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Scammers Rented Bangkok Mansion for 900,000 Baht a Month

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Nomura’s Wholesale Revenue Jumped 41% Last Quarter — Now Growth Has Slowed to Just Above Last Year

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Former Thai MP Jailed for Allowing Proxy Vote
Thailand Seeks New Gas Suppliers as LNG Prices Surge
3 in 5 Hoarding Cases at One Singapore Agency Return — But Another Group Cut Recurrence Below 5%
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Asia

Asia

Scammers Rented Bangkok Mansion for 900,000 Baht a Month

Asia

Nomura’s Wholesale Revenue Jumped 41% Last Quarter — Now Growth Has Slowed to Just Above Last Year

Asia

Global River Flows Among Driest in Decades, UN Warns

Asia

Thailand Warned of Growing Fiscal Risks as Government Debt Rises

Asia

Former Thai MP Jailed for Allowing Proxy Vote

Politics

Politics

Takaichi Keeps Japan’s Finance, Foreign and Defense Chiefs — But a 1% Food Tax Plan Is Waiting for Her New Cabinet

Politics

Rodrigo Duterte Appeared Before ICC Judges for the First Time in 18 Months — But One Major Question Is Still Unresolved Before His November Trial

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Thailand May Delay ฿4 Billion Tourism Stimulus Until April 2027 as Government Rethinks Timing

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Thailand Warned of a Potential Fiscal Crisis as Debt, Ageing and Slow Growth Squeeze Government Finances

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MUFG Bank Opens Door to Japan’s Defense Industry Financing as Security Priorities Shift

Lifestyle

Lifestyle

Singapore Air Quality Improves as Haze Risk Persists, NEA Warns

Lifestyle

Ellen Adarna Says Viral Bundles of Cash Are John Lloyd Cruz’s Monthly Support for Their Son

Lifestyle

Eggie Apostol Started in the ‘Women’s Pages’ — Then Built Newspapers That Challenged Presidents

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Hayden Panettiere Death Probe Focuses on Suspected Fentanyl-Laced Pill

Lifestyle

Chile Reaches Major Milestone in Fight Against Rabies

Entertainment

Entertainment

Jimin’s ‘Like Crazy’ Just Hit 1 Billion Filtered Spotify Streams — But It Actually Crossed a Different Billion Mark Two Years Ago

Entertainment

Singapore Football Is Adding 1,500 Seats at Jalan Besar — But Forrest Li Says One Historic Qualification Is Only the Beginning

Entertainment

Singapore Scientists May Have Found 20 New Species in the Deep Indian Ocean — But What They Saw 5,000 Metres Down Wasn’t All Natural

Entertainment

RIIZE’s ‘Love 119’ Just Hit 100 Million Spotify Streams — But Its Next Big Test Arrives October 26

Entertainment

G-Dragon’s Toy Story Pop-Up Opens in Singapore One Day Before BigBang’s Stadium Shows

Business

Business

Thailand Seeks New Gas Suppliers as LNG Prices Surge

Business

Evo Is Bringing at Least US$425,000 in Fighting-Game Prizes to Singapore — But You Don’t Need to Be a Pro to Enter

Business

Boeing Is Producing About 47 MAX Jets a Month — But Its Own Wing Factory Is Now Holding Back the Next Jump

Business

Just 30% of American Airlines Seats Generate 50% of Revenue — But Its Most Exclusive First Class Is Disappearing

Business

Nearly 6,000 Korean Students Are Fighting for About 210 Samsung and SK hynix Chip Seats — But the ‘Guaranteed Job’ Comes With Conditions

Sport

Sport

Ri Song-a’s Osaka Homecoming Puts Zainichi Korean Footballer in Asian Games Spotlight

Sport

João Pedro Just Earned His Brazil Recall After a World Cup Snub — But an Injury Has Ended the Comeback Before It Started

Sport

Manchester United Surrender Two-Goal Lead in League Cup Loss to Brighton

Sport

Denise Camillia Tan Organises Fundraiser for Club Rainbow

Sport

Sri Lanka Just Lost Its Asia Cup Top Scorer Before the Asian Games — But One Win Still Puts Them 40 Overs From a Medal

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Philippines

Philippines

Duterte Appears Before ICC Judges for First Time

Philippines

Manila Police Deny Carrying Guns at the Anti-DOLE Rally — But Philippine Law Is Explicit About Armed Cops at Protests

Philippines

DND Chief Urges Philippines to Fortify Infrastructure as Disasters Become More Severe

Philippines

Rains to Sweep Visayas and Parts of Mindanao as ITCZ, LPA Bring Thunderstorms

Philippines

Philippine Tourist Arrivals Hit 4.11 Million in Eight Months — But South Korea’s 17% Slide Is the Number to Watch

Singapore

Singapore

3 in 5 Hoarding Cases at One Singapore Agency Return — But Another Group Cut Recurrence Below 5%

Singapore

He Was Jailed Twice for Sex Crimes Against Children — Then He Abused His Granddaughters. Now He Faces 21 More Years

Singapore

Singapore Says AI Needs Aviation-Style Safeguards — But the Safety Rulebook Is Still Being Written

Singapore

Singapore’s The Violinist Won Annecy’s Top Feature Prize — But Its Boldest Move Is Refusing to Explain Singapore Away

Singapore

Singapore Is Preparing 300+ Cooling Centres for Heatwaves — But Global Cooling Demand Could Triple by 2050

Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan’s Highest ATM Now in Service at 2,240 Meters — And It Comes With an Apple-Shaped Sign

Taiwan

Taiwan Steps Up North America Tourism Push as Taipei Targets More Long-Haul Visitors

Taiwan

Cathay Financial Turns to AI to Transform Taiwan’s Wealth Management Market

Taiwan

Taiwan Labor Minister to Attend China APEC Meeting as ‘Chinese Taipei’ Amid Cross-Strait Tensions

Taiwan

Taiwan Phishing Scams Nearly Double in a Year as Losses Surge Past NT$54 Million

Thailand

Thailand

Thailand’s Skill Bridge Targets More Than 80,000 Workers as Economy Races Toward High-Tech Industries

Thailand

Thailand’s New Oil Plan Targets Energy Security While Backing Net-Zero 2050

Thailand

The Night a New Life in Thailand Turned Into a Fight to Survive

Thailand

Israeli Ambassador to Thailand Plays Down Anti-Israel Protests as Tensions Rise Over Israeli Tourists

Thailand

Thailand PM Anutin Files Defamation Case Against iLaw Chief Over Senate Election Allegations

Malaysia

Malaysia

Malaysia Raises Unsubsidised Fuel Prices Again as Middle East Tensions Push Oil Higher

Malaysia

UMNO Wants GE16 Sooner After Johor and Negeri Sembilan Gains — But Zahid Says It Will Stay in Anwar’s Government Until the End

Malaysia

AirAsia Was Bought for RM1 and Became Asia’s Budget-Flying Giant — Now Malaysia Is Planning for What Happens If It Stumbles

Malaysia

Mother Remembers Daughter One Year After Malaysia School Tragedy

Malaysia

AirAsia Controls 60% of Malaysia’s Domestic Flights — Now Kuala Lumpur Is Reportedly Planning for What Happens If It Stumbles

Indonesia

Indonesia

Hanwha Turned LGI’s Loss-Making Health Business Into Its Biggest Profit Engine — Now It Wants Indonesia’s Top Five

Indonesia

Sarawak’s 29 Semenggoh Orangutans Look Healthy Despite the Haze — But Past Borneo Fires Show the Damage Can Linger

Indonesia

Indonesia Just Got Its Third Finance Minister Under Prabowo — But Suahasil Must Chase 6% Growth Without Breaching the 3% Deficit Ceiling

Indonesia

108 Survived Indonesia’s Java Sea Ferry Disaster — But 129 People Are Still Missing Four Days Later

Indonesia

129 Still Missing After Indonesia Ferry Capsizes in Rough Seas — But Rescuers Are Preparing for a Critical Underwater Search

Japan

Japan

Japan PM Takaichi Keeps Core LDP Team in First Reshuffle, Makes Targeted Changes

Japan

Japan’s Retail Traders Are Betting ¥2.9 Trillion Against the Yen — But a Break Below 152 Could Force Them to Reverse Fast

Japan

AI Told Lawson to Put Pickles in a Lemon Tart — But Japan’s Convenience Stores Are Testing Something Much Bigger

Japan

Japan’s Industry Ministry Seeks Record ¥7.8 Trillion Budget as Strategic Spending Expands

Japan

Sharp Opens AI Server Orders in Japan as Foxconn Supply Chain Powers AI Push

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

The Fed Just Raised Rates and Signalled More Hikes — So Why Are Asian Stocks Going Up?

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Just Raised Its Base Rate to 4.25% — But Your Mortgage May Not Move Yet

Hong Kong

HD Construction Equipment Just Won a 45-Excavator Hong Kong Deal — But the Bigger Prize Is a HK$128 Billion Infrastructure Pipeline

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Wants 70,000 Northern Metropolis Homes in Five Years — But Only One of Its Two Biggest Targets Is Binding

Hong Kong

Apollo Is Providing $585 Million to Asia’s The Executive Centre — But Most of the Money Isn’t Going Into New Office

Vietnam

Vietnam

UK Eyes Role in Vietnam’s Infrastructure Boom as Metro Expansion Accelerates

Vietnam

Vietnam Is Lining Up 29 U.S. Deals With SpaceX, Chevron and More — But Many May Not Be Binding

Vietnam

Vietnam Hasn’t Sold a Sovereign Dollar Bond Since 2014 — Now It May Borrow US$1 Billion, but the Price Could Hit 7%

Vietnam

Tesla Just Made Its Biggest Move Yet in Vietnam—And It Could Change the EV Market

Vietnam

The Vietnam Curse Is Finally Broken: John Eriq Bonifacio Makes Philippine Pageant History

South Korea

South Korea

EXO-CBX Won Temporary Freedom From INB100 — Now They’re Heading to China, But Two Legal Battles Still Hang Over Them

South Korea

“BTS’ ‘MIC Drop’ Just Hit 1.6 Billion Views Nearly Nine Years Later — But Its 2026 Numbers Tell an Even Bigger Story”

South Korea

South Korean Catholic Church Raises ‘Deep Concerns’ Over Government Plan to Introduce Abortion Pills

South Korea

Coupang Rejected a ₩100,000 Data-Breach Payout — But 33.7 Million Customers Could Still Take the Fight to Court

South Korea

KOSPI Jumped 0.9% After the Fed Hike — Then Almost All the Gain Disappeared Within Minutes

United States

United States

US Needs a National Data Strategy for the AI Era — But Not China’s Centralized Model

United States

New Zealand’s Top Sovereign Fund Just Returned 14.17% — So Why Is It Warning U.S. Stocks Could Pull Back?

United States

Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates for First Time in Three Years

United States

US Tracks Cyberthreats Targeting Nearly 20 Ships Worldwide as Maritime Security Concerns Rise

United States

The Fed Just Hiked Rates for the First Time Since 2023 — But the Market’s Biggest Reaction Wasn’t in Stocks

China

China

China Urges Iran and US to Show Restraint and Resume Talks

China

China Weighs BYD Founder Wang Chuanfu for Xi-Trump Summit Delegation

China

Jimmy Lai Is Serving 20 Years and Won’t Appeal — Now His Son Is Betting on Xi Jinping’s Washington Visit

China

China Builds New Canal to Give Inland Guangxi Direct Access to Sea Routes

China

China Expands Restrictions on Overseas Travel in National Security Cases