Asia Pacific

The carrier has sent a management team to investigate.

A leading US expert on China has urged Australia to be bolder in its dealings with Beijing and less afraid of upsetting the ruling Communist Party — or risk the political consequences of perceived weakness. 

During the first, aborted descent, witnesses on the ground said they heard a bang and saw a ring of smoke rising from one of the wings.

Aviation experts are questioning the role of a mound of dirt and a concrete wall past the end of a runway, which Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 slammed into, killing all but two people on board.

A fire has broken out at a hotel in a popular tourism area of Bangkok, killing three tourists and injuring seven others.

Among the victims are five children under 10, including a three-year-old boy.

The passenger plane with 181 people on board skidded across the runway at a high speed and slammed into a wall before exploding into flames.

Two survivors are believed to have been pulled from the wreckage after the aircraft — which had 181 people aboard — crashed in South Korea and went up in a fireball.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia in 2025, following up on a meeting in May cementing a ‘new era’ of relations focusing on opposition to US policy.

People are visiting mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province to mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami killed more than 200,000 in several countries.

It’s alleged a woman secretly fed the 23-year-old rat poison to the point he was left fighting for life.

Two Malaysians convicted for their role in the Bali bombings and repatriated last week will face intense monitoring, says Guantanamo lawyer.

The Chinese government is protesting the latest United States announcements of military sales to Taiwan, warning America that it is ‘playing with fire’.

Anthony Albanese has spent large sums securing the Pacific, and with China making no secret of its expansionist ambitions in the region, it may be that it’s money Australia can’t afford not to spend. 

The Albanese Government has scored a series of goals against China’s growing influence in the Pacific, but its latest deal with the Solomon Islands still has wriggle room for Honiara.