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A Cambodian boy who shot to internet fame after a tourist posted video showing him speaking a dozen languages has gone from hawking souvenirs on the street to getting a formal education in a Chinese classroom.
Going to school has become much easier for children from low-income families in Myanmar thanks to a donation of recycled bikes from Singapore and Malaysia.
A teacher in the Philippines has created the cutest system for greeting her students in the morning. Girlie Dela Cruz allows her primary school pupils to choose their welcome, by touching a corresponding emoji on the wall.
Hundreds of protesters rallied in New York to support the millions of people who marched through the streets to demand a full withdrawal of the extradition bill. Frances Hui, a student from Hong Kong who’s now studying in the US, told the Post why Hongkongers overseas feel the urge to unite in support of their home …
An attorney for Brendt Christensen, a former teaching assistant at the University of Illinois, admitted that his client had kidnapped and killed a young visiting Chinese scholar in a court hearing on June 12. The 26-year-old Zhang Yingying went missing in Illinois on June 9, 2017. She was last seen entering Christen…
Researchers at Japan’s University of Tokyo have used animal muscle cells to cultivate meat for human consumption.
In China, the university entrance examination, or gaokao, is widely considered to be the most important test in a young person’s life. The results may highly impact students’ future employment opportunities and income prospects.
A school in northeast India now requires students to bring waste plastic items collected from home to qualify for free classes. The school also pays older students to turn some of the items into eco-bricks for construction.
One of the world’s toughest college entrance exams, the National Higher Education Entrance Examination or gaokao gets underway across China on June 7.
High school students were forced to smash their phones in central China’s Henan province. It was a punishment after breaking rules against bringing phones into school.
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Three decades have passed since the Tiananmen Square crackdown, but many people in Hong Kong still vividly recall joining a “million-strong” march in the city to support the student movement in Beijing.
Megvii, commonly known as Face++, is one of China’s most ambitious artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups. The company was founded in 2011 by three graduates from Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University. Megvii provides facial recognition and other AI technology for a range of uses, including for public security a…
A fourteen-year-old Cambodian souvenir seller, who became an internet sensation after a tourist posted a video of him speaking in a dozen languages, has arrived in China to study.
Each year, the Student of the Year (SOTY) Awards attracts entries from the most talented and hardworking students from across Hong Kong. And Sean Mann from Diocesan Boys’ School has won the Grand Prize at SOTY 2018, that concluded Saturday, May 25.
Every day, a faithful dog waits outside a classroom at a university in the Philippines for its teacher friend who died.
A knife-wielding man who killed two schoolboys in 2018 has been sentenced to death by a court in Shanghai, China.
A university cafeteria in Fuyang in China’s southeastern province of Anhui has been serving steamed egg with ants for three yuan (US$0.5) per dish.
A father in southern China’s Guizhou province trained the family dog, Riceball, to supervise as his daughter finished her homework.
Zumret and Humar Isaac lost contact with their parents in November 2018. Since then, the two Uygur sisters from Xinjiang, China, have been on a quest to find out what happened. A phone call from someone claiming to work for the community affairs centre led the sisters to believe that their parents were sent to one o…
A long-standing housing policy favouring indigenous men in Hong Kong is sparking debate among citizens and in the courts. The "small-house" policy allows indigenous male villagers to build three-storey houses on private land in the rural New Territories. They're also not required to pay government fees to build the …
Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel unveiled a 3D printed heart with human tissue and vessels.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei unveiled a series of Lego portraits of 43 Mexican students who were allegedly abducted and massacred on their way to stage a protest in 2014. The multicolored, pop-art portraits were made with around one million Lego blocks, and are displayed above a timeline that chronicles the case of the …
Kaung Khant Lin is a tenacious player on his local football team in Myanmar’s commercial centre, Yangon, who earned "player of the tournament" honours at an annual Independence Day football event in January 2019.But the sixteen-year-old is finding success on the field in spite of a handicap none of his opponents or …
Émilie Potvin, Uber’s Asia-Pacific Head of Public Policy, speaks to the South China Morning Post about how demand for the ride-hailing or ride-sharing service has ‘energised’ in Hong Kong. She said the company’s business has been growing, and insisted that services like Uber can coexist with the taxi industry.
Shaolin monks as young as six to seven years of age are practising kung fu at the famed temple’s school of Buddhism in Dengfeng in China’s central province of Henan. Their instructors say the tough training is meant to give them a shot at becoming Shaolin masters of the future, as well as give all the candidates too…
Michelle Sun is co-founder and CEO of First Code Academy, a school teaching children how to become creators with coding. Her mission is to empower the next generation to become world citizens.
During break at a school in northwestern China’s Gansu province, PE teacher Zhang Guannan led his 400 plus students in a dance to the Dura rap. Zhang, who choreographed the dance moves to the track by Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee, hopes to add more fun to his students’ daily exercise session.
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has replicated 12 Europeans cities in its new lakeside headquarters in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan. The 127-hectare campus is expected to provide office space for 25,000 employees.
At least 47 people were killed in an explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China’s Jiangsu province. Schoolchildren were among dozens of others who were seriously injured. Online maps show that there are at least 10 schools within a 5km radius of the site.
A bus full of schoolchildren was hijacked and set on fire by its own driver in a protest against migrant drownings in the Mediterranean, Italian authorities said. All 51 children managed to escape unharmed before the bus was set alight near Milan. Police named the driver as Ousseynou Sy, a 47-year-old Italian citize…
Students from schools in Christchurch, New Zealand performed a traditional haka as part of a gathering to pay tribute to victims of mass shootings at two mosques in the city.
The University of Minnesota has suspended ties with Chinese tech giant Huawei in February, shortly after ending a nearly 10-year relationship with the Confucius Institute, a Chinese government programme promoting its language and culture overseas. As China-US relations hit a new low, Washington accuses Beijing of us…
About 1,000 Hong Kong students marched to the Central Government Offices on March 15 to urge the government to take action against climate change. The strike is part of the global movement called #FridaysForFuture. Started by Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist, the movement encourages young…
Wanting his daughter to concentrate on her homework, a father in southwestern China’s Guizhou province got an adorable “tutor” to watch over her – their dog.
At least 50 people have been charged in connection with a college admissions bribery scandal in the United States. Investigators say the scam linked to institutions across the country involved parents buying university places for their children, faking test scores and athletic records, and even manipulating photos t…
In a press conference attended by dozens of journalists, Xinjiang regional government chairman Shohrat Zakir rebuked criticisms of the area’s controversial “education camps” for ethnic minorities.
Katy Choi Wing-kei and Pierre Cheung Chun-kong are ‘little people’ – a term by which many dwarves identify. They are also a couple in love. After they first met, Pierre actively pursued Katy. Although she thought carefully about whether she wanted to share her life with another little person, they have been happy to…
The world’s smallest baby boy is finally going home after months in Keio University hospital. He weighed just 268 grams at birth after he failed to gain weight during pregnancy. The boy was born through Caesarean-section last August and doctors feared his life was in danger. Even his mother didn’t think he would sur…
Associate professor, Dr Keyu Jin from the London School of Economics discusses how the 'unintended' consequences of China's one child policy had led the country into brewing up a new generation of leaders.
Two Chinese high school student photographers spent three and a half years snapping images for a five-minute video showcasing the beauty of their hometown of Fuzhou in the southeastern province of Fujian. The pair took some 150,000 pictures as they travelled more than 8,000km to cover the six districts and six count…
The Greater Bay Area project is China’s plan to create a huge economic hub by integrating 11 cities in the Pearl River Delta, including Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou. Some Hong Kong people are worried that the plan will erode the “one country, two systems” policy. But the city’s leader Carrie Lam said the plan “wil…
Last summer, a teacher at a junior school in the Philippine capital Manila impressed his pupils with some amazing dance moves to a K-pop hit. But video of Jamil Andrew only reached as far as his enthusiastic classroom audience at President Corazon C. Aquino Elementary School. Video of the teacher’s smooth moves from…
While many people dream of travelling the world once they retire, a pair of UK siblings have logged visits to nearly 40 countries between before they reached the age they would start school. Four-year-old Esme Bayes and her one-year-old brother Quinn have joined travel-mad parents on trips to Bolivia, Hong Kong, Per…
At least five were killed and five officers were wounded after a shooting at an industrial estate in Aurora, Illinois, on February 15, 2019. Schools nearby were in lockdown as police officers were trying to control the situation.
At a time when efforts to combat climate change desperately need global leadership, one young activist is spearheading environmental education across Asia. Samantha Kong is a 26-year-old environmental engineer from Hong Kong who values getting her hands dirty to solve problems. She is also a green policy maker who b…
Lalit Patidar, a 13-year-old boy from Madhya Pradesh state in Central India, was born with a rare condition that causes extensive body hair growth. The eighth-grade student’s condition meant he suffered bullying, breathing problems and inconvenience when hair kept getting in his mouth while eating. But now villagers…
Pattaya, a city 150km (93 miles) south of the Thai capital Bangkok, is a very popular tourist destination. Despite a shady reputation for its nightlife, the city is “home sweet home” to an estimated 50,000 Russians, who are more or less permanent residents attracted by Pattaya’s sun, cheap lifestyle and relaxed visa…
A university student and her boyfriend, both 18 years old, were whipped in front of hundreds of spectators for cuddling in public. Flogging is common in Indonesia's Aceh province, where 98 per cent of its five million practices sharia law. Flogging is used to punish a range of offences including gambling, drinking, …
Tian Haicheng's cervical spinal cord was injured in a car crash in 2016. He became paralysed from the neck down. Despite being unable to walk, Haicheng still accompanies his daughter to and from school every day. And this is his story.
