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New laws come after weeks of protests sparked by a series of teacher suicides said to be linked to malicious complaints from parentsSouth Korea has passed a set of legal revisions aimed at improving the rights of teachers in schools, following weeks of…
Read MoreTown facing twin crises after already putting in place a boil water notice following a parasite outbreakQueenstown declared a state of emergency after heavy rains caused flooding, compounding problems for New Zealand’s biggest tourist town which had al…
Read MoreWhite Island/Whakaari volcano exploded in 2019, prompting debate over natural hazard tourismThe landowners of a New Zealand volcano that fatally erupted in 2019 have rejected arguments from the country’s workplace safety regulator that they ultimately …
Read MoreHelicopter came down in Pirongia forest park, south of Auckland, on way to rescue of injured hiker, but paramedic onboard wasn’t deterredA paramedic in New Zealand has continued with his rescue mission, and completed it, despite the helicopter he was i…
Read MoreNew York-based Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse signals he rejects Thailand’s harsh lese majeste laws, which ban criticism of the royal familyAn estranged son of Thailand’s king who has spent almost all his adult life away from his homeland has unexpectedl…
Read MoreSeries with 370m views echoes Chinese state media calls for return of cultural relicsA viral series on the Chinese version of TikTok about a jade teapot that turns into a woman and escapes from the British Museum is to be adapted into an animated film….
Read MoreAfter experiencing a record-breaking number of ‘extremely hot’ days in summer, the unusually high temperatures are due to continueMatsutake mushrooms and persimmons have appeared on supermarket shelves, along with seasonal beers and sakes. In Tokyo nei…
Read MoreHundreds of mussel farm sites in Gulf of Thailand affected by regular blooms that scientists believe are exacerbated by climate crisisAn unusually dense plankton bloom off the eastern coast of Thailand is creating an aquatic “dead zone”, threatening th…
Read MoreForms have been sent out requiring names, positions, residential addresses and identity document numbers of locally employed staffChina has given foreign consulates in Hong Kong a month to submit the names, home addresses and job descriptions of their …
Read MoreChina’s latest missing minister underscores the move to centralised rule, and how questioning Xi’s judgement has become increasingly dangerousThree weeks after he was last seen in public, there is still no official confirmation about what has happened …
Read MoreFormer PM became ‘lighting rod for discontent’ among some voters as analysts say her time in office associated with Covid falloutAs the final month of campaigning in New Zealand’s election begins, one figure is noticeably absent for observers abroad: f…
Read MoreTaiwan’s defence ministry said that since Sunday it had spotted 103 Chinese military aircraft over the sea, a number it called a ‘recent high’Taiwan’s defence ministry has urged China to stop “destructive, unilateral action” after reporting a sharp ris…
Read MoreFaced with record high youth unemployment and bankrupt local councils, the country’s population is beginning to feel the weight of the economy’s flawsPeak China? How the booming middle class hit a brick wallWhen finding a job feels as unlikely as winni…
Read More‘Candid, substantive and constructive’ talks were held as a possible prelude to a Joe Biden-Xi Jinping meeting in NovemberTop US and Chinese diplomats met in Malta over the weekend as the world’s two largest economies attempted to smooth strained relat…
Read MoreFloods, economic headwinds and disappearing ministers aside, experts say the Chinese leader’s iron grip on power may be his biggest problemAt the Brics summit in South Africa in August, Xi Jinping made headlines when he failed to appear at a leaders’ m…
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