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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INSIDE STORYNation

Teens’ rite of passage turns deadly in Laos ‘cowboy town’

For Melbourne friends Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, the party town of Vang Vieng was just another glorious stop on the 19-year-olds’ maiden solo trip through Asia.

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EXCLUSIVENation

BALI 21 April 2017 .. Open day at Kerobokan Jail - Bali 9 member, Matthew Norman speaks inside prison today. Picture: Zul Edoardo

Indonesia to send Bali Nine prisoners home after PM’s request

The five remaining Bali Nine convicts will be transferred to Australia as soon as next month, following a direct request from Anthony Albanese to new president Prabowo Subianto this week.

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tragedyNation

Bianca Jones is in critical coniditon after having her drink spiked with methanol in Laos Picture: Supplied

Fifth person dies from Laos poisoning after death of Aussie teen

A British lawyer has become the fifth victim, passing away just hours after Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones, 19, died after drinking alcohol laced with methanol while on holiday with her best friend in Southeast Asia.

Lily McCaffrey and Amanda Hodge

APEC SummitNation

15/11/2024: Anthony Albanese and Prabowo Subianto meet for the first time since his inauguration as President of Indonesia at APEC sidelines in Peru. PIC: Twitter

No hard feelings over no-show as Indonesia-Australia pledge deeper ties

Indonesia’s new President has told Anthony Albanese he is trying ‘de-escalate’ regional tensions with China in their first meeting since his swearing-in last month.

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defenceWorld

The Australian Defense Force (ADF) and Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) conducted Exercise Keris Woomera at Banongan Beach, East Java, Indonesia, November 13, 2024. The joint exercise is an amphibious landing exercise involving 2,000 military personnel from both countries, as well as amphibious ships, tanks, aircraft and helicopters. Picture: Agvi Firdaus

Watch: Inside Australia, Indonesia’s ‘largest, most complex’ war games

The amphibious landing on an east Java beach involved 2000 personnel, and occurred days after Russia hailed its own first modest naval drills with our near-neighbour.

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World

BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 9: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on November 9, 2024 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Florence Lo - Pool/Getty Images)

Prabowo deal with Xi puts Indonesian maritime claims at risk

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has signed a deal with Beijing undermining his country’s sovereignty over the southern fringes of the South China Sea, according to maritime experts.

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WorldUS Politics

A sculpture made by Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik depicting former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after he won a sweeping victory in the US presidential election in Puri of India's Odisha state on November 6, 2024. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Donald Trump for a "historic election victory" on November 6, adding that he was looking forward to working with the vote frontrunner. (Photo by AFP)

Asia-Pacific leaders rush to hail Trump

Beneath a deluge of tributes there is also anxiety over Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs on imports into the US, demand for greater burden-sharing by regional allies, and unpredictable approach to China.

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us electionWorld

Pedestrians walk past a currency exchange store in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. The yuan sank for a second day, spurring China's central bank to intervene as the biggest rout since 1994 tested the government's resolve to give market forces more sway in determining the exchange rate. Photographer: Xaume Olleros/Bloomberg

Bitcoin leaps on result as currencies plunge

From Mexico to India and Southeast Asia, Trump’s tariff threats send currencies into tailspin, except crypto.

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AnalysisUS Politics

Donald Trump with China's Xi Jinping, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong-un

World leaders brace for a return to uncertainty

With hot wars raging in the Middle East and Europe, a possible third simmering away in the Taiwan Strait and the global economy still in post-pandemic recovery, the world is now bracing for the unpredictable leadership of a second Trump presidency.

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fatal eruptionWorld

TOPSHOT - Members of a rescue team carry away body bags containing deceased people at Klatanlo village, in East Flores Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, on November 4, 2024, after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted overnight. At least six people died after a volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted several times overnight, officials said on November 4, raising the alert level to the highest of a four-tiered system. (Photo by ARNOLD WELIANTO / AFP)

Volcano eruption toll rises to nine

Indonesian authorities continued to evacuate villages and search for casualties in the shadow of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on Monday after three explosive eruptions.

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