Asia
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Politics & Society
Q&A
‘If there are two tigers in one cave then what happens?’
Pita Limjaroenrat may have won Thailand’s elections, but he isn’t Prime Minister. He says he’s still hopeful his country will become a true democracy, without the military in government
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Arts & Culture
Opinion
Is K-Pop going K-aput?
The Korean Wave is a global phenomenon, but there’s a dark side to South Korea’s soft-power strategy that we need to talk about
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Politics & Society
Book extract
The COVID cost for Asia’s informal workers
A new book investigates the ravages of the COVID-19 impact on people in the informal economy across Southeast and South Asia
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Education
Supporting our schools to develop Asia capable kids
Asia capable initiatives that only target adults and young adults leaves it far too late – it has to start in our schools
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Arts & Culture
The older Asian Australians boosting health literacy
COVID-19 exposed the shortcomings of Australia’s public health communication to older culturally and linguistically diverse communities
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Health & Medicine
On the frontline of family violence in the Asia Pacific
Globally, women and children bear the brunt of family violence. A project in the Asia Pacific is working to make a difference
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Politics & Society
Australia’s shared future with Southeast Asia
Australia’s new government has made Southeast Asia a priority with a focus on the idea of a shared future
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Politics & Society
Southeast Asia matters to Australia
Presenting both opportunities and risks, it’s in Australia’s national interest to engage strongly with Southeast Asia or risk a hole in its Indo-Pacific strategy
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Politics & Society
Finding Australia’s new Asia narrative
Australia’s challenge beyond COVID is finding a new narrative for how it relates to its Asian neighbours – particularly China
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Sciences & Technology
Laos jars are slowly revealing their secrets
New dating techniques find that Laos’ stone jars may be at least 3,000 years old, but the sites remained significant for rituals until just 700 years ago