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1. How a K-pop post sparked South Korea’s viral ‘dujjonku’ cookie obsession

   In the predawn cold of a northern Seoul neighbourhood, hundreds of people line the street in padded coats, stamping their feet to keep warm. Adults, students and young children wait patiently for the same thing: a Dubai chewy cookie. Known in Korean as dujjonku, the dessert has triggered queues that begin before sunrise and sell out within minutes. At one bakery, demand grew so intense that...

2. From Venezuela to Greenland, Trump is using US power to rewrite the rules

   The recent drama surrounding US action in Venezuela, its renewed interest in Greenland and tariff threats on governments that object, along with comments on Cuba, Colombia and Mexico, appear disjointed – part diplomacy, part law enforcement, part political theatre. Like many observers, I rely on the news to try to make sense of the policy logic and what it may mean for those who have to live...

3. Trump blames table and aspirin after new bruise appears on his hand in Davos

   Photographs of fresh bruising on Donald Trump’s hand raised eyebrows on Thursday, but the 79-year-old US president dismissed renewed speculation over his health, saying he had simply hit a table. Trump has been seen with frequent bruising on his right hand since returning to the White House last year, often concealing it with bandages and make-up. The White House has said it is due to a...

4. A mother’s mind appears restored: might ultrasound be a cure for Alzheimer’s?

   Neurologist Sun Bomin’s mother led him to believe that Alzheimer’s disease might not be incurable after all. On January 21, Sun released a short video on China’s Yitiao.tv platform and an article detailing what he said was the world’s first effective treatment of Alzheimer’s disease using the high-intensity FUS procedure. His mother, who appeared in the video but was not named, is aged in her...

5. ‘Lonely’ Chinese woman, 59, becomes oldest in her city to give birth after IVF treatment

   A 59-year-old woman in China has given birth to a baby boy and in the process realised her dream of having another child because her daughter lives abroad, making her and her husband feel lonely. On January 9, the infant was born via caesarean section at Zhangjiagang No 1 People’s Hospital in eastern Jiangsu province, weighing 2.2kg. His mother, surnamed Zou, has set a record as the oldest...

6. Philippines’ Marcos says ‘rumours of my death are highly exaggerated’

   Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr said on Thursday that he was recovering from a condition in the digestive system and assured the public that it is not life-threatening. His office released a video where Marcos said he was diagnosed with diverticulitis, an inflammation of small pouches in the wall of the large intestine. He said his condition was common among people who are heavily...

7. Can Hong Kong find quick fixes for corruption in building maintenance sector?

   Since taking the helm of the owners’ corporation at her Hong Kong housing estate 12 years ago, Chan Wai-ling has received numerous reports of falling concrete, water leakage and other problems that should have been fixed during multimillion-dollar renovations a decade ago. “Whenever there is a typhoon, water leaks into our homes and damages the walls … We cannot sleep as we have to look out for...

8. Revealed: global funds, from BlackRock to Temasek, back China’s largest biotech firms

   As Chinese biotech and pharmaceutical firms gain importance on the global stage, foreign investors from sovereign wealth funds to industry players are securing strategic stakes in their future success. International institutional investors have built up significant positions in Chinese biotech firms over the past decade. These positions often approach, and in some cases exceed, the 5 per cent...

9. China to ‘quietly track’ Greenland developments amid Arctic ambitions for now: analysts

   China will closely monitor developments in Greenland as it seeks to become an important player in Arctic affairs. Still, Beijing is unlikely to respond with any major action in the near future to counter US President Donald Trump’s bid to annex the island, analysts said. “The Arctic is certainly a central matter for policy for China, and they know it’s going to be important in the future,...

10. Philippines’ new gas find fuels energy diversification hopes

    The Philippines’ first natural gas discovery in more than a decade has raised hopes of the fossil fuel playing a bigger role in its energy mix and further finds near an ageing field as it aims to lower its reliance on coal and oil. President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr announced on Monday that a “significant natural gas discovery” was made at a well known as Malampaya East-1, or MAE-1, about 5km (3.1...