We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical …
Chinese and Philippine law enforcement agencies cooperated to repatriate 180 Chinese nationals engaged in offshore gambling in the Southeast Asian country, China’s embassy in Manila said on Thursday. The embassy …
A passenger on board a Scoot flight headed from Singapore to Manila last Friday had to be restrained and escorted out of the aircraft by Filipino authorities, after he displayed …
The Philippine president blamed “foreign terrorists” for a bomb blast that killed four people Sunday, wounded dozens of other Catholic worshippers in the south and sparked a security alarm, including …
In scrapping US$5 billion worth of rail projects, the Philippine government said it was reacting to foot-dragging by China over financing rather than the squabbles at sea. But observers speculate …
The Philippines’ capital Manila has overtaken Dubai to become the hottest market globally for prime residential properties in the September quarter, according to a report that ranks the world’s major …