Phan Anh

Theoretical physicist Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, who built and flew her own airplane before she had a driver's license, is leading a multimillion-dollar effort to answer one of science's biggest questions: whether our entire universe can be described as a hologram.

Semiconductor scientist Jiang Jianfeng, 30, has returned to China's Peking University as an associate professor and PhD supervisor just 18 months after earning his doctorate, a trajectory that typically takes academics eight to 10 years.

Seven months after arriving in Japan from Nepal, 19-year-old Diyali Yamuna can ace a job interview in Japanese.

Singapore has announced to send more repatriation flights to bring stranded citizens home from the Middle East after the first ones landed at Changi Airport on March 5.

Singapore will raise its retirement age from 63 to 64 and its re-employment age from 68 to 69 on July 1, part of a decade-long roadmap to reach 65 and 70 by 2030 as the city-state adapts to one of Asia's fastest-aging populations.

A Ukrainian couple sleeping on airport chairs with US$12 to their name. A Filipino mother cradling her 22-month-old daughter through a 24-hour layover that was never supposed to happen. A German woman stuck mid-journey between Bangkok and Hamburg with no timeline for getting home.

Singapore recorded 149 road deaths in 2025, the most in a decade, with elderly pedestrian fatalities more than doubling to 27 as the city-state's intensified enforcement campaign failed to reverse a rising toll, police data showed.

Stung by Japan's record 42.7 million visitors last year, South Korea is overhauling its entire tourism playbook, from visa-free entry for Indonesians and faster immigration for Europeans to a zero-tolerance crackdown on rip-off pricing.

Sammy Azdoufal just wanted to drive his robot vacuum with a gaming controller. Instead, he ended up with access to the cameras, microphones and floor plans of nearly 7,000 strangers' homes across 24 countries.

Singapore will scrap long-standing free entry perks and raise entry permit fees for foreign-registered vehicles from Jan. 1, 2027.

Singapore is offering cash bonuses, tax breaks and longer parental leave to encourage couples to have children, but many are still choosing not to.

This city's rising living costs are being shaped by heavy tourism, limited land, and growing demand for housing and services.

Singapore's Changi Airport ranks among the world's best places to meet the love of your life, according to a new global ranking.

Facing high costs and long waits at home, more foreigners are turning to China for medical care, aided by easier visa entry.

A South Korean county head has been expelled from the ruling party after controversial remarks suggesting the country should "import unmarried women" from Vietnam and Sri Lanka to help rural men marry and counter population decline.

A member of South Korea's most prominent business family says giving up smartphones and video games for three years played a key role in his admission to Seoul National University, the country's top university.

Vietnam's south-central tourist province of Khanh Hoa, home to popular tourist city Nha Trang, is stepping up oversight of foreigners, with authorities tightening residence reporting at hotels and strengthening procedures for consular-related cases.

A Malaysian restaurant has been ordered to shut for two weeks after a viral video showed a worker allegedly “washing” leftover cooked food, including meat and bean curd, for reuse the following day, raising food safety concerns.

As death remains taboo across much of Asia, Nanyang Technological University will launch Asia's first master's-level specialization in thanatology, the study of dying, death and bereavement, starting this August.

Flying out of Thailand will soon cost more, with departure fees set to rise by more than 50% at six of the country's busiest international airports starting May 2026.