Lee Jae-myung takes office on the back of the highest voting turnout in recent elections, which followed three different interim presidents, protests and legal battles that exposed rifts in one of Asia's most successful democracies.
China has long been accused of repression in Tibet and a new report based on rare firsthand accounts from people inside the region sheds light on the way authorities are trying to erase local culture and language.
Paetongtarn Shinawatra is a photogenic, wealthy daughter of a powerful political family that has been at the top of Thai politics. But now she has fallen from grace.
Taiwan, wary of increasing pressure from Beijing, has beefed up its defence drills and is training citizens of all ages to be ready for any forceful attempts to make it join the People's Republic of China.
China's communist authorities forcibly disappeared the boy chosen to play a major role in the succession of the Dalai Lama, and 30 years on, Tibetan Buddhists continue to resist their attempt to take control.
The two neighbouring Asian nations have agreed to an immediate and unconditional ceasefire after days of conflict, according to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
A newly filmed TV series in Taiwan, titled Zero Day Attack, presents a close representation of the reality Taiwanese citizens have been living with in the face of simmering threats from China, for years.
The group were detained on Thursday after tactical police rammed a car in Liverpool in what was characterised as a precautionary measure following the Bondi terror attack.
