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Malaysia’s leader Mahathir Mohamad might be in his 90s but he does not pull his punches – even when global superpowers are in the ring.That much was clear at the 25th International Conference on the Future of Asia hosted by Nikkei, when the prime minister criticised the trade dispute between the US and China, and warned it could lead to “greater destruction”.The nonagenarian openly supported Huawei and called out the United States on its playground-style tactics in controlling the tech industry…

Businesses will be more likely to avoid heavy fines if they own up to data breaches they experience, Singapore’s data regulator has said.

Are robot baristas the future of South Korea’s vibrant coffee culture? Dal.komm Coffee thinks so. The company now has 45 robot-equipped outlets in shopping malls, company cafeterias, schools and an airport.Coffee is just one of many industries that could be transformed by automated services in the tech-forward nation, a notion both exciting and worrisome as jobs become scarcer.South Korean industries, including restaurants, convenience stores, supermarkets, banks and manufacturers, are relying…

Many Thais laughed when leader Prayuth Chan-ocha told them to pick up George Orwell’s 1945 satire of the Stalin regime Animal Farm for an entertaining read a week before the parliament voted to confirm his second term in the job since taking power in a 2014 military coup. But it was hardly the first time he has been laughed at, despite being Thailand’s most powerful military man. The 65-year-old former general’s repeated outbursts at reporters, at times swearing at them while being bombarded…

A legal challenge against the use of EU-endorsed standard contractual clauses for underpinning the transfer of personal data from the EU to the US has successfully navigated its way through the Irish courts.

Japanese authorities have seized HK$4.3 billion (US$550 million) worth of crystal meth and arrested seven suspected drug traffickers, including at least one Hongkonger, in the country’s largest ever drugs bust.The seven suspects, all Chinese men aged between 20 and 49, were taken into custody in Minamiizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, in a joint operation between the Japan Coast Guard and the Metropolitan Police Department earlier this week.Law enforcement sources told the Post at least one Hong Kong…

Eid festivities are meant to be marked by family, food and laughter, but for Malaysia’s refugee communities, celebrations are often a more muted affair.The Muslim holiday at the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan brings with it reminders of the homes they have left behind.“In my country, the celebrations will be large. Tables full of food will take up a space this big,” says Afghan refugee Mohseni in halting but expressive English, as he motions from one end of his living room to the…

ANALYSIS: Banks, fintechs and retailers are wrestling with the technical challenge of payment security standards as EU deadlines approach but, whilst compliance is the immediate priority and treat to transactions, those businesses must also look towards the longer term opportunities likely to arise from the wider push to open up access to data.

A rare 25-carat pink diamond is among the millions of dollars worth of jewellery seized from the Philippines’ former first lady Imelda Marcos that will now be publicly auctioned, after years of her contesting the move in court.President Rodrigo Duterte, an ally of the Marcos family, has formally approved the sale of three jewellery sets, his executive secretary confirmed on Tuesday. The items, estimated to be worth about US$19 million in 2015, include Indian diamonds, Burmese rubies and…

129 countries have agreed how they will work together to reach agreement by 2020 on new ways to tax the digitalised economy, according to a programme of work published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).