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Asia may be sliding into a dangerous arms race as smaller nations that once stayed on the sidelines build arsenals of advanced long-range missiles, following in the footsteps of powerhouses China and the United States.China is mass producing its DF-26 – a multipurpose weapon with a range of up to 4,000km – while the US is developing new weapons aimed at countering Beijing in the Pacific. Other countries in the region are buying or developing their own new missiles, driven by security concerns…

UK financial regulators are making it increasingly clear that they will take action against firms that mislead the public about the climate credentials of their products.

South Korea’s military has recorded in biggest cluster of Covid-19 infections to date, with more than 80 per cent of personnel aboard a destroyer on anti-piracy patrol in the Gulf of Aden testing positive.While the 247 cases are not directly linked to new domestic infections, with the destroyer having left South Korea to start its mission in February, the surge comes as the country battles its worst outbreak of Covid-19 cases at home, with another 1,252 new infections reported for Sunday.The…

More than a year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19 outbreak a public health emergency, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) – a region with a combined GDP of US$9.34 trillion and a population of more than 650 million – has not recovered from the global economic tumult resulting from the pandemic.While some economies in the region do appear to be recovering, Asean governments are still prioritising the disbursement of stimulus measures for short-term…

It was a sunny spring afternoon last year when Tisiphone, 25, received a phone call from a male friend that turned her life upside down.“He told me that I was on Pornhub. Of course, my first reaction was that it must be a mistake. How could it be me?” said the Chinese woman, who asked for her details to be kept private and to be identified as Tisiphone – one of the Furies, the Greek goddesses of vengeance.When she opened the link sent by her friend, her heart sank in disbelief as she saw…

At a hotel in Wa State, near the Myanmar-China border, Chinese national Li Jiajie is growing increasingly desperate by the day.The 24-year-old has been surviving on his savings since last month when he quit his job as an assistant chef after Chinese security officials instructed all citizens to leave northeast Myanmar.But Li is uncertain how long he might have to wait before he can enter quarantine in Pangkham, the main city in the state, before crossing the border to reach his homeland.“Only a…

The South Korean government has summoned the Japanese ambassador to the foreign ministry over crude remarks about President Moon Jae-in and his attempt to organise a summit with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga during the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.Hirohisa Soma, the deputy head of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, reportedly ridiculed Moon’s chances of holding a summit with Suga during the Games, accusing the South Korean president of “masturbating”.In response, South Korea’s First Vice Foreign…

Our Tokyo Trail series looks at key issues and athletes in the run-up to the 2020 Olympics, which are scheduled for late July.In 2014, European badminton hit its nadir at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England. For the first time in 115 years, no shuttler from the continent reached the semi-finals of the prestigious All England Open – the world’s oldest badminton tournament – with competitors from Asia instead filling up every final-four slot in all five events.Their overwhelming…

UK government guidance puts the onus on individual employers to determine the best way in which to keep their workers safe from the spread of Covid-19, an expert has said.

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Bank of England are asking for views on plans to improve diversity and inclusion in the financial services sector.