Japan says China-linked hackers MirrorFace targeted defence and space agencies
[South China Morning Post] - 01/8/2025
The attacks, which targeted government agencies, businesses, and individuals, aimed to steal sensitive information on defence, space, and advanced technology.
In Chinese newspapers
Asean remains an investment bright spot in a messy global economy
A decade since setting up the Asean Economic Community, the region has made progress in integration and drawing FDI (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025
Cathay passengers flying to Hong Kong hit by food poisoning, preflight meal blamed
Centre for Health Protection says sandwiches eaten before departing Kathmandu could be source of illness.
[South China Morning Post] - 8/01/2025
Closer defence ties pledged as PLA joint staff chief Liu Zhenli visits Malaysia
Malaysian prime minister hails ‘strong’ China ties in talks with Liu, as defence minister urges dialogue to manage (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025
South Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee plagiarised master’s thesis, university concludes
Kim, who was previously embroiled in controversy over her academic credentials, has until the end of January to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025
Who needs Art Basel? Town in ‘Uruguay’s Tuscany’ hosts international Campo Artfest
Pueblo Garzon, an old mill town, drew 6,000 visitors to its eighth Campo Artfest. For one resident artist, the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025
Malaysian girl who sat online exam in tree to get Wi-fi pursues passion in medicine
Veveonah Mosibin said the 2020 act, which led to cyberbullying, also brought better internet connectivity to her (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025
Chinese actor Wang Xing says fraud gang trafficked him to Myanmar scam compound
Actor who went missing near Thailand-Myanmar border confirms he fell victim to human trafficking scheme disguised as (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025
Mexico’s president trolls Trump, suggests US be renamed ‘Mexican America’
Claudia Sheinbaum was responding to the US president-elect’s proposal to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/01/2025
Israel army says body of Gaza hostage retrieved from underground tunnel
The body was found as international mediators kept up a push for a ceasefire and hostage release deal.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025
China’s investors, tourists hit pause to size up risks of turmoil in Seoul
With the political crisis in South Korea unlikely to abate, analysts say China’s businesspeople and travellers are (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025
Hong Kong issues first cold weather warning of 2025 as temperatures set to dip
Temperatures set to be around 11 to 12 degrees in urban areas over the weekend and may drop to seven degrees or (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025