Ageing and fertility: why Asian women are freezing their eggs
A growing number of women are freezing their eggs as a means of prolonging their fertility, but what are the economic and social barriers they face along the way? The Post spoke with Dr Geetha Venkat ...
4 Mar 202422min
Why the Philippines’ Duterte-Marcos alliance is disintegrating
The political marriage of the Philippines’ two most powerful families appears to be crumbling. Lucio Blanco Pitlo III, research fellow at the Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation, explains the...
22 Feb 202418min
How Indonesia’s ‘TikTok general’ Prabowo won the presidential race
Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia’s current defence minister, has won the presidential election by a wide margin, according to unofficial, but historically accurate quick count results. But there are linger...
16 Feb 202422min
Taylor Swift, Coldplay spark concert tourism boom in Southeast Asia
Taylor Swift is one of the biggest musical acts in the world – and she’s coming to Singapore in 2024, along with Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars and Coldplay. For decades, so-called “world tours” have skipped ...
8 Feb 202416min
Is North Korea preparing for war?
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made the South its “principal enemy” in proposed changes to the country’s constitution. He has also ended hopes of reunification, while intensifying missile tests. ...
5 Feb 202421min
Coming soon: China and the Russia-Ukraine War, one year on
One year after Russia's disastrous attempt to invade Ukraine and overthrow its government, Vladimir Putin finds his military bogged down in a stalemate, and his nation economically and diplomatically ...
23 Feb 20231min
‘Wolf Warrior’ diplomacy defanged; Tokyo, Seoul join the US tech war; is China easing Australia sanctions?
Kinling Lo analyses a change of tone amid a staff change for Beijing’s senior diplomats; Rob Delaney on the future of US-China relations with Kevin McCarthy as Speaker; Zhou Xin reveals the deeper com...
13 Jan 202351min
Analysing China’s ties with the US, EU, UK, and Philippines in 2023
Brussels-based SCMP correspondent Finbarr Bermingham recaps how Russia’s Ukraine invasion changed Europe’s relationship with China, and previews how the EU may change its tact to Chinese investment an...
6 Jan 202346min
