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Marco Ferrarese finds a lesser-visited alternative to Lake Toba.
Indonesians have begun voting on President Joko Widodo’s successor and the controversial general likely to take his place promises a volatile new era in the world’s fourth-most populous country.
The Australian-Chinese writer’s sentencing this week has likely sent a chilling message to those in Canberra banking on a thaw in relations with the Asian superpower.
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A slowdown in China driven by a property crisis and weak household spending is among the biggest risks to Australia’s economy, the RBA says.
Australian writer Yang Hengjun’s suspended death sentence will likely mean spending the rest of his life behind bars.
A former general, and the favourite to win Indonesia’s next presidential election, is using TikTok to win over young voters. And it’s working. Here’s why it’s a problem.
The affluent new monarch is also a close ally to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is facing down a strong Islamic opposition.
The latest sentence comes just a day after the embattled former PM was dealt a 10-year jail term for leaking state secrets.
No firm has been more central to China’s property crisis, which kicked off when Evergrande first showed signs of weakening in mid-2021.
Ko Wen-je from the Taiwan People’s Party finished last in the first competitive three-way race for the Taiwan presidency since 2000, but he garnered more than a quarter of the popular vote.
Despite government ‘sweeteners’ like cheaper housing, tax benefits, and cash, Chinese women have been shunning marriage and babies at a rapid pace.
The government in Beijing failed to scare Taiwan’s voters into abandoning the DPP. It will now try to make them regret it.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged calm and reaffirmed Australia's friendship with Papua New Guinea as deaths mount from riots and looting.
Today China is an industrial powerhouse, home to over a quarter of the world’s manufacturing — more than America and Germany combined. But its progress has come at a cost in terms of emissions.
During the COVID-19 shutdown, some geishas launched Zoom drinking sessions. Others opened cocktail bars. Traditionalists find these innovations jarring. Yet they are consistent with geisha history.