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1. South Korea’s worst air disaster: fury erupts over ‘mound of death’

   South Korea has belatedly acknowledged that a concrete structure built beyond a runway turned a routine emergency landing into the deadliest-ever domestic aviation disaster, in a reversal that has unleashed a furious debate over safety oversight and accountability. Newly disclosed findings based on computer simulations show the structure – originally constructed to support navigation equipment...

2. More cross-border tours, visitors expected on expanded Hong Kong high-speed rail

   More train tour packages to mainland China are expected to be launched with 16 newly added destinations to Hong Kong’s high-speed rail network, industry leaders have said, with the enhanced connectivity expected to boost cross-border traveller numbers in both directions. Timothy Chui Ting-pong, executive director of the Hong Kong Tourism Association, said on Monday that local travel agencies...

3. China planning dozens of plants that use coal instead of oil to make plastics

   China is stepping up its efforts to use its vast coal reserves instead of oil to produce plastics and synthetic rubber. Coal can be refined to make olefins – an essential raw material for tens of thousands of chemical products that include plastics, synthetic fibres and rubber. While the mainstream practice is to produce olefins from oil, using coal can bring significant cost savings and might...

4. Singapore jails helper who slapped, hit and kicked elderly dementia patient

   A domestic helper in Singapore abused a 90-year-old woman she was supposed to care for, including slapping her face and hitting her with a diaper. Some of the mistreatment occurred while the victim, who has moderate vascular dementia, was partially unclothed, as her helper, Nwe Nwe San, attempted to help her put on a diaper. Nwe Nwe San, a 49-year-old Myanmar national, was jailed for 52 weeks on...

5. Nestle formula recall rattles Malaysian parents: ‘who are we going to trust?’

   When Nestle began pulling its baby milk formula off shelves last month over fears of contamination with a dangerous toxin, Malaysian father Mukhriz Hazim felt his trust in the world’s largest food company begin to falter. Since news of the contamination scare first emerged primarily in Europe in December before spreading across the world, the 33-year-old father has taken to scouring the...

6. Japan’s Takaichi seeks unity with South Korea’s Lee as China tensions persist

   Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will push for closer ties with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at a summit on Tuesday, as Tokyo struggles to draw a line under its widening diplomatic dispute with China. Both sides will focus on security challenges and Takaichi is expected to avoid “divisive” issues, while Lee, who last week met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, will try to...

7. Hong Kong stocks climb as yuan hits strongest level in nearly 3 years

   Hong Kong stocks rose on Tuesday as global investors broadened their focus beyond US markets, fuelling gains across Asian equities, while the yuan advanced to its strongest level against the US dollar since May 2023. The Hang Seng Index climbed 1 per cent to 26,877.01 at the noon break, while the Hang Seng Tech Index increased 0.4 per cent. On the mainland, both the CSI 300 Index and the...

8. Online shopping scams cost Hongkongers HK$14 million in first week of 2026

   Internet fraudsters tricked more than 270 Hong Kong residents out of nearly HK$14 million (US$1.8 million) through online shopping scams in the first week of 2026, police have said. The average daily loss of HK$2 million prompted the force to issue a scam alert on Monday, urging caution among online consumers and people selling products on the internet. One of the victims was a 26-year-old man...

9. Fatal Tokyo fist-fight leads to rare duelling charge and fears over amateur fight culture

   A Japanese man has been arrested under a rarely used 19th-century law against duelling after a late-night street fight in Tokyo that police say was arranged in advance left another man dead, fuelling wider concern about Japan’s violent amateur fight culture online. Police said Fuzuki Asari, 26, from Yachiyo in Chiba prefecture, was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of duelling and causing injury...

10. Chip designer GigaDevice surges 45% in Hong Kong debut amid China’s self-reliance drive

    Mainland chip designer GigaDevice Semiconductor jumped more than 45 per cent on its first trading day in Hong Kong on Tuesday, as the Beijing-based firm’s debut catered to investor appetite for tech companies amid China’s push for self-reliance. The firm’s shares started trading at HK$235, versus the offer price of HK$162, before ending the morning session up 40 per cent at HK$226.80. Its shares...