Yesterday
Thailand tempts tourists back with quarantine-free holidays
Tens of thousands of international tourists are expected to land in Thailand after restrictions were lifted for travel from 63 countries, including Australia.
- Emma Connors
US business chiefs warn of expat exodus from China
With no exit strategy articulated, and just as the rest of the world reopens, US business leaders have warned Beijing that it risks accelerating the outflow of foreigners from China.
- Edward White, Primrose Riordan and Demetri Sevastopulo
Now for the kids: FDA kicks off rush to vaccinate under-12s
The sign-off on Pfizer is the first green light for a Western-developed vaccine to be used in children younger than 12.
- Emma Connors
This Month
South Korea exports growth supports rate rise decision
The resilience in exports will solidify bets that the Bank of Korea will push ahead with another interest-rate increase at this month’s meeting.
- Jiyeun Lee
- Analysis
- Japan
Kishida, a former foreign minister, will prioritise Australia ties
Japan’s new prime minister is expected to make Australia a foreign relations priority as he continues his predecessor’s work bolstering security alliances in the region.
- Updated
- Michael Smith
Kishida leads Japan’s ruling coalition to solid election win
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has led the country’s ruling coalition to a better-than-expected election win at the weekend.
- Michael Smith
October
- Opinion
- Japan
Japan’s unhappy voters to stick with the devil they know
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party led by Fumio Kishida is expected to retain its grip on power following Sunday’s election, but that does not mean the voters are happy.
- Michael Smith
US urges investigation of Myanmar military torture
Security forces are alleged to have killed more than 1200 people since February, including at least 131 detainees tortured to death.
- Kristen Gelineau and Victoria Milko
North Korea puts ‘delicious’ black swan on menu in food shortage fight
North Korea has hailed black swans as a nutritious source of meat as it begins farming the birds on an industrial scale during a chronic food shortage.
- Marcus Parekh
From molecules to electrons: South-east Asia power imports to switch
Cost, security and reliability of supply are looming large as Asian nations plot their way to a carbon-constrained future.
- Emma Connors
- Opinion
- China relations
Telstra’s Digicel Pacific challenge
The deal with the government insulates the telco from financial risk. But accepting the role of Australia’s lead business ambassador in the region makes it no set-and-forget investment.
- Mihai Sora and Jonathan Pryke
- Opinion
- Postcard from Tokyo
Contenders stifle smiles as Japan tiptoes around gender issues
Candidates are largely masked and have been instructed not to smile too much in campaign posters, in deference to pandemic suffering. Aside from that, it’s tough enlisting change as Japan votes.
- Melanie Brock
Inside the Singapore school that offers a gateway to Oxbridge
The Raffles Institution is sending more pupils to the prestigious English universities than Harrow.
- Annabel Heseltine
- Exclusive
- Food sustainability
Growing vegies from rock could make Orlar our first agri-tech unicorn
A coal miner’s daughter from Newcastle has invented a new form of vertical farming and set up in Vietnam. One Dutch fund thinks it could be a billion-dollar company.
- Emma Connors
China tech stocks rebound on hopes regulatory ‘peak’ has been hit
Equity benchmarks tracking the biggest names in China’s internet sector have notched double-digit gains since hitting lows in early October.
- Hudson Lockett
China offers some detail on plan to cap emissions by 2030
Details released late on Tuesday also fill in some of the gaps in the road map to reaching net zero by 2060.
- Alfred Cang, Luz Ding and Sarah Chen
- Opinion
- Winter Olympics
Beijing warming up to host 2022 Winter Olympics
‘Green, inclusive, open and clean’ will be the hallmarks of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as the countdown to the games begins.
- Zhou Limin
Australia-Singapore travel lane starts November 8
While Singapore will allow all Australians to visit quarantine free, Australia is expected to lower the drawbridge only for students and business travellers.
- Emma Connors
Singapore routes are first big test of Australian vaccine passport
Australia’s international vaccine passport is the first of its kind, but an expert says it could end up being a ‘technological dead end’.
- Emma Connors
- Opinion
- G20 summit
The G20 should be more than just another rich-country club
The G20’s agenda is too focused on developed world problems. If it wants to be relevant, the G20 needs to stop recycling the G7’s agenda.
- Adam Triggs
