Zach Hope
Zach Hope is South-East Asia correspondent. He is a former reporter at the Brisbane Times.
People-smuggling boat carrying Chinese stopped en route to Australia
The group was discovered near the city of Kupang, and believed to be heading to Australia.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Latest
Her investigations were not welcome in Modi’s India, so neither was she
Avani Dias, the ABC’s lead India correspondent, has returned to Australia after a campaign of intimidation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
- by Zach Hope
Indonesian court knocks back calls for presidential election re-run
The ruling has sparked street protests from backers of the failed presidential candidates, who had both claimed fraud.
- by Zach Hope
US-led war games to sail into Chinese-claimed waters amid rising tensions
Australia will take part in an annual military exercise beginning this week that will send thousands of Philippine and American military personnel into contested waters.
- by Zach Hope
Analysis
World elections
In India elections are a matter of faith, and criticism is akin to blasphemy
Close to a billion Indians are eligible to vote in a 44-day national election beginning today. It will be the largest democratic exercise in history.
- by Zach Hope
Updated
Myanmar coup
Rebels celebrate taking key border town, Thailand left scrambling
Concerns of a Myanmar military counter-offensive at the border has drawn neighbouring Thailand closer to the conflict.
- by Zach Hope
A drunk Australian ran ‘amok’ in Bali. Locals locked him in a mini-mart
After allegedly attacking a local, the Australian had to be kept safe from an angry mob at about 3.30am near the Potato Head Beach Club in North Kuta.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
What is it really like to eat lab-grown meat? I’ve just tried
For a few hundred bucks a head, Singapore diners will get an exclusive seven-course menu featuring cultivated meat concocted in Australia.
- by Zach Hope
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Caught at an Indonesian abattoir, this activist says he was beaten, burnt and smeared with blood
Infiltrating the facility to check on humane treatment of cattle, the activist said he was hit by “a mob with a mob mentality”.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Albanese, Paterson trade blows on border protection after arrival from ‘unknown vessel’ located in remote WA
A man has been found in remote Western Australia after going missing following his arrival via an unknown vessel.
- by Roy Ward, Zach Hope and James Massola
Indonesia told of mass cattle deaths only days after ship had left
Indonesia says it would have liked to have known earlier that 151 animals had died on a transport vessel from Darwin.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies