South Korea is engulfed in a month-long national crisis that has brought politics to a standstill, and the timing could not be worse for the Korean Peninsula and the region.
Latest news from Melanesia including trouble in West Papua, sharks, ants, climate change and Samoa's police commissioner charged with criminal offences.
India's sudden ban on high-denomination bank notes causes trouble, what's wrong with randomised controlled trials, labour abuse accusations in Malaysia and more
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The New Zealand earthquake, Australia/US resettlement deal, the fearful prospect of a climate change sceptic in the White House, PNG's grim budget and more
Duke University Professor and one time White House adviser Peter Feaver describes the 'full lobotomy' the US undergoes during the transfer of executive power.