Foreign Correspondence
Edge Review Latest Issue
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — The latest issue of the Edge Review is now available. Read more.
Month: June 2013
Foreign Correspondence
Gotcha: Australian Media Nab Human Smuggler
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Only on rare occasions does Australia’s government-owned public broadcaster, the ABC, get together with journalists from Fairfax Media to work collectively on a story. But this week they did just that […]
Foreign Correspondence
Rudd Ousts Gillard
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — After being unceremoniously dumped in 2010, after one failed and one aborted leadership challenge, and after three years suffering the slings and arrows of outraged caucus colleagues, Kevin Rudd has his revenge. In a successful […]
Foreign Correspondence
Japanese Dogs Denied Whale Meat Snacks
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — When it comes to fishing practices, Japan easily has one of the patchiest records among the international community. As far back as the 1980s, its maritime practices were a magnet for environmentalists. Whaling, shark finning, culling dolphins en […]
Foreign Correspondence
Hazing ASEAN Unity, Again
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — It’s on again. Malaysian, Singaporean and Indonesian companies with large plantation interests, along with thousands of small land holders, are burning off and razing forests in Sumatra, throwing enough smoke into […]