February
Pack your kaftan or run for cover? White Lotus effect hits Thailand
These are the four luxury hotels featured in the HBO anthology’s third season – plus a few others for the vibe but avoiding the rush.
December 2024
‘Verging on criminal’: Questions over concrete wall in plane crash
Experts have questioned the location and composition of a runway wall after the South Korean plane smashed into the barrier and burst into flames this week.
We check into the next White Lotus resort
The third series of the streaming hit is set in the exclusive Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui. Here’s what it’s like.
October 2024
Albanese to press China on trade
The Association of South-East Asian Nations leaders’ summit will take place in Vientiane, Laos this week, the latest international push by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
September 2024
Why has a long-term understanding with Asia eluded us?
Even as Australia has become more multicultural, the best we can manage is a pragmatic relationship punctuated with fits of enthusiasm.
August 2024
Young, Instagram-friendly heir becomes Thailand’s new PM
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the 37-year-old daughter of the political power broker Thaksin Shinawatra, is becoming prime minister at a chaotic time.
July 2024
How China upends a country’s entire car market
The overseas push is the next phase in Beijing’s long-term strategy to focus on new energy vehicles and upend the balance of power in the automobile industry.
May 2024
How sanctions played havoc with Iran’s ageing helicopters
The US-made Bell 212 carrying the country’s president and foreign minister was almost 30 years old when it crashed into a mountainside.
April 2024
China set to launch high-stakes mission to moon’s ‘hidden’ side
China has made leaps forward in its lunar exploration, narrowing the technological chasm with the United States and Russia.
February 2024
History’s hand on Prabowo’s shoulder
The new president, steeped in Indonesian nationalism, is likely to hew closely to Joko Widodo’s middle path between the US and China.
January 2024
Australia Day has always been controversial
It’s nothing new for the national holiday to be plagued by debates over its meaning and significance. Indeed, that’s become part and parcel of the day itself.
November 2023
Hamas seeks to extend ceasefire as it releases third hostage group
Most of the hostages were handed over directly to Israel, waving to a cheering crowd as they arrived at an air force base on Sunday local time.
Dusk finds itself in the sight of a Thai hedge fund demanding cash
BNG Special Situations says the candle and diffuser retailer has plenty of cash, no debt and is trading cheaply. Its annual meeting is scheduled for Monday.
Hamas frees Israeli, Thai hostages in second stage of truce deal
Television images showed hostages on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing after leaving Gaza, as Hamas handed the captives to the Red Cross.
Protesters converge ahead of Xi-Biden meeting
Representatives of more than 100 grassroots groups have gathered in San Francisco to demonstrate against a meeting of 21 heads of state.
How not to assassinate an admiral in Phuket
Kobus Steyn thought he’d found a whale of a client. Then his assignment turned from make-work to murder.
Asian factory output slumps as China’s recovery teeters
The data are a discouraging sign for the global economy, which has had its bid for recovery threatened by uncertainty over the Israel-Hamas war.
October 2023
Unwind on a Mekong River cruise: an ex-monk will show you how
Leave Western cares behind on this voyage into Asia’s lush Golden Triangle in Laos. Downing home-made whisky with a village elder is optional.
Asia faces one of its worst growth outlooks in 50 years: World Bank
The World Bank said it now expected China’s economic output would grow 4.4 per cent in 2024, down from the 4.8 per cent it expected in April.
September 2023
Pheu Thai puts populist face on Thailand’s discredited establishment
The governing Thai party is risking a lot with its alliance with the remnants of the junta government. It could all just end in yet more political instability.