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Asia Pacific

5 September 2024

  • Four students walk through corridor

    ‘I couldn’t say no’: anger grows over topless medical exams in Japan schools

  • Close up of a father carrying his newborn baby daughter in arms

    China says it is ending foreign adoptions, prompting concern from US

  • Alice Guo, centre, is escorted by immigration officers prior to her deportation in Jakarta, Indonesia

    Indonesia deports fugitive former mayor Alice Guo to Philippines

  • the astrazeneca logo behind a tray of test tubes with a pipette dripping in liquid

    China detains five AstraZeneca staff over ‘data privacy and import breaches’

  • North Korea may have executed officials over flood response, reports say

  • A new flashpoint has emerged at Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea – and a new danger

4 September 2024

  • New Maori queen, 27-year-old Nga Wai hono i te po Paki, attending the funeral ceremony of New Zealand's Maori King Tuheitia at the Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawahia

    Māori queen Nga Wai Hono i te po Paki crowned in ‘new dawn’ for New Zealand

    Only daughter and youngest child of the former Māori king Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII ascends to the throne in emotional ceremony

3 September 2024

  • Jeah Han holds a file containing her closing argument outside South Korea’s constitutional court in Seoul in May 2024

    ‘Typhoons have prevented me going to school’: The children behind South Korea’s landmark climate win

  • Glenorchy, Lake Wakatipu, Otaga, South Island, New Zealand<br>Glenorchy, Lake Wakatipu, Otaga, South Island, New Zealand

    Overtourism and the climate crisis
    New Zealand to nearly triple tourist tax for international visitors

  • A Cathay Pacific Airbus A350 aircraft at an airport with other Cathay Pacific planes

    What happened to Cathay Pacific’s A350 and how will it affect Rolls-Royce?

  • Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends the leader’s retreat at the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Vava’u, Tonga

    Full Story
    The PM’s diplomatic dance (and ‘hot mic’ moment) in Tonga – Full Story podcast

  • Cathay Pacific says 15 jets need new part after Rolls-Royce engine problem

  • Pope arrives in Indonesia, the first stop on longest tour of his papacy

2 September 2024

  • Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te holds a floral tribute during a ceremony

    If China wants Taiwan it should also reclaim land from Russia, says president

  • North Korea’s Ri Jong Sik (2nd L), and North Korea’s Kim Kum Yong (C) join in the selfie taken by South Korea’s Lim Jonghoon (L) in the Paris Olympics.

    North Korean table tennis players may be punished for Olympic podium selfie with rivals from South

1 September 2024

  • woman in bed with phone

    How China’s internet police went from targeting bloggers to their followers

    In recent months, followers of influential liberal bloggers have been interviewed by police as China widens its net of online surveillance
  • Pope Francis delivers a blessing to the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square

    Pope Francis to set off on challenging 12-day Asia-Pacific tour

    Pontiff’s itinerary, including visits to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, reflects importance of Asia to Catholic church
  • Abdul Abdullah.

    Three things
    Three things with Abdul Abdullah: ‘I saw a TikTok that said if you’re a grown man who uses a backpack, you’ve made some poor life choices’

    In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the Perth-born artist shares a painting that takes pride of place in his home – and why he won’t be shamed for toting a bag

August 2024

  • Malaysia fire and rescue officers stand near to a sinkhole and piles of debris in Kuala Lumpur.

    Search for tourist swallowed by sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur stalls amid safety fears

  • Tuvalu prime minister Feleti Teo dances the ‘Alofa’ after signing documents for the Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union to come into force at the Pacific Islands Forum summit in Tonga

    Last-minute Taiwan drama and a policing plan: five things we learned at the Pacific Islands Forum

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