Asia & the Pacific

Tongerlongeter

In Tongerlongeter: First Nations Leader and Tasmanian war hero, historians Henry Reynolds and Nicolas Clements revive the history of Tasmania's First Nations peoples' resistance to invasion and colonisation. Alex Salmon reviews.

Timor-Leste election 2023

Timor-Leste voted in a new parliament on May 21 鈥 one which will likely see the return of Xanana Gusm茫o as Prime Minister, reports Leo Earle.

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Australian director Gem Romuld聽said that the hundreds at the rally were just聽the tip of the iceberg of a new movement that is building against militarism.聽Alex Bainbridge reports.

Labor is rushing a dangerous聽amendment though parliament that would exempt the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines from important environmental protections. As Bevan Ramsden argues, this has be聽strenuously opposed.

Peter Boyle interviewed well-known Thai dissident and scholar聽Pavin Chachavalpongpun on the outcome of the May 14 general election in Thailand.

Grasberg mine West Papua

Grasberg mine 鈥 the largest gold mine and third-largest copper mine in the world 鈥 is central to the story of West Papua鈥檚 colonisation, writes Leo Earle.

John Tamihere from Te P膩ti M膩ori (Maori Party) talks about the AUKUS military pact.

Balikatan 2023

Rasti Delizo, an international affairs analyst, longtime socialist activist in the Philippines and former vice president of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP, Solidarity of Filipino Workers) discusses聽rising militarism in the Asia-Indo-Pacific region.

South Korean labour struggle

South Korea unions are fighting back against the right-wing Yoon Suk-yeol government, reports Clive Tillman. Strikes are planned for July on the back of record-breaking May Day mobilisations.

The Circle of Silence film

The Circle of Silence is a work of witness, remembrance and hope, writes Leo Earle.

Imran Khan arrest

The situation in Pakistan is highly unstable and volatile, writes Farooq Tariq. The 'palace-intrigues' between the country鈥檚 political elite and military establishment has worsened already fragile economic conditions.

Korea war

South Korea鈥檚 far-right President Yoon Suk Yeol is rushing South Korea headlong into the middle of the new Cold War that the United States is waging against China, argue Dae-Han Song and Alice S Kim.