SCMP’s Asia desk

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

At least 67 false killer whales have died after a pod of more than 150 became stranded on a remote beach in Australia’s Tasmania state, officials said on Wednesday. Tasmania’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment said 157 false killer

A Filipino police couple have been charged with murdering a fellow officer whose dismembered body was discovered in a house in Benguet province. Investigators alleged that an enraged Roderick Pascua shot Emmanuel De Asis and chopped him up with a

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was heckled on Tuesday during a visit to an arson-hit synagogue in Melbourne as he faced mounting criticism for playing tennis in the aftermath of the attack. Three masked assailants set the Adass Israel Synagogue

A firebrand cleric has called on President Prabowo Subianto to send Indonesian youth to Gaza to pick up arms against Israel and “liberate” one of Islam’s holiest shrines in Jerusalem. Rizieq Shihab, the spiritual figurehead of the now-banned Islamic Defenders

The Philippines has warned residents not to consume sea turtle meat following a suspected food poisoning incident that left three people dead and dozens sick in Maguindanao del Norte province. Officials said the indigenous Tedurays experienced vomiting, stomach ache and