Japanese dad quits job to honour late daughter’s memory by opening café with family
[South China Morning Post] - 01/5/2025
57-year-old father leaves job for life to learn baking, pastry skills at culinary school, says move helps family cope with grief at loss of daughter.
In Chinese newspapers
China-North Korea relations start the new year on a new low
Between Kim’s outpourings to Putin and hardly a mention of Xi’s greeting is a message: North Korea cares little (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
South Korean transport minister to resign over Jeju Air crash: ‘I feel heavy responsibility’
Park Sang-woo intends to step down over the Jeju Air crash – South Korea’s worst air disaster – pledging swift (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
US cyber watchdog says no indication breach at Treasury hit other federal agencies
Last month Treasury reported a number of computers had been compromised by Chinese hackers.
[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025
Singapore empowers police to freeze bank accounts in scam crackdown
The measure, which can be imposed for up to 30 days, aims to protect victims from transferring funds to scammers.
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Australia’s prime minister joins intense debate over beach cabanas
Portable cabanas used to reserve spots on Australian beaches are ‘un-Australian’, says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of Marine, and French far-right figurehead dies at 96
Known for his inflammatory rhetoric and anti-immigrant views, Le Pen was a divisive figure in French politics, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Hong Kong to offer just 1 land plot this quarter amid developer caution
The plan for the Tung Chung site has been revised to allow for 745 flats following an unsuccessful tender in 2023.
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Hong Kong bus driver arrested after his vehicle hits man, who later dies
‘The man sustained chest injuries and … was certified dead at 7.35pm [on Monday],’ police say.
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Trudeau is resigning as Canada’s prime minister. What happens now?
Justin Trudeau said he plans to stay on as prime minister until a new party leader is chosen.
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Amid the warnings, China and Trump show much-needed willingness to talk
Both sides have been sending positive signals but they must find a way for non-hawkish heads to prevail in a crisis.
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Malaysia’s Johor-Singapore SEZ set to spur growth, but ‘development gap’ poses risk
The Johor-Singapore special economic zone is also poised to spark renewed interest in properties in the Malaysian (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025