
Pertamina’s corruption probe in Indonesia fuels anger over ‘oil and gas mafia’
[South China Morning Post] - 03/6/2025
Nine suspects linked to the Pertamina case have been arrested, potentially undermining Prabowo’s efforts to combat corruption.
In Chinese newspapers
Hong Kong to press on with selling residential plots amid warnings of oversupply
Development minister Bernadette Linn also says government will not give up on project to build artificial islands in (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon released from detention
Yoon was detained in a raid in January on insurrection charges over his December 3 attempt to declare martial law.
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
Cyclone approaching Australia east coast weakens to tropical system
Tropical Cyclone Alfred was expected to be the first cyclone to cross the east Australian coast near the Queensland (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
China influencer, 24, dies day after revealing not eating for 2 days, unable to pay rent
Tragic cosplay blogger tells army of fans she is ‘on the edge of death’ before passing away, family leave online (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
Why concern is growing in Taiwan about chip giant TSMC’s pledge to invest in Arizona
The US$100 billion outlay may avert threatened tariffs, but it risks undermining the island’s strategically vital (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
Naming contest for Hong Kong’s panda twin cubs draws 35,700 entries
Ocean Park says organisers ‘blown away’ by number of suggestions, adds competition results will be announced in (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
Sri Lanka resort seeks to break gender barriers, empower women
Amba Yaalu is Sri Lanka’s first resort operated and managed only by women, and an attempt to address the tourism (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
‘Never forget’: Philippine documentary rekindles memories of terror during World War II
Survivors of the 1945 Battle of Manila recount in ‘Children of the War’ how they escaped ‘mass executions’ during (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
Influential AI expert Tingwen Huang returns to China after decades abroad
He will continue work in intelligent control, optimisation and the dynamics of complex systems as professor at (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
China’s Ne Zha 2 still flying high as highest-grossing animated movie of all time
Gone are the days when Chinese filmmakers were left scrambling to recreate the economic success of foreign offerings (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
Singapore jails Australian man who stole cash from moneylender at knifepoint
Jose Manuel Pacheco, who was sentenced to 16 months’ jail, said he needed money desperately to repay his debts.
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025