Kimberly Lim
Asia Reporter at South China Morning Post
🇸🇬 Asia Reporter at @SCMPNews. Previously at @TODAYonline and @TheNewPaper.
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1 week ago |
scmp.com | Kimberly Lim |Nicole Cheah
In Singapore, a new kind of party is taking off – fuelled by caffeine instead of alcohol and ending before dark – in a shift observers say reflects a broader trend among Gen Z Asians seeking healthier, cheaper and more mindful ways to socialise. Across the region, from matcha-fuelled morning raves to curated mocktail events and sober bars in cities like Bangkok and Tokyo, a quiet shift is under way.
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2 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Kimberly Lim |Nicole Cheah |Biman Mukherji |Hadi Azmi
As a teenager in military-ruled Myanmar, Muang* viewed a US college degree as the ultimate escape – a passport to freedom, stability and a future unbound by the limits of a junta-run state. At 19, he made it. A full scholarship to one of America’s most prestigious universities marked the culmination of years of perseverance. But today, that hard-won dream feels precarious. “You grow up in a country where it’s a dictatorship and you don’t have any opportunities to build your own life,” Muang said.
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3 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Kimberly Lim |Jean Iau
Singapore’s defence minister on Sunday said it was “incumbent” on other countries to reach out to China to avoid misinterpretation and misunderstanding as he urged Beijing to use every opportunity to make its perspective understood by the world. “It is in the interest of all of us to work with China, and it is also in the interest of China to work with everyone else,” Chan Chun Sing told delegates at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
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3 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Kimberly Lim |Jean Iau
6 hours agoHegseth warns Chinese invasion of Taiwan ‘could be imminent’Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a stark warning on Saturday, saying that the threat of a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan “could be imminent.” It comes as NBC News got rare access to Taiwan’s preparations for a possible conflict with Beijing. NBC News’ Janis Mackey Frayer reports.
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3 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Jean Iau |Kimberly Lim
Singapore’s defence minister has said attendees at a premier security summit hosted by his country would have wanted China’s defence chief to be present to avoid misunderstandings, as the absence of a high-ranking leader from Beijing continues to reverberate on the second day of the Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD).
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