Asia & the Pacific

comfort women

Newly released South Korean government documents reveal that the sexual exploitation of Korean women continued long after Japan鈥檚 colonial rule ended in 1945, reports Barry Sheppard.

The South Coast Labour Council organised the聽first big union protest聽against Labor's AUKUS nuclear聽submarines in Port Kembla. Jim McIlroy 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听

PricewaterhouseCoopers is looking forward to the federal budget with dollar signs in its eyes, argues Liam Cross.

The ecological and social impacts of a new surge in global military spending will be one of the discussions at the Ecosocialism 2023 conference in Naarm on聽July 1鈥2. Peter Boyle reports.

The Barack Obama administration鈥檚聽鈥淧ivot to Asia鈥 鈥斅爐he military, economic and political strategy to deploy more than half the US Navy to the Pacific 鈥 is continuing apace. Reihana Mohideen argues it needs to be resisted.

John Pilger

John Pilger recalls the "electric" opposition of writers and journalists to the coming war in the 1930s and investigates why there is "a silence filled by a consensus of propaganda" today as the two greatest powers draw closer to conflict.

Retired Lt Col Lance Collins, a former second in charge聽of the Australian Army Intelligence Division, said Australia's military integration into the US war machine had grown in recent years.聽John Quelch reports.

Shirley Winton argues that we聽must build a long-term, sustainable people鈥檚 mass movement for peace, justice and a safe environment that does not serve US imperialism or any other hegemon.

麻豆传媒 News podcast Ep 7

Episode 7: 麻豆传媒 journalists Ben Radford and Isaac Nellist take you through the latest news from Australia and around the world.

Blinkit

A new pay scheme introduced by Blinkit, a quick-delivery grocery service in India, has sparked protests by delivery workers across several cities, reports Peoples Dispatch.

British Empire

Richard Gott's 2011 book focuses on the revolutionaries and rebels who stood up to the British Empire. Alex Salmon reviews.

Protester holds sign reading 'Stop the war machine: Save our planet!'

Labor鈥檚 commitment to聽tax cuts for the rich and the $368 billion submarine deal means that even more funding will be cut from already stretched health, aged care, education and welfare services. Darren Saffin reports.