As Thailand’s human-trafficking history is revealed, the government is being forced to recognise that media freedom can help rid the country of this barbaric scourge.
There was no need or moral purpose in killing Chan and Sukumaran, or the other six who died with them. But even the macabre theatre of death that execution involves will be swept up in the daily struggle to stay alive for hundreds of millions.
Australia's poor relationship with Indonesia significantly reduced whatever chance Tony Abbott had of saving Chan and Sukumaran.
The coverage of the execution of Bali Nine drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran has been sympathetic and tearful. But there was a time when the Australian media thought they were getting what they deserved.
A groundswell of support from the Indonesian people and a startling admission by a Filipino drug smuggler saved a foreign domestic worker from the firing squad last night, writes freelance journalist Cade Lucas in Indonesia
Australia is withdrawing its ambassador to Indonesia in response to the Indonesian government carrying out the death sentences of two Australian citizens.
India has lost almost 100 people in the weekend's earthquake, with the government focusing relief efforts on helping devastated Nepal and its own poorest states. Alys Francis, freelance journalist in India, reports.
So much for soft diplomacy -- the Australian embassy in Yangoon has closed its doors to the wider Australian community in Myanmar.
Gina Rinehart is about to start pumping out 55 million tonnes a year of iron ore from her Roy Hill mine. This is very bad news for Fortescue.
The Australian government has devised a "fact sheet" to tell refugees in Nauru what they could expect from life in Cambodia. But the fact sheet is full of lies.
