SCMP’s Asia desk

Electric-vehicle (EV) use in Indonesia during Eid al-Fitr celebrations is expected to increase by 500 per cent to 21,570 vehicles, up from 4,314 last year, according to projections by state-run electricity company PLN. “PLN is ready to fully support people […]

A Swiss man living in Thailand is facing the potential revocation of his visa after his dogs allegedly attacked residents and tourists on numerous occasions, according to Thai media reports. Local officials in Bang Saphan District, a coastal area in

South Korea’s young voters are more ideologically divided than older generations, a new survey has found, with men in their 20s gravitating toward conservatism while their female peers largely favour liberal politics, raising concerns about the country’s growing polarisation. The

Japan’s Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai bills itself as the “People’s Living Lab; A laboratory for a future society” and challenges the world to imagine a more sustainable future. But news reports seem to suggest it is not ensuring a sustainable

Indonesia’s Bali is making waves with an ambitious plan to introduce water taxis at its airport by the end of this year, aiming to alleviate the resort island’s notorious traffic congestion. As the number of tourists swells, local officials are

More than 10,000 factory workers have lost their jobs in Indonesia after Southeast Asia’s largest textile manufacturer closed its doors. Sri Rejeki Isman, or Sritex, stopped operations on Saturday and is in talks with potential investors to take over assets,

It started with a blink. Then another. And another. By the time Jang Ik-sun had finished his master’s thesis, he had typed tens of thousands of words – one blink at a time. For the 37-year-old South Korean student, who

Japanese transport operators are expanding luggage delivery services, including between train stations and airports, to address luggage congestion as the country continues to face overtourism in major cities. In January, the airport and rail operators in Nagoya ran a luggage

Locals in Thailand’s Pattaya are seeing red over public sex acts by tourists, prompting calls for awareness of proper conduct from visitors in the holiday hotspot. The latest incident involved a foreign couple who were allegedly having sex in the

A South Korean teacher who allegedly stabbed a seven-year-old pupil to death had laughed while she was being treated in hospital for self-inflicted wounds after the horrific incident, according to local media. Korean-language daily Hankook Ilbo reported on Thursday that