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  • 2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Joseph Sipalan |Aidan Jones

    Asean must aggressively pursue new export markets as the bloc strives to convince the US of its economic relevance during tariff negotiations, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said, ahead of a crucial summit of Southeast Asian leaders. Tariffs, trade disruption and a shrinking growth forecast will frame talks as Malaysia hosts the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Monday.

  • 1 month ago | scmp.com | Hadi Azmi |Joseph Sipalan |Aidan Jones

    Malaysian luxury watchmaker Ming has carved out a niche following with its minimalist designs and Swiss craftsmanship. But a third of its customers are in the United States and now stuck on the wrong side of a tariff barrier thrown up by President Donald Trump, casting a long shadow over future sales. “It doesn’t matter whether we export as Malaysian or Swiss – for the US customer, the landed cost has effectively gone up by 30 per cent,” said Ming Thein, the brand’s co-founder.

  • 1 month ago | scmp.com | Aidan Jones |Redwan Ahmed

    Muhammad Yunus has worn many hats in his storied career: economist, Nobel laureate, pioneer of microfinance, and, more recently, nemesis of the now-deposed authoritarian Sheikh Hasina, who pursued him relentlessly through the courts.

  • 2 months ago | scmp.com | Joseph Sipalan |Aidan Jones

    A Malaysian search and rescue crew – the first international team to reach Sagaing at the epicentre of Myanmar’s recent earthquake – said aftershocks and the risk of landmines had hampered the increasingly forlorn search for survivors. Sagaing, a town of about 78,000 around 16km from the epicentre of last Friday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake, has been pulverised by the quake which killed over 2,000 people, with the toll expected to surge.

  • 2 months ago | scmp.com | Kimberly Lim |Jean Iau |Aidan Jones

    By the time she was 21, Singaporean Regina Yeo had the sharper jaw and higher nasal bridge that she’d craved throughout her teens. Self-avowedly “young, broke and desperate”, she still managed to scrape together the few hundred dollars needed for treatment at an unlicensed clinic staffed by women from Vietnam in Singapore’s Lavender district. Looking back, the beauty blogger – now 25 – has no regrets.

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