From Indonesia's ambitions outside Asean to how a Filipino retiree lost his life savings: SCMP's recent Asia highlights
A selection of seven stories from SCMP's Asia coverage over the past week that resonated with readers and shed light on topical issues
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- SCMP highlights seven stories from its recent Asia coverage, including Indonesia ceding Asean leadership to Singapore, Japan's earthquake causing Bali megathrust concerns, and a Type 10 tank blast killing three.
- The compilation also references a Filipino retiree losing life savings.
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From Indonesia's ambitions outside of Asean to how a Filipino retiree lost his life savings, here are a few highlights from SCMP's recent Asia reporting.
We have selected seven stories from the SCMP's coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. Why Indonesia is ceding its role as Asean's natural leader to Singapore 2. Why Japan's earthquake has Bali on edge over magnitude 9 'megathrust' risk 3. 3 killed in Japanese Type 10 tank blast that has military baffled






