Ostrich skin and Neo-Viagra? A shopping guide to North Korea

Ostrich skin ready for tailoring, huge flat-screen TVs, “Neo-Viagra” and a cure for cancer? North Korea’s official shopper’s guide is glossy and full of testimonials from satisfied

Corporate Bits | Annual SJM scholarship awards 41 children of staff

Sociedade de Jogos de Macau awarded scholarships to 41 children of staff, including new scholarships to 10 outstanding students of Year 2018 and the renewal of

Hong Kong | World’s priciest home market pushes millennials beyond the law

Hong Kong’s stratospheric property prices are pushing some residents beyond the law. A small, but significant, number of younger people are living in industrial buildings,

China in struggle to curb reliance on US market, suppliers

Faced with plunging U.S. orders, surgical glove maker Ren Jiding is hunting for new markets amid Chinese government calls to reduce reliance on the United

Nissan launches China-focused electric car

Nissan’s first electric sedan designed for China began production yesterday at the start of a wave of dozens of planned lower-cost electrics being created by

Tibet | Wang Yang calls for ‘anti-separatism efforts’ in Tibet

A  top Chinese leader has called for “advancing anti-separatism efforts” in Tibet, in a sign of continued high-pressure tactics in the Himalayan region. Wang Yang, the ruling

Belt & Road | Beijing defends ‘New Silk Road’ against debt complaints

Chinese officials yesterday defended Beijing’s initiative to build a “New Silk Road” of railways and other infrastructure across Asia against complaints it leaves host countries with too much debt

Myanmar | UN team: Military chiefs should face ‘genocide’ case

Investigators working for the U.N.’s top human rights body said yesterday that Myanmar military leaders should be prosecuted for genocide against Rohingya Muslims, taking the unusual

Race-based school criteria roils Asian-Americans – again

Time and again, Chinese-American students consistently delivered top academic scores, only to be denied admission to their dream school. Parents bemoaned what they saw as an

US Neil Simon, Broadway’s master of comedy, dies at 91

Playwright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits such as “The Odd Couple,” ‘’Barefoot in the Park” and his “Brighton Beach” trilogy dominated Broadway

The end of NAFTA? | US and Mexico near deal that would set path for treaty revamp

President Donald Trump said he intends to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement and call its replacement “the United States-Mexico Trade Agreement” — a name that

Offbeat | Burning Man organizers stress the importance of consent

The #MeToo movement is making its way to Burning Man. Organizers are reminding attendees that just because the counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert is known

This Day in History | 1963 – King’s dream for racial harmony

The fight for racial equality in the United States moved a step closer to victory today as Martin Luther King spoke of his dream for freedom in

Esports into Asian Games; Could the Olympics be next?

Esports is debuting as an exhibition sport at the Asian Games and is targeted for full inclusion in four years at the games in Hangzhou, China. Kenneth Fok,

Asian Games | Gold for Cambodia by Californian born in Texas

At 16, Jessa Khan has already won a stack of gold medals at state, regional and international competitions. But these are nothing to match her gold medal in

China’s Su Bingtian wins 100 meters in Asian Games record

Su Bingtian gave world junior champion Lalu Muhammad Zohri a taste of what it’s like to race against the fastest men on the continent. The Asian record

World briefs

PHILIPPINES A Roman Catholic priest who was one of the earliest critics of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly crackdown on drugs has gone into hiding due to what

The Buzz | France’s Macron calls for world trade discussion in Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for trade discussions to be held between the U.S., Europe, China and Japan in November in Paris. In a speech to

Detroit saying farewell in royal fashion to Queen of Soul

Aretha Franklin had admirers the world over, but there’s no doubt the flame burned brightest in Detroit — the place she was raised and remained for

Macau Matters | Another Effect of Rising Atmospheric CO2

To me, the modern world is largely a product of the Enlightenment – the European intellectual movement that emerged in the late 17th and 18th centuries and that

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