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1. Firefighters in Hong Kong? This video was shot in Chile in 2024

   With the rise of social media and generative AI, how much of what we see online is true? In this new series, SCMP Fact-Check, the Post investigates claims circulating online and debunks viral misinformation impacting the daily lives of Hongkongers. A 16-second clip was shared on Facebook on Thursday and has amassed more than 200,000 views. “Firefighters’ first person perspective. A tribute to...

2. Raids on men-only spas in Malaysia raise concerns about LGBTQ targeting

   Raids on men-only saunas and spas across Malaysia have raised fears of an intensifying crackdown on LGBTQ communities, in what activists view as a steadily illiberal turn under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government. While officials defend such operations as necessary to uphold Malaysian law and Islamic principles, rights advocates said the latest raids fit a pattern of punitive policing that...

3. Why Russia is targeting the Philippines with Ukraine mercenary claims

   Russia’s accusation that the United States and Germany are recruiting Filipino mercenaries to fight in Ukraine is almost certainly disinformation, analysts say. Yet the claim exposes how easily Southeast Asian nations can be drawn into the information crossfire of global conflicts – becoming unwitting pawns in great-power narratives that shape opinions far beyond the battlefield. Russian Foreign...

4. Beijing aims to harness state, private sectors to build ‘world-class firms’

   China’s state-asset watchdog has urged the country’s state-owned enterprises to act as an anchor for strategic industries, while also calling for a predictable, level playing field for private firms – a combination it said was essential for building world-class businesses. Zhang Yuzhuo, chairman of China’s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), outlined Beijing’s...

5. ByteDance teams up with ZTE as China races to take on Apple in agentic AI phones

   TikTok owner ByteDance has entered the race against Apple to define the future of smartphones by putting its artificial intelligence agent Doubao into a ZTE-made handset. The Beijing-based company on Monday launched the Doubao Mobile Assistant in a technical preview, describing it as “an operating-system-level collaboration between ByteDance’s Doubao [AI model] and mobile phone manufacturers”...

6. UK MP Tulip Siddiq, aunt Sheikh Hasina sentenced to jail in Bangladesh land case

   A court in Bangladesh’s capital of Dhaka sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to five years in prison and her niece, British Labour Party lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, to two years in prison on Monday for corruption involving a government land project. Rabiul Alam, the judge of Dhaka’s Special Judge’s Court, said Hasina misused her power as prime minister while Siddiq was guilty of corruptly...

7. Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund launches in 2000 – from the SCMP archive

   This article was originally published on December 2, 2000 By Felix Chan Warning for MPF-dodging bosses Employers were warned on Friday (December 1, 2000), the day the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) was launched, that they could not escape paying their fair share. Only about 135,000 employers, 54 per cent of those required to do so, had signed up by the deadline. About 1.44 million employees and...

8. ‘Weight gain subsidy’: China food tasters share videos, reveal new side to job

   Chinese food tasters are going viral by sharing videos that reveal a job much tougher than its dreamy image, even if the task comes with a “weight-gain subsidy”. The unusual workers are hired by snack brands, food factories and supermarkets. They earn an average of about 10,000 yuan (US$1,400) a month for their taste-testing duties. Their formal title is “sensory evaluation engineer”. Their job...

9. China halts Brazilian soy imports, disbelief over robot clip: 5 weekend reads

   We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China halts soy imports from Brazil plants, pivots to US amid food safety probe 2. Why do Chinese no longer feel the need to boycott Japanese products? 3. Portraits of courage: helpers who stayed...

10. Unification Church leader denies knowing about gifts for Kim Keon-hee

    The leader of one of South Korea’s largest cultlike churches stood trial on Monday accused of bribing the country’s former first lady with gifts including a designer handbag and a diamond necklace. The arrest of leader Han Hak-ja in September rocked the Unification Church, which claims to have 10 million followers worldwide and controls a sprawling business empire. The 82-year-old defendant,...