Politics

A ship carrying liquefied hydrogen docks at an experimental terminal in Kobe, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Ooka)
Environment

Green hydrogen booms in Asia as companies rush into projects

Denmark's Orsted in talks with POSCO, BP invests in Australian project

18 December 2022
Solar panels are installed on the roof of a factory in Indonesia.
Climate Change

Japan hosts 1st meeting for Asia zero-emissions initiative in March

Indonesia deal offers model to boost renewable energy and carbon-neutral fuel

15 December 2022
From left, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles, Foreign Minister Penny Wong, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speak to reporters Tuesday.
International relations

U.S. to expand Australia military footprint with eye on Taiwan

Canberra will propose more trilateral exercises at 2-plus-2 meeting with Japan

8 December 2022
A secured transport arrives at the extra secure court in Rotterdam, on June 22, 2021, prior to the hearing on the extradition of Tse Chi Lop, who was one of the most wanted drug criminals in the world.
Society

Asia's 'El Chapo' to be extradited to Australia in weeks: lawyer

Tse Chi Lop's drug trafficking operation had global reach, documents show

6 December 2022
Anthony Albanese greets Fumio Kishida in Perth on October 22: Japan and Australia agreed at their annual leaders' meeting to seek bilateral consultations in the event of regional contingencies.
Opinion

U.S. will listen more to Australia and Japan if they speak together

Tokyo-Canberra partnership is about both managing Beijing and managing Washington

6 December 2022
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern opens her speech in the native Maori language at the Forbes Women’s Summit 2022 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (Photo by Lien Hoang)
Politics

What can Asia learn on gender from New Zealand? Ardern has ideas

Look beyond aggressive, 'knives-out' politics, PM says on Vietnam trip

26 November 2022
Anthony Albanese, left, meets Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Bali on Nov. 15: What we are witnessing is a shift in China's tactics, but not its strategy.
Opinion

China and Australia are going back to business, without illusions

Mutual suspicions too great now for relationship to return to previous warmth

21 November 2022
President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, signalling in a speech that he wants to thaw frosty relations between the two countries.
Indo-Pacific

Xi sheds 'wolf-warrior' coat on return to world stage

Third term gives China's leader freer hand to chart new courses

15 November 2022
From left to right, Yessie Mosby, Anjali Viswamohanan, Chongrak Thinagul and Jose Cobangbang IV have a wide range of reasons for being at the world's largest climate summit.
COP27

'Why I'm at COP': Climate summit attendees tell their stories

Huge conference in Egypt drawing thousands of people from around the world

13 November 2022
A B-52 Stratofortress prepares for refueling over Afghanistan during a close-air-support mission in this undated handout photo. 
Indo-Pacific

U.S. nuclear bombers find home in Australia as China tensions rise

War threat leads to upgrade of military ties between Canberra, Washington

12 November 2022
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Nov. 8.
COP27

Pay for climate change, Pakistan and others tell rich nations

Prime Minister Sharif calls his country's floods a 'man-made disaster' at COP27

9 November 2022
Made up of 80 small islands in the South Pacific, Vanuatu is at the forefront of destructive extreme weather events.
COP27

Vanuatu says cyclones, rising seas are 'human rights issues'

Climate envoy from small Pacific nation makes remark ahead of COP27

5 November 2022
The Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Base West on Sept. 30: There is a clear window of opportunity for the Canberra and Tokyo to take their security and defense engagement to a new level. (Handout photo from Royal Australian Navy)
Opinion

Australia-Japan relationship is not just business anymore

Albanese's hosting of Kishida in Perth highlights rising security ties

19 October 2022
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles, second from left, with counterparts from the South Pacific in Tonga. He visited Papua New Guinea before the meeting, and will later head to Fiji. (Photo courtesy of Australia's Defense Ministry)
Indo-Pacific

Australia, South Pacific islands bolster ties as China's clout grows

Canberra ramps up diplomacy via regional defense chiefs' meeting and bilateral talks

19 October 2022
Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meet at Parliament House in Canberra on Oct. 18.
International relations

In skeptical Australia, Singapore PM says China 'good' for CPTPP

Lee and Albanese seal green deal to seize opportunities in clean energy

18 October 2022
As the race for talent heats up around the world, some experts argue the Albanese government will struggle to attract immigrants back to a country dubbed "Fortress Australia" throughout the pandemic for its hardline response to prevent the virus from hitting its shores.
Asia Insight

'Fortress Australia' seeks to become immigration nation again

COVID-induced labor shortages push Albanese to raise cap on migrants

18 October 2022
This will mark the third bilateral meeting between Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
International relations

Japan and Australia eye new security declaration in Perth summit

China and energy cooperation in focus this week at third meeting in five months

18 October 2022
A nuclear weapon is detonated at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands in 1946. (Image has been colorized.) 
International relations

U.S. nuclear tests hang over Marshall Islands treaty talks

Failure to address compensation, climate change could open door for China

17 October 2022
A still from "Bali 2002," a four-part miniseries released on the Australian streaming service Stan to mark the 20th anniversary of the bombings. (Credit: Tony Mott)
Life

Australian miniseries revisits 2002 Bali bombings

Critics say production does not do full justice to tragic event

12 October 2022
India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar speaks to reporters in Australia after a meeting at Parliament House in Canberra on Oct. 10.
International relations

India defends reliance on Russian arms on Australia visit

Jaishankar says West neglected New Delhi for decades but Quad is 'strong'

10 October 2022
Red-hot steel plates pass through a press at a Tata Steel plant. The company and its rivals face soaring production costs. 
Interview

India's Tata Steel taps Australia, North America for coal

CEO says company needs to replace Russian cargoes after halting purchases

7 October 2022
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, left, and Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese meet in Canberra on Oct. 6. (AAP)
Indo-Pacific

Solomon Islands, Australia reaffirm security and development ties

Sogavare, Albanese build relationship as China woos Solomons with economic aid

7 October 2022
A competition for the best of the best workers is heating up across Asia, as governments and companies seek the talent they need to accelerate growth in the wake of COVID-19.
Asia Insight

From Singapore to Thailand, Asia dangles visas to lure high-fliers

New programs kick off as companies struggle to find skilled workers

4 October 2022
The trilateral defense talks in Hawaii on Oct. 1 were proposed by the American side, according to Japan's Ministry of Defense. (Photo by Ryo Nakamura)
Indo-Pacific

U.S. defense chief raises alarm over China's 'bullying' in Taiwan Strait

Austin holds meeting in Hawaii with Japan's Hamada and Australia's Marles

2 October 2022
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, right, poses for a photo with U.S. President Joe Biden, second from right, and other Pacific Island leaders on Sept. 29.
Indo-Pacific

Solomon Islands signs U.S.-Pacific partnership statement in about-face

China-leaning country seen influencing toned-down language on security

1 October 2022