South China Morning Post

• the search,
• Breaking news
• World news
• Facebook
• Twitter
• headlines

All the breaking news and latest world news from South China Morning Post, with Twitter and Facebook search trends.

Twitter Search News Trending

Tweets by SCMPNews

Facebook Search News Trending

1. Hong Kong protests: former young offenders sent on mainland China exchange tours

   Hong Kong’s Correctional Services Department has launched exchange tours to mainland China for former young offenders convicted of crimes related to the 2019 social unrest to boost their understanding of national development and culture. Rounding up the department’s work over the past year, Commissioner for Correctional Services Wong Kwok-hing said on Monday that Project PATH, a rehabilitation...

2. New Dutch government under centrist Jetten takes power

   A new Dutch government took power on Monday, with 38-year-old centrist Rob Jetten sworn in as the country’s youngest-ever prime minister and the first openly gay one. Jetten pulled off a stunning election win in October, coming from behind to dethrone the far-right Freedom Party (PVV) led by firebrand politician Geert Wilders by a razor-thin margin. The snap election was called after the PVV...

3. Japan’s ‘Traitor Takaichi’ hit with online smear campaign using fake accounts

   Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her government have become the focus of a coordinated, long-term online smear campaign orchestrated by thousands of social media accounts, according to new research. A study by Tokyo-based Japan Nexus Intelligence, which analyses digital public discourse, found that some 3,000 accounts had been actively posting malicious content about Takaichi since late...

4. ‘Sportcation’ gains popularity among China youth, transforms romantic getaway into athletic hub

   Fitness-friendly young Chinese travellers are turning to a new trend known as “sportcation” which blends physical health with leisure. Health conscious tourists are spending 20,000 yuan (US$2,800) not to relax, but to endure military-style tennis camps, turning the romantic island of Bali into a gruelling Indonesian sporting getaway. In the trend, which as the name suggests blends sport and...

5. Xi Jinping expresses hope China can open ‘new chapter’ in relations with North Korea

   Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after he cemented his leadership at the latest congress of the country’s ruling party. Xi said Kim’s reselection as general secretary of the Workers Party of North Korea on Monday reflected the “high trust and wholehearted support” of the country’s “party, government and people”, according to state news agency...

6. AI eyewear sees brisk sales during China’s Spring Festival

   Chinese artificial intelligence glasses enjoyed a sales boom over the Spring Festival, fuelled by pent-up consumer demand and a new national subsidy. Huaqiangbei, a subdistrict in Shenzhen that is home to the world’s biggest electronics wholesale market, saw total revenue jump 35 per cent year on year during the Spring Festival, led by strong demand for AI glasses, according to a report by the...

7. Hong Kong commentator facing up to 7 years in jail in seditious posts case

   A Hong Kong news commentator faces up to seven years in jail if convicted of posting seditious content online including comments about the deadly Tai Po fire after his case was moved to the higher District Court. Chief Magistrate Victor So Wai-tak on Monday granted prosecutors’ request to transfer Wong Kwok-ngon’s sedition case from West Kowloon Court to the higher court, where sentences are...

8. Bikini-clad mermaid sales stunt in Malaysia triggers religious probe

   A mermaid-themed sales gimmick has landed two drinks traders in hot water in Malaysia’s conservative east coast state of Kelantan, after religious authorities launched an investigation into a viral video that drew outrage during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. The 25-second clip, which shows one of the traders prancing about in front of their drinks stall dressed in a rainbow-coloured mermaid...

9. Trump tariff loss is win for Chinese exporters

   China called on the US to scrap tariffs after President Donald Trump imposed new levies to replace those struck down by the US Supreme Court. “China urges the United States to cancel its unilateral tariff measures on its trading partners,” the commerce ministry said in a statement on Monday. “There are no winners in a trade war and that protectionism leads nowhere.” New 15 per cent US levies are...

10. Art as advocacy: Philippine mural contest adds to South China Sea messaging push

    A nationwide mural contest backed by Philippine government agencies has been launched in Manila, the latest in a string of cultural initiatives aimed at shaping public narratives around the South China Sea dispute. Organised by a Manila-based maritime think tank and supported by state institutions including the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the competition invites artists,...