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POLITICSSep 28In South Korea, plan to serve deportees airline meals splits officialsA proposal to upgrade meals for foreigners awaiting deportation at Incheon International Airport has divided immigration officials, with frontline officers raising safety concerns and some questioning whether better food is appropriate for those ordered to leave South Korea for violating the law. According to immigration authorities on Sunday, the Incheon Airport Immigration Office under the Ministry of Justice is considering providing in-flight meal boxes to foreign nationals awaiting...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 28Chickens in Malaysia are producing fewer eggs. Is haze a leading cause?This year’s haze crisis has added to the heat woes squeezing livestock farmers in Malaysia and Indonesia, as they struggle to keep their animals cool, fed and productive. While it is difficult to separately assess the effects of haze-related smoke from heat, water shortages, feed and disease, farmers and industry groups say the cumulative strain is severely affecting animal health, productivity and their finances. In Selama, Perak, poultry keeper Zaiful Zakaria, 42, had begun installing...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 28How Hong Kong is trying a new solution to its land value problemWhen Hong Kong’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, announced his housing plan in 1997, the ambition was extraordinary. The government would produce at least 85,000 flats a year across the public and private sectors, and raise the home ownership rate to 70 per cent. The idea was simple. Build more homes, make housing more affordable and allow more families to own a piece of Hong Kong. Then history intervened. The Asian financial crisis struck. Property prices collapsed. The economy weakened....South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 28Trump offered to sell arms to China , US ambassador saysA US ambassador claimed that the former president offered to sell arms to China. This statement highlights a potentially controversial foreign policy matter.straitstimes.com · Singapore
CONFLICTSep 28Pastor Fatally Shot By Myanmar Military Personnel - Worthy Christian Newsworthynews.com · Israel
DISASTERSep 28Japanese carp farm loses 100,000 Nishikigoi in Typhoon Dujuan floodAround 100,000 Nishikigoi ornamental carp ready for sale were swept away after heavy rain caused by a typhoon breached some levees at a lake in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo, it has been revealed as authorities assess the widespread damage to local farming and fisheries. Typhoon Dujuan, which approached the region about a week ago, inundated rice paddy fields and other farmland while flooding facilities where carp and eels were being cultivated near Lake Imbanuma in northern Chiba. Kenji Tani, who...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 28China-US dialogue will ease concerns, but competition will remain, Paul Chan saysCompetition between China and the US will persist, but increased dialogue between the two economic superpowers will provide greater global certainty and ease geopolitical concerns, with Hong Kong positioned to play a unique role, the city’s financial secretary has told the South China Morning Post. In a wide-ranging interview, Paul Chan Mo-po said more communication and dialogue between the two nations would be “good for everyone”, as Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, Donald...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSSep 28Japan's corporate services inflation hits 2-year high - ReutersJapan's corporate services inflation hits 2-year high ReutersReuters World
BUSINESSSep 28Indonesia’s 3% deficit cap: guardrail or growth barrier?Indonesia is considering lifting a statutory cap on government spending that has been in place for more than two decades, as President Prabowo Subianto pushes for faster economic growth. Supporters argue that greater room to borrow and spend would let Southeast Asia’s largest economy invest its way towards Prabowo’s target of 8 per cent annual growth by 2029. Economists counter that weakening the rule could push up borrowing costs and dent investor confidence. At issue is the mandatory ceiling...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECHSep 28China now leads the world in trials for next-gen CAR-T therapiesNature News
MILITARYSep 27Budanov: North Korea is learning from Russian-Ukrainian war and arming itselfKyrylo Budanov, Head of the Office of the President, stated that North Korea is improving its weaponry based on its experience in combat operations in Ukraine.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSSep 27Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador SaysPresident Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.NYT US
WORLDSep 27Yuna Nishimura of Japan wins by 5 shots in Arkansas for her first LPGA victoryYuna Nishimura played a flawless back nine after allowing the chasing pack to get close early and won the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship by five shots on Sunday…Japan Today
BUSINESSSep 27Scott Kennedy on China’s ‘slow tech dragon’ and 2 more Xi-Trump meetingsScott Kennedy is a senior adviser and trustee chair in Chinese business and economics at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies. His areas of focus include China’s hi-tech drive, US-China relations and global economic governance. Open Questions first appeared in SCMP Plus. For other interviews in the Open Questions series, click here. How would you characterise the outcomes of the China-US summit compared to expectations going in? Is it largely a continuation of that track or do you...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 27South Korea demands apology after Zelensky's announcement about North Korean prisoners of warZuid-Korea eist excuses en een officiële verklaring van Oekraïne omdat dat land naar buiten heeft gebracht dat twee Noord-Koreaanse krijgsgevangenen op het vliegtuig naar Zuid-Korea zijn gezet. President Zelensky maakte dat afgelopen week bekend in een toespraak bij de Verenigde Naties. De kwestie over de Noord-Koreaanse krijgsgevangenen ligt gevoelig. De overdracht komt op een moment dat Zuid-Korea zich inzet voor een hervatting van de dialoog met Noord-Korea. Volgens Zuid-Korea heeft Kyiv met de bekendmaking de afspraak om de kwestie vertrouwelijk te houden geschonden. De Zuid-Koreaanse presNOS Buitenland
POLITICSSep 27South Korea demands apology from Ukraine over disclosure of North Korean POW transferSouth Korea’s presidential office demanded an official explanation and apology from Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of disclosing the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea and then falsely denying ‌that the two sides had agreed to keep the move confidential. “The presidential office expresses strong regret over Ukraine’s unilateral disclosure and its subsequent false announcement that there had not been a non-disclosure agreement,” Seong Ghi-hong, senior presidential secretary for...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 27China's panda diplomacy: a pair of bears arrived at Atlanta Zoo after the summit between Donald Trump and Xi JinpingPing Ping y Fu Shuang, una pareja de un macho y una hembra, aterrizaron en Atlanta para sumarse a préstamo al zoológico.Fue uno de los pocos acuerdos firmados durante la reciente visita del presidente chino a Estados Unidos.De qué trata la tradición de ceder pandas del gobierno chino.Clarín
BUSINESSSep 27Korea LNG Carrier Edge Faces China Rise | Hellenic Shipping News WorldwideKorean LNG carriers are facing increasing competitive pressure due to the rise of China in the shipping industry. This highlights a significant shift in market dynamics within the global liquefied natural gas transportation sector.hellenicshippingnews.com · China
POLITICSSep 27The US-China relationship has stabilised but on Beijing’s termsFor all the solemnity of the B-2 flyover with four F‑22 Raptors and a silent South Lawn drill, the real business of US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week was narrower than the choreography. The Chinese readout reiterated the concept that should frame the relationship’s next phase: constructive strategic stability – cooperation as the primary track, competition kept within bounds, differences managed, conflict avoided. Stripped of banquet rhetoric, the...South China Morning Post
WORLDSep 27Hurdling to victoryJapan's Mako Fukube, center, competes in the women's 100 meters hurdles final at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Sunday. Fukube won the gold, while compatriot Hitomi Nakajima…Japan Today
DISASTERBREAKINGSep 27Devastating flood in Bangkok: state of disaster declared due to 300 millimeters fallen in 48 hours and over 5,000 evacuatedClarín
POLITICSSep 27U.S. pours billions into critical minerals push to loosen China’s gripThe U.S. is investing billions in critical minerals to reduce China's influence over their supply. This indicates a strategic economic and geopolitical shift in global resource control.Seeking Alpha Tech
POLITICSSep 27Scott Kennedy on the Xi-Trump summit and US-China instabilityScott Kennedy is a senior adviser and trustee chair in Chinese business and economics at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies. His areas of focus include China’s hi-tech drive, US-China relations and global economic governance. SCMP Plus readers get early access to articles in the Open Questions series. How would you characterise the outcomes of the China-US summit compared to expectations going in? Is it largely a continuation of that track or do you see it moving the relationship...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 27Trump asked Xi if China wanted to buy American weapons, US envoy saysAdministration denies delaying sale of a $14bn arms package to Taiwan to appease BeijingFinancial Times
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