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1. Singapore’s Pritam Singh, Mediacorp apologise over court contempt in CNA interview

   Singapore’s opposition leader Pritam Singh has apologised to the court for statements he made on a CNA programme while CNA’s parent company, Mediacorp, also issued an apology and took down the interview. “I accept that my statements may be construed to be in contempt of court, including to impugn the integrity, propriety or impartiality of the court,” Singh wrote on social media on...

2. Primary school near Hong Kong estate destroyed in deadly blaze hopes to move

   The principal of a Hong Kong primary school opposite the scene of the deadly Tai Po fire has expressed hope that the institution could relocate, saying the horrifying view of the charred buildings will put parents off and affect enrolment. Tai Po Baptist Public School head Siu Ting said the campus was still sealed off and there was currently no date set for when pupils might return. The school’s...

3. China’s green tech revolution will outlast geopolitics with scale and cost: Arif Aga

   The global green energy transition is less about geopolitics and more about economic reality, according to Arif Aga, director of global renewable engineering consultancy SgurrEnergy. For many nations seeking to adopt clean energy, their priority remains the practical pursuit of lowering costs, a reality that has entrenched China’s leading role in the global clean power supply. According to the...

4. Fire breaks out at flat in Hong Kong’s Tin Shui Wai, 1 injured and 200 evacuated

   A fire broke out at a flat in a public housing estate in Hong Kong’s Tin Shui Wai early on Saturday, leaving a man severely injured, with more than 200 residents evacuated. Authorities received multiple calls at 3.43am on Saturday from residents reporting the blaze at Tin Chak Estate in Tin Shui Wai, with occasional sounds of explosions. Firefighters rushed to the scene and rescued a man living...

5. North Korea’s Kim reveals soldiers cleared mines for Russia, in rare public statement

   North Korea sent troops to clear mines in Russia’s Kursk region earlier this year, leader Kim Jong-un said in a speech carried on Saturday by state media, in a rare acknowledgement of the deadly tasks assigned to its soldiers there. Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to fight for Moscow as it presses ahead with its nearly four-year invasion of Ukraine, according to South Korean and Western...

6. China’s copper heartland vows to build US$28 billion empire, dominate in global market

   A key industrial hub in eastern China is launching a push to transform itself into one of the world’s top copper-smelting bases, aiming to forge stronger supply chains for the strategic metal as prices flirt with record highs. In an implementation plan released on Tuesday, the Shandong provincial government pledged to expand its copper industry, with the next two years seeing rapid advancements....

7. Towering traditions: Hong Kong’s centuries-old Kam Tin Jiao Festival returns

   Once every decade, villagers in Kam Tin build a nearly 30-metre (100-foot) tall bamboo structure – large enough to hold almost half the capacity of the Hong Kong Coliseum – to stage rituals and Cantonese opera performances for an audience of residents, deities and spirits alike. The colossal structure, adorned with vibrant plaques and a flag, is the largest of its kind in Hong Kong and serves as...

8. Japan quake shows urgent need to improve tourist safety: ‘didn’t know where to go’

   The magnitude 7.5 earthquake that occurred off northeastern Japan recently highlights the need for Japan to provide safety tips and evacuation information to foreign nationals more effectively, particularly as the country witnesses an inbound tourism boom. Locals and foreign visitors alike were asked to evacuate as the weather agency issued tsunami warnings for part of the Pacific coast of...

9. China’s fake name scandal sparks warnings about government credibility and corruption

   Multiple documents on websites run by public institutions in China were found to feature fake names and people, a pattern state media warned could harm government credibility and provide a haven for corruption. The series of blunders unfolded when internet users on December 3 found that a tender document listed what appeared to be a fake judging panel, with the names of all five members...

10. Role reversal: Meta adopts Qwen as Chinese AI becomes industry foundation

    When US tech giant Meta Platforms released its flagship Llama family of artificial intelligence models in February 2023, they were open-sourced, a move that singled it out among global AI model developers at the time. That September, one of the many derivatives of Llama was announced: Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen. The first generation of Qwen adopted Llama’s training process and cited Meta's seminal...