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Asia
Indonesia’s order to foreign workers: learn the language
Indonesia is making it easier for foreigners to work in the country - but they will have to study as well.
- by Joe Cochrane
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Opinion
China
Turnbull and China: don't blame the messenger
Turnbull last week blamed the media for tensions in the Australia-China relationship.
- by Tony Walker
Shell shock: Inside Kim Jong-un's turtle farm
The young dictator was disappointed in the officials at the North Korean turtle farm for, among other things, failing to breed the lobsters that had been bequeathed to them.
- by Michael Ruffles
Politics
US sends coffins to North Korea for soldiers' remains
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un agreed to resume the recovery efforts in the summit with President Donald Trump earlier this month in Singapore.
Politics
Polls open in Turkey's high-stakes elections
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's hold on power will be strengthened should he win the elections following controversial constitutional changes made last year.
Tragedy
Melbourne woman dead after bus crash in Cambodia
A Melbourne aid worker is among four people who have been killed in a mini-bus crash in Cambodia.
- by Ben Millar
Indian woman poisons family after taunts
Police in India's Maharashtra state have arrested a housewife for allegedly poisoning food at a function that killed five people, including four children.
North Korea
US indefinitely suspends some more training exercises with S.Korea
The US and South Korea have agreed to indefinitely suspend two exchange program training exercises, the Pentagon said.
- by Idrees Ali
Health
Western Sydney man hailed as first foreign organ donor in Chinese city
Phillip Hancock's generous organ donations changed five lives for the better, and drew praise medical staff in the megacity of Chongqing.
Politics
East Timorese President refuses cabinet over corruption allegations
The government of new Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak is stumbling at the first hurdle of government.
Indonesia
Indonesian terror leader Aman Abdurrahman 'grateful' for death penalty
An Indonesian court has sentenced radical Islamic cleric Aman Abdurrahman to death for inspiring his followers to commit a wave of terror attacks.
- by Karuni Rompies & Anna Prytz