Asia

News of an unfolding political crisis in South Korea dominated global headlines. But just over the border, North Koreans are kept in the dark. How will the hermit kingdom's leaders respond?

A controversy over sanitary pads in China has sparked widespread outrage on social media and ignited a broader debate on gender inequality.

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol opted for the nuclear option when he declared martial law. But it followed months of scandals, low approval ratings and a stand-off with a hostile parliament.

For some of the Korean diaspora in Australia, the sudden declaration of martial law evoked memories of a dark past. 

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, but then rescinded it, after criticising the opposition as "anti-state forces" threatening the country's democracy.

Australian stocks have ended lower and the local currency has fallen sharply after third-quarter GDP came in lower than expected. Here's how the day's trade unfolded on the markets blog.

Matcha's vibrant colour and health benefits have made it a new fad food, fuelling a surge in demand that is outpacing supply.

The head of federal parliament's intelligence committee has suggested Australia is bolstering its military capabilities in part to deter China from invading Taiwan.

At least 19 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands affected in Malaysia and Thailand as officials brace for the worst flood in a decade.

Beijing has launched a three-year plan to tackle obesity, with rates of overweight children and adults rapidly increasing in just a few years.

Family dynasties have a stranglehold on Filipino politics — and this week was a reminder that some dynasties at the top are militaristic and fond of violence.

In the days after backpackers in Laos began falling violently ill due to suspected methanol poisoning, travellers tried desperately to warn each other about the hostel at the centre of the scandal.

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who took power from elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup in 2021, is accused of crimes against humanity for the deportation and persecution of the Rohingya.

The Chinese ambassador to New Zealand, Wang Xiaolong, says if New Zealand joins security grouping AUKUS it will "inevitably" have negative consequences for the country's relationship with China.

Australia's annual inflation rate remained steady in October at a more than three-year low as electricity and fuel prices fell. The local share market rose after a rally on Wall Street. Follow how the day's trade unfolded on the markets blog.

The bodies of two Melbourne teenagers who died after suspected methanol poisoning in Laos return home, as Laos police investigating their deaths detain eight men.

China's ambassador to Australia has declared there's "no reason" that Donald Trump's return to the White House should damage the relationship between Canberra and Beijing.

About 1,000 homes have been reduced to wreckage and ashes after fire ripped through a slum area of the Philippine capital Manila.

At least 18 people have been killed and 30 injured in an outbreak of sectarian violence in north-western Pakistan.

Demand for culturally appropriate aged care is booming as some migrant communities shake the taboo of placing elderly relatives in professional care.