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- Ji So-yun brings wisdom, experience and winning spirit to Korean women's football Korea Times ·
“I am thinking about retiring after reaching 200 appearances for the national team.” Ji So-yun, a living legend of Korean women's football, has set a clear target for the final chapter of her international career: reaching 200 games before hanging up her cleats. The 35-year-old Suwon FC Women…
- Communist Party pledges to reach deeper into China’s tech, digital platform sectors South China Morning Post ·
China’s ruling Communist Party will step up “party building” across the country’s tech sector and deploy digital tools to fight corruption, according to a landmark document adopted at a key political plenum. These tools include a digital discipline inspection platform and a big-data supervision…
- Somali piracy resurges as Iranian vessel seized carrying 23 crew South China Morning Post ·
Somali pirates have seized an Iranian fishing vessel carrying 23 people, the European Union’s Maritime Security Centre Indian Ocean (MSCIO) said, warning that the ship was approaching a commercial shipping lane and could become a floating base for further attacks. The Azini was hijacked on Thursday…
- ‘Less than a minute’: Hong Kong travellers praise Japan’s new tax refund at airports South China Morning Post ·
Hong Kong tour groups returning from Japan have praised a smooth roll-out of the country’s new tax refund arrangement that requires travellers to complete refund procedures at airports or ports rather than at shops. Under the “pay first, refund later” scheme, which took effect on Sunday to curb…
- Could a midterm defeat tame Trump? Not on foreign policy, Chinese experts say South China Morning Post ·
A potential lame-duck phase may not deter US President Donald Trump from pursuing more “transactional” or “risky” foreign policy moves after the midterm elections, Chinese experts warn, while casting doubt on expectations of a powerful Democratic wave. Amid a season of high-stakes contests that…
- China’s Xi says strict party governance has positive impact, does not stifle growth South China Morning Post ·
Chinese President Xi Jinping has mounted a direct defence of the campaign for strong Communist Party governance and internal discipline, describing them as a “fundamental guarantee” for China’s rise and warning against any easing of scrutiny, according to state media. Xi took the floor as the…
- Bhutan builds 108 stupas for mindfulness city in tourism push South China Morning Post ·
Tens of thousands of volunteers helped raise 108 Buddhist stupas in Bhutan on Sunday, marking the Himalayan kingdom’s ambitious plans for a “mindfulness” city aimed at driving economic growth. The 15-metre tall solid towers – sacred Buddhist monuments found across the Himalayas – stretch along 12…
- 2 Air Force training aircraft collide mid-air in Sept.; no casualties reported Yonhap ·
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- Two Air Force KT-1 training aircraft collided mid-air ...
- Clarify crime thresholds and immunity in bid-rigging law: Hong Kong Bar Association South China Morning Post ·
The Hong Kong Bar Association has called on the government to clearly define criminal thresholds and resolve whistle-blower immunity rules under its plan to outlaw bid-rigging following the deadly Tai Po inferno. A task force formed by the association, which represents the city’s barristers, spent…
- Washington’s unending vendetta against Cuba South China Morning Post ·
Last week, the United Nations General Assembly called for the 34th time for an end to the US embargo on Cuba. The resolution passed by 130 votes to 17, with 25 abstentions. It came as Cuba struggles with a severe energy crisis, mainly caused by a US fuel embargo, imposed after the abduction of…
- Evening News on TV32 - Nov 1 RTHK ·
Top stories for Sunday, Nov 1, 2026 - The justice secretary says "bad actors" are going to be driven out of the building maintenance sector. - Thousands join the first ever Northern Metropolis Marathon. - Hong Kong has its warmest October on record.
- High Court redevelopment plan ‘not workable’, Hong Kong Bar Association warns South China Morning Post ·
The Hong Kong Bar Association has warned that a proposed phased redevelopment of the High Court, which could span more than a decade, is “not workable” and risks deterring legal practitioners from joining the bench. The association, the professional body for barristers, urged the government to…
- US first lady Melania Trump unlikely to travel to Apec summit in China South China Morning Post ·
US first lady Melania Trump is unlikely to travel to China with the president for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen this month. “First lady Melania Trump is not scheduled to attend the events in person,” her office said in response to a query about her travel plans. President…
- Self-improving AI the key step towards AGI but safety is key: Z.ai founder South China Morning Post ·
Using artificial intelligence to build even smarter systems will make artificial general intelligence (AGI) more achievable, though it would need to be done safely, leading Chinese computer scientist Tang Jie said at an event in Shanghai on Saturday. The remarks underscore how AI companies in the US…
- Big Apple vs Pearl of the Orient? How higher taxes in New York may open door for Hong Kong South China Morning Post ·
On November 4 last year, Zohran Mamdani won the New York mayoral election on a promise to make the city more affordable, with expanded social programmes funded in part by raising taxes on the city’s wealthiest residents and most profitable corporations. Nearly a year since his upset victory, he has…
- Kherson truce lets Ukrainian family ‘close chapter’ on old life The Japan Times ·
The Ukrainian army regained the city in November of that year, but Russia has continued to fire drones and rockets from across the Dnipro River.
- US-Iran talks: UAE ‘braced for the worst’, hoping for diplomacy South China Morning Post ·
The UAE is hoping for a breakthrough in negotiations between Iran and the United States while being prepared for the worst, a senior official said on Sunday, following threats of a resumption of the Middle East war. “We’re hoping that there is a diplomatic breakthrough,” diplomatic adviser to the…
- How could a single gene-editing injection treat inherited eye diseases? South China Morning Post ·
In the third of a four-part Health Matters wellness series on frontier medicine in Hong Kong, Fiona Sun examines how a local start-up is testing a gene-editing therapy that could tackle a group of inherited eye diseases at their genetic source and what it will take to turn it into a treatment…
- Hong Kong records warmest October since records begin RTHK ·
The Observatory on Sunday said Hong Kong recorded its warmest October since records began in 1884. The forecaster said the average temperature last month stood at 27.6 degrees Celsius. The mean maximum and minimum temperatures also set records, at 30.5 degrees and 25.8 degrees respectively. The…
- Indian opposition unites to demand Modi electoral chief’s resignation South China Morning Post ·
Thousands protested in Delhi on Sunday to demand the resignation of India’s election chief over a revision of voter lists, the latest in more than a month of opposition demonstrations challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Led by Congress party chief Rahul Gandhi, Sunday’s protesters say the…
- DeepSeek unveils AI ‘super agent’ in coding race with OpenAI, Anthropic South China Morning Post ·
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has previewed a plan for a more autonomous AI agent that can handle multiple tasks with minimal human intervention, as it steps up competition with US rivals OpenAI and Anthropic in developing coding assistants. The proposed system, dubbed super…
- At 97, China’s first female conductor still performs in public, wowing audiences South China Morning Post ·
China’s first female conductor, Zheng Xiaoying, is 97 years old, but she continues to give outstanding performances to audiences. In August, the nonagenarian conducted the Chinese-language version of the opera Carmen in Xiamen, in southeastern China’s Fujian province, where she lives. Tickets for…
- From rifles to radar: China upgrades its African arms trade as Russia and the West retreat South China Morning Post ·
For decades, China has supplied African militaries with small arms and land-based equipment such as armoured vehicles, trucks and artillery. Now, it is selling them more specialised weapons, including armed drones and electronic warfare systems. Analysts noted that China’s African arms sales were…
- Turkish, East Timorese presidents to visit S. Korea this week for talks with Lee Yonhap ·
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and East Timore...
- Bar Association backs criminalising bid-rigging RTHK ·
The Bar Association on Sunday said it supports the criminalisation of bid-rigging activities through amendments to the Competition Ordinance. This came as its task force on law review proposed about 50 legislative amendments following the deadly Wang Fuk Court fire. It covered bid-rigging, tender…
- Turkey moves Kurdish militant leader as part of peace process South China Morning Post ·
Turkey has moved the country’s Kurdish militant leader to a newly built part of an island prison where he has been incarcerated since 1999 as part of efforts to end decades of conflict, a senior Kurdish official said. Improving prison conditions for Abdullah Ocalan, who heads the Kurdistan Workers’…
- Lan Kwai Fong welcomes record 105k Halloween revellers RTHK ·
Lan Kwai Fong Group on Sunday said it welcomed a record 105,000 revellers on Halloween, up from 80,000 a year earlier, as bars and restaurants saw business nearly double. The group's chairman, Allan Zeman said the size of the crowd on Saturday – also the final day of Hong Kong's inaugural month-long…
- Ageless wonder looking forward to yet another Korean Series trip with Lions Yonhap ·
DAEGU, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- It has been 11 years since Choi Hyoung-woo last played...
- El Nino, weak monsoon behind Hong Kong’s warmest October since records began South China Morning Post ·
Hong Kong sweltered through its warmest October on record, as an extremely strong El Nino, a weak northeast monsoon and a persistent anticyclone aloft over southern China combined to drive temperatures to unprecedented levels, the weather forecaster has said. The Hong Kong Observatory said on Sunday…
- (LEAD) Jurado pitches Lions to Korean Series with 2nd straight postseason gem Yonhap ·
DAEGU, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- Entering this year's Korea Baseball Organization (KBO)...
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