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1. What’s fuelling the surge in South Koreans travelling to China?

   A new wave of South Korean content creators is descending on Chinese cities, cameras in hand, transforming the streets of Shanghai, Shenzhen and beyond into lively backdrops for travel vlogs and lifestyle videos. Dubbed the “Korean v-blogger influx” by some online users, their ranks have swelled since China extended its unilateral visa-free policy for South Korean passport holders for another...

2. Iconic South Korean district on the brink in divisive urban renewal fight

   For 42 years, Ha Sung-ki has sold large speakers to churches and event halls from his electronics shop inside Seoul’s Sewoon Plaza. On a weekday afternoon, the corridor outside – once part of a bustling merchants’ network – is largely empty. “These days, the number of customers crossing the street to come here can be counted on your fingers – sometimes fewer than 10 a day,” he said. “People used...

3. 10 ways Hong Kong schools can effectively promote mental health

   Student mental health is a matter of great concern. According to the latest data from the Education Bureau, the number of secondary students with mental health issues has doubled over the past five years, from 660 in 2020-21 to 1,330 in 2024-25. In recent years, the government and various stakeholders in society have worked to halt the continued rise in student suicides. However, the number of...

4. Can Chongqing leverage its online viral fame to become an international tourism hub?

   Chongqing, also known as ‘the most confusing city’ has become one of China’s most popular tourism attraction spots in recent years. Many Chinese and international social media content creators have hopped on the viral trend of making videos about the city’s bewildering, mountainous urban landscape. The South China Morning Post’s Llewellyn Cheung travelled to Chongqing to meet a local content...

5. Some Hong Kong trees are behaving strangely and botanists want to know why

   A citywide study should be launched to examine how global warming is affecting plants in Hong Kong and the knock-on effect on the rest of the ecosystem, botanists have urged after witnessing clear changes in leaf-shedding and flowering patterns. Some species, such as the red kapok tree and the flame tree, which should shed all leaves during winter, had shown signs of incomplete leaf drop by...

6. Muddy yet clear-cut: How Chinese investors are turning jungle into Indonesia’s new capital

   After an hour’s drive through the jungle of Borneo, you reach more jungle. Your rental van from the Balikpapan city airport shakes precariously, navigating a partial bridge washout. A roadside sign admonishes against poaching the endangered sun bears. By hour three you’ve arrived at Indonesia’s new capital, which is due to start taking over from gridlocked, polluted and seaward-sinking Jakarta...

7. Rumours of China Forbidden City using 600,000 tonnes of pig blood to ‘dispel evil’ debunked

   A long-standing and widely-circulated rumour that the Forbidden City in Beijing uses 600,000 tonnes of pig’s blood each year to dispel evil has been debunked. The liquid is actually used as a form of adhesive which is painted on the famous palace’s signature red walls and pillars, according to a recently published book. The book Sitting under the Roof of the Forbidden City: Answering 50...

8. Trump uninjured after security incident at White House correspondents’ dinner

   US President Donald Trump and other top US leaders were evacuated from an annual White House correspondents dinner on Saturday night after an unspecified threat and reports of loud bangs. There were no reports of immediate injuries. A member of the White House press pool reported hearing the bangs as Secret Service members swarmed the banquet hall, their guns drawn, before quickly ushering the...

9. Explosive device kills 13 and injures 38 on bus in Colombia

   An explosive device killed 13 people travelling on a bus in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, an attack the country’s army chief described as a “terrorist act” that also left at least 38 injured as violence linked to drug trafficking in the region escalates. Octavio Guzman, the governor of the region of Cauca, said on social media that the device was set off while the bus was travelling along...

10. Will South Korea or Japan develop a nuclear deterrent of their own?

    War on Iran has changed many things, not least of which is the tenor of nuclear debate in two of America’s closest Asian allies: countries that have long defined themselves by the weapons they do not possess. For decades, the question of whether South Korea and Japan might one day build their own nuclear arsenal was treated as fringe speculation – the preserve of hawks and provocateurs. No...