World
Asia
Farewell Singapore, ni hao Beijing
As China reopens its doors to Australian journalists, our North Asia correspondent is packing up her apartment in the Little Red Dot and heading for Beijing.
- by Lisa Visentin
Latest
With swords and nunchucks, humanoid robots take centre stage at China’s Super Bowl
The robots performed sophisticated fight sequences in close proximity to human child performers on China’s most-watched TV show.
- by Laurie Chen
Analysis
Drugs
Will a new government breathe life into Thailand’s gasping cannabis industry?
Weed parlours were everywhere in Bangkok, like pubs in London. But the trade has been a debacle of the former government’s own making.
- by Zach Hope
Analysis
Prabowo Subianto
Albanese says ‘no country is more important to Australia’ than Indonesia. Is this really true?
Neighbourly love is overflowing between the PM and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, but the facts don’t quite match the rhetoric.
- by Zach Hope
Judge orders release of Payne Haas’ father, brands detention ‘illegal’
A court in the Philippines has delivered a significant victory for Gregor Haas after two years in custody, but authorities there are yet to set him free.
- by Chris Barrett
Updated
China relations
‘Effectively a death sentence’: No mercy for Hong Kong media tycoon
The prominent businessman’s plight has been highlighted by US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, but the Chinese government has handed down the harshest possible penalty.
- by James Pomfret and Jessie Pang
Opinion
World elections
Japan’s election result is a geopolitical earthquake and a ‘very big deal’ for Australia
The Japanese people have just given Sanae Takaichi a super-majority in the parliament. It signals a period of great change ahead for one of Australia’s key allies.
- by Peter Hartcher
Analysis
World elections
Landslide win for Japan’s fledgling ‘Trump whisperer’ an opportunity for Canberra
The victory vindicates Sanae Takaichi’s decision to take a firm hand with China, which has been increasingly assertive in the Indo-Pacific.
- by Lisa Visentin
Thailand’s progressives crushed by conservatives in election surprise
Thailand’s conservatives are poised to form government after the youth-led reform movement and the political vehicle of the Shinawatra family suffered election shocks.
- by Zach Hope and Veena Thoopkrajae
‘Everyone’s talking about it’: Aussie deaths ripple through Japan’s snow resorts
Heavy snowstorms have been a boon for Japan’s ski fields, but conditions have turned deadly across the country.
- by Lisa Visentin
Defence treaty will see more Australian military on Indonesian soil
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has signed off on the Treaty of Jakarta, which allows deeper ties between the Australian and Indonesian security forces.
- by Zach Hope