Amanda Hodge

Amanda HodgeSouth East Asia Correspondent

Amanda Hodge is The Australian’s South East Asia correspondent, based in Jakarta. She has lived and worked in Asia since 2009, covering social and political upheaval from Afghanistan to East Timor. She has won a Walkley Award, Lowy Institute media award and UN Peace award.

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Myanmar massacreWorld

This photo taken on August 10, 2024 shows motorists riding past a burnt-out building in Lashio in Myanmar's northern Shan State, following fighting between Myanmar's military and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) in the region. (Photo by AFP)

As PM fled a shadow policy was in play – 200 paid with their lives

The end of Sheikh Hasina’s rule is an opportunity to re-set Dhaka’s Myanmar policy and lay the foundations for a return of Rohingya refugees, analysts say.

IndonesiaWorld

Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin (R) attend the national prayer ahead of the country's 79th Independence Day on August 17, at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on August 1, 2024. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)

‘Thirst for power’ stains Jokowi’s political legacy

The gloves are off as Indonesian president Joko Widodo seeks to shore up a post-presidential power base.

Drone attackWorld

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / TOPSHOT - Relatives mourn near bodies of the deceased Rohingya refugees who drowned in the Naf river, in Teknaf on August 6, 2024. A small boat packed with refugees fleeing war-torn Myanmar sunk while crossing a river to Bangladesh on August 6, with at least 10 drowning including young children, a local councillor said. (Photo by AFP)

Hundreds of Rohingya feared dead in Myanmar massacre

Revolutionary forces fighting the detested Myanmar regime for control of Rakhine state have denied responsibility for the killings and blamed the military that has been forcibly recruiting Rohingya youths as it loses ground

Military supportWorld

TOPSHOT - Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus (L) is sworn into office to lead Bangladesh's interim government as its chief adviser, days after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on August 8, 2024. (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP)

Rule of law key for Bangladesh’s peace-prize leader

Muhummad Yunus is sworn in at the presidential palace in Dhaka as chief adviser of a 13-member interim cabinet.

Call for calmWorld

TOPSHOT - Bangladesh's finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus (C) is escorted by French police personnel as he arrives at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport, north of Paris on August 7, 2024, enroute to Bangladesh, where he is set to lead a caretaker government after mass protests ousted premier Sheikh Hasina. Nobel-winner Muhammad Yunus will lead Bangladesh through a "democratic process" when he arrives in the country to helm an interim government, army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman said. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP)

Bangladesh nobel laureate to be sworn in as interim leader

The sudden resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left a dangerous power vacuum in a country of 170 million people.

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Supporters gather at the Move Forward Party (MFP) headquarters in Bangkok on August 7, 2024, as Thailand's Constitutional Court ruled whether former MFP leader Pita Limjaroenrat was to receive a decade-long ban and dissolve his party after challenging royal defamation laws. A popular Thai politician facing a decade-long ban after challenging royal defamation laws said he was "highly confident" of a ruling in his favour by Thailand's top court expected on August 7. (Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP)

Thai court disbands election-winning Move Forward Party

Critics say the decision makes a mockery of Thai democracy and cements the power of the country’s military and royalist establishment.

New dawn or next PakistanWorld

TOPSHOT - Smoke billows near burnt Awami League party office as anti-government protestors set fire in Dhaka on August 6, 2024, after former prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country. Student leaders in Bangladesh demanded on August 6 Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus lead a caretaker government, a day after the military took control as mass demonstrations forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to flee the country. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)

Nobel laureate Yunus steps up in Bangladesh

Muhammad Yunus accepts the role of chief adviser to a transitional administration at the request of student activists.

Police recover bodyWorld

Indonesian Air Force helicopters take off as they evacuate the body of a New Zealand helicopter pilot at Mozes Kilangin Airport in Timika in Indonesia's Central Papua Province on August 6, 2024. Rebels in Indonesia's restive region of Papua shot dead a helicopter pilot from New Zealand, police said on August 5. (Photo by Sevianto PAKIDING / AFP)

Rebels deny killing NZ pilot

Indonesian security forces have begun deploying more troops to central Papua in the wake of the murder of a Kiwi pilot.

Palace stormedWorld

Bangladesh army personnel stand guard during a curfew following clashes between police and Anti-Discrimination Student Movement activists amid anti-government protests in ShahbagÂ area of Dhaka on August 5, 2024. Bangladeshi security forces patrolled the capital on August 5, as protesters demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation said they would take to Dhaka's streets again following the deadliest day of unrest since demonstrations erupted last month. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)

Bangladesh PM flees country amid deadly protests

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the capital on Monday, with a senior adviser saying her resignation was a ‘possibility’.

independence struggleWorld

10/03/2023: New pictures of Phillip Mark Mehrtens, the New Zealand pilot being held hostage in the Papuan Highlands

Hopes for release of Kiwi pilot hostage

The Papuan rebel group has been divided for months over the fate of Mehrtens.

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