From dominance of Singapore’s PAP to Vietnam’s island building in South China Sea, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting

Vietnam’s rapid expansion of artificial island construction in the disputed Spratly Islands has put it on track to surpass China’s land reclamation in the South China Sea, according to new satellite imagery.

As public scrutiny intensifies over anomalous flood control projects in the Philippines, Filipinos have turned to social media spaces such as Reddit to expose the lavish lifestyles of the children of the contractors and public officials linked to the ongoing investigations.

Tokyo shrouded in midday darkness, trains derailed, roofs collapsing under volcanic ash: this is the vision Japan’s Cabinet Office laid before the public this week in a chilling simulation of a catastrophic eruption of Mount Fuji.

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