worth ¥240 billion
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - National
    The government discarded COVID-19 oral medicines believed to be worth around 240 billion yen in the fiscal year through March as they had passed their expiry dates, health…
  • Foreign Minister Nominee Stresses Pragmatism amid ‘Tectonic Shifts’ in Global Environment
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Politics] : Foreign Minister nominee Cho Hyun has pledged to bolster the alliance with the United States and advance relations with Japan and China, while pushing to resume dialogue with North Korea. At a confirmation hearing at the...
  • Hong Kong to issue T1 warning on Friday night as tropical cyclone edges closer
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Hong Kong feed
    This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. The Hong Kong Observatory will...
  • Hongkongers prioritise quality over longevity in retirement: Manulife
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Hong Kong feed
    Most Hongkongers prefer living a fulfilling life up to age 75 rather than an ordinary one until 80, reflecting shifting perceptions of longevity and the growing demand for silver economy-related financial products, according to...
  • Special Team Raids Seoul Fire Headquarters, 6 More Locations, in Martial Law Case
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Politics] : A special counsel team investigating the December 3 martial law incident has raided the Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Headquarters on allegations that former Interior Minister Lee Sang-min ordered fire authorities to...
  • Hong Kong taxi drivers must offer at least 2 e-payment methods from April 2026
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Hong Kong feed
    Hong Kong taxi drivers will be required to accept electronic payments starting in April next year and complete the installation of journey recorders by early 2027, transport authorities have said, in an effort to improve service quality....
  • At least 15 injured in Russian attack targeting energy infrastructure in Ukraine
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - World
    Russia pounded four Ukrainian cities overnight into Wednesday, injuring at least 15 people in an attack that mostly targeted energy infrastructure, officials said. The latest bombardment in Russia’s…
  • Trump's approval on immigration falls to lowest level of his term, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - World
    President Donald Trump's public approval rating on immigration fell in recent weeks to 41%, the lowest since his return to the White House, as Americans took a dour…
  • Zelenskyy says he wants half of Ukraine's weapons to be produced domestically
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - World
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that he was counting on his new incoming government to take measures to boost the proportion of weapons made at home…
  • Israel launches heavy airstrikes in Damascus, vowing to protect Druze
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - World
    Israel launched powerful airstrikes in Damascus on Wednesday, blowing up part of the defense ministry and hitting near the presidential palace as it vowed to destroy government forces…
  • China’s Type 076 Sichuan is a next-level amphibious assault ship
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from China feed
    China’s latest amphibious warship is designed to take sea-to-land assaults to the next level – a vessel capable of launching fighters and fixed-wing drones like never before. The new-generation Type 076 assault ship will feature an...
  • Emirates flight from Dubai diverted after failing to land in Hong Kong
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from China feed
    An Emirates flight from Dubai to Hong Kong was unexpectedly rerouted to Taiwan on Monday after multiple unsuccessful attempts to land, reportedly because of bad weather. Flight EK382, operated by Dubai’s flagship carrier, was diverted to...
  • ‘One too many deaths’: missing Myanmar student found dead in Malaysia
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from South China Morning Post - Asia feed
    A Myanmar student who had been missing since last week has been found dead, his university confirmed late Wednesday, the latest in a string of tragic incidents involving students at Malaysian private colleges. Sithu Hpone Maw, a...
  • Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - World
    The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a federal prosecutor in Manhattan who worked on the cases against Sean “Diddy”…
  • Trump says supporters questioning Jeffrey Epstein case are 'weaklings'
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - World
    U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday attacked fellow Republicans critical of his administration's handling of the case of dead sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. On social media and in…
  • Supreme Courts Acquits Samsung Chairman in 2015 Merger Case
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Economy] : The Supreme Court has acquitted Samsung Electronics Chairman Jee Jae-yong of charges related to a controversial merger in 2015 between Samsung affiliates that tightened his grip over the company.  The top court issued the...
  • Why do non-local students take the DSE in Hong Kong and how competitive is it?
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Hong Kong feed
    Out of the 55,000 candidates who took Hong Kong’s university entrance exams this year, about 1,000 were non-local students. While authorities have recently updated the relevant regulations, they have long boasted about the Diploma of...
  • Yoon Fails to Appear in Court for Insurrection Trial
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Politics] : Former President Yoon Suk Yeol has again failed to appear in court for his criminal insurrection trial.  The Seoul Central District Court held a hearing in the trial at 10:15 a.m. in the ousted president’s absence. ...
  • President Lee Calls for Constitutional Change
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Politics] : President Lee Jae Myung has emphasized the need for constitutional change on the occasion of the 77th Constitution Day. In a social media post Thursday, Lee said that just as people change clothes when the seasons change, it...
  • On Australian PM’s visit to China, the 2 nations ‘hold back’ on disputes
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from China feed
    Beijing has set aside major disputes with Canberra and instead filled Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s six-day visit to China this week with a slew of trade and investment deals, a move analysts said was an effort to find...
  • Parliament to Hold Confirmation Hearings for Finance, Industry, Foreign Minister Nominees
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Politics] : The National Assembly will hold confirmation hearings on Thursday for the nominees to lead the ministries of finance, industry and foreign affairs.   Relevant parliamentary committees will convene confirmation hearings for...
  • Hong Kong DSE 14 years in: best subjects, worst performers and top schools
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Hong Kong feed
    Students in Hong Kong have received their results for the Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (DSE), the local university entrance exams that pupils take after six years of secondary schooling. This year’s exams produced 16...
  • Charting a course in AI seas: why barristers are still captains of legal ship
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Hong Kong feed
    The full title of “barrister at law” apparently traces back to 16th century England, providing pleading and advocacy services. Since then, little has changed. Around that time, in the mid-16th century, something else happened in Europe:...
  • Special Counsel Raids Ex-Interior Minister’s Home in Martial Law Probe
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Politics] : The special counsel team investigating the December 3 martial law case has raided the residence of former Interior Minister Lee Sang-min. According to sources in the legal community on Thursday, the team, led by special...
  • China’s ‘green great wall’ triggers hay fever misery: scientists
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from China feed
    For Ma Bo, a resident of Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia, late July marks the beginning of another round of suffering. He has suffered from hay fever – an allergic condition triggered by inhaling pollen – for many years. His...
  • Putin: Russia to Consider Building Access Roads to Borders with China, N. Korea
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS | International
    [International] : Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly said Russia will consider building access roads to its borders with China, North Korea, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.  According to Russia’s state TASS news agency on...
  • More Hong Kong office tenants seek longer rent-free periods: Colliers
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Hong Kong feed
    Some nine out of 10 office tenants in Hong Kong are expecting longer rent-free periods from their landlords as more than a quarter of the city’s companies intend to shrink their real-estate footprint over the next 12 months, according to...
  • ‘Less stressful’: why mainland Chinese pupils choose Hong Kong’s DSE over gaokao
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Hong Kong feed
    An increasing number of mainland Chinese pupils are taking Hong Kong’s university entrance exams as a step towards more diverse opportunities in higher education, with at least two achieving flying colours as private candidates this...
  • Forestry Agency Strengthens Landslide Alerts for Central Region
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Domestic] : With heavy rain soaking the nation’s central region, the state forestry agency has strengthened its landslide advisories. The Korea Forest Service said Thursday that as of 6:30 a.m., it has upgraded its landslide advisory by...
  • Heavy Rain Disrupts Train Service
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Domestic] : Heavy rain in the country’s central region has disrupted train operations on several routes.  The Korea Railroad Corporation(KORAIL) said Thursday that service has been suspended for non-KTX bullet trains along the...
  • Will the Philippines sue China over coral reef destruction?
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from South China Morning Post - Asia feed
    The Philippines has publicly accused a Chinese vessel of causing more than 11 million pesos (US$194,000) in damage to protected coral reefs near Thitu Island in the South China Sea. On Monday, Manila released the results of an...
  • Flood Warning Issued for Yesan Bridge as Sapgyo Stream Water Levels Rise
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Domestic] : Heavy rain and rising water levels in the Sapgyo Stream area in South Chungcheong Province have prompted a flood warning for a nearby bridge.  The Geum River Flood Control Office announced on Thursday that as of 7 a.m., the...
  • Villa, luxury home sales rise in Hong Kong as the rich pounce on bargains
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Hong Kong feed
    Sales of villas, bungalows and luxury homes in Hong Kong soared to a three-year high in the first six months of this year, as an influx of wealthy immigrants fuelled the hunt for bargains on the top end of one of Asia’s priciest...
  • Level 2 Emergency Posture in Place amid Heavy Rain in Gyeonggi, Chungcheong Provinces
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Domestic] : The government has elevated its emergency posture to Level Two, with heavy rain warnings in place for the Chungcheong region and parts of southern Gyeonggi Province. According to the interior ministry, the emergency posture...
  • The Heat: Climate Change
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from CCTV America
    As climate change accelerates, it’s turning one of our most essential resources, water, into a precious and increasingly scarce commodity. Across the globe, extreme weather is putting unprecedented pressure on freshwater supplies;...
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