On the hunt for smuggled Aussie lobster in Beijing smh.com.au/world/asia/on-…

Here’s what Kate Geraghty and I saw in eight days in Beirut, a city you can’t help but love even as it makes your heart ache smh.com.au/world/middle-e…

“To make an audience understand this isn’t a video game. These are lives, homes, these are the bodies you hold & hug every day, ripped apart. It’s so important. Because that’s what war is.” Speaking w/ ABC News Media Watch show on how vital first-hand reporting on conflict is.

At the world’s biggest trade fair in Shanghai this week, Donald Trump’s victory barely rated a mention. Yet his tariff agenda threatens a new global trade war - one that could sweep up Australian businesses trying to re-enter China after years-long bans. smh.com.au/world/asia/tru…

Penny Wong weighs in for the first time on whether Australian judges should continue to serve on Hong Kong’s top court after China’s national security crackdown. My feature on the vexed debate, with views from lawyers still working in Hong Kong - smh.com.au/world/asia/why…

John Silvester with some common sense: theage.com.au/politics/victo…

Last year, I visited a pro-North Korean high school in Japan. A tightknit community that wants to preserve Korean culture and language after decades of discrimination, but teaches a one-sided positive view of the Kim regime smh.com.au/world/asia/in-…

Deal or no deal? How China is preparing for Trump 2.0 smh.com.au/world/asia/dea…

I went to Shanghai’s marriage market and found parents of the unwed holding onto hope 💍👶 smh.com.au/world/asia/ins…

North Korean POWs peel back curtain on Kim regime's gamble in Ukraine war smh.com.au/world/asia/nor…

Matthew went to get his iPhone fixed – and spent the next five years in a Beijing jail smh.com.au/world/asia/mat…

It’s always a joy to rediscover how engaged and open Taiwanese people are when it comes to sharing their views on geopolitics. I spent 3 days on the island last week talking to people about Trump’s return and what it means for their future. theage.com.au/world/asia/tru…

🇦🇺 Korean Adoptees Push For Answers Over Global Scandal ▫Australians caught up in global adoption scandal ▫Lisa Visentin #frontpagestoday #Australia The Age

South Korea mass exported babies for profit, leaving a trail of fraud and malpractice in adoption services. Australian adoptees have their own painful stories but no one knows the extent of the scandal here. They are calling for an inquiry to find out. smh.com.au/world/asia/i-b…

Josie was handed two Korean toddlers at the airport. They sobbed ‘mummy’ the whole way to Australia smh.com.au/world/asia/jos…

Labor pledges to investigate Australia-Korea adoption program smh.com.au/world/asia/lab…

Top Australian judge Robert French quits Hong Kong court smh.com.au/world/asia/top…

‘Because there is no profit, no one is willing to work’: Inside China’s fast-fashion dilemma smh.com.au/world/asia/bec…

I recently went to Manzhouli - a hustling, quirky Chinese town on the border with Russia that has become a key link in the economic lifeline sustaining Putin's invasion of Ukraine. My dispatch is here - smh.com.au/world/asia/on-…

Incredible story from Hong Kong of a family’s escape — thanks to their helper, Vame Mariz Wayas Verador. By Lisa Visentin theage.com.au/world/asia/ple…