Phan Anh

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.

Malaysia will ban foreigners from buying subsidized packaged cooking oil starting March 1, as the government moves to curb leakages and misuse of essential food subsidies.

A Chinese social media influencer who reportedly earned millions teaching women how to attract men is under investigation after authorities ordered her to shut down all activities over concerns about social values.

Singapore now allows medical graduates from eight more overseas universities to apply to practice from Feb. 1, citing rising healthcare demand from an aging population.

Tsinghua University has overtaken Oxford and Cambridge in global business and economics rankings, placing third worldwide in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject 2026.

California College of the Arts will close as an independent institution after 119 years, as Vanderbilt University prepares to take over its main San Francisco campus at the end of the 2026-27 academic year.

South Korea is set to overtake Japan as the top overseas destination for Chinese travelers this Lunar New Year, a sharp reversal in regional tourism patterns.

South Korea's demographic collapse is beginning to hit higher education, as falling student numbers put dozens of universities at risk of closure.

A video showing traffic lanes abruptly narrowing on a new flyover in India has gone viral, triggering online backlash, an official response from Mumbai authorities, and a sharp political jab from Aaditya Thackeray.

A Beijing operations manager fired for forcing a kiss on a colleague has lost his bid for compensation after a court ruled the dismissal was lawful, even though he was not criminally prosecuted.