Hannah Cotillon

Senior Analyst - Asia Pacific - Views my own.

[The Blue Roof @BluRoofPolitics]

For the first time since the end of military dictatorship in 1987, President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law. Follow this account for live coverage.

https://t.co/jkAMf7LZRG

[BenarNews @BenarNews]

PNG authorizes lethal force to quell violent fighting between illegal miners and traditional landowners near the Porgera gold mine.

https://t.co/uyiRoW4Ndf

[Hannah Cotillon @hlcot]

And Hasina has now resigned. This is huge

[Hannah Cotillon @hlcot]

Major political developments in Bangladesh with some indications PM Hasina will step down

[David Bergman @TheDavidBergman]

Head of @AFP Dhaka Bureau.

[The Pacific Newsroom @newsroom_the]

From bows and arrows to assault rifles: How the rules of PNG tribal wars have changed by Scott Waide

https://t.co/UGUYtGEcW1

[David Bergman @TheDavidBergman]

I agree with Professor Ali Riaz here, that the current situation in Bangladesh is an “existential” threat to the government, with a real possibility that the government (which has not held free, fair and contested elections since 2008), could fall. But that is far from certain. https://t.co/1ZBH5BARoV

[Netra News @NetraNews]

🔴 Netra News started a live blog feed on the ongoing student protests in Bangladesh that has claimed about ten lives.

https://t.co/2rwySpbbci

[PoliticsJOE @PoliticsJOE_UK]

“I am a very innocent man” - Donald Trump

[MICHAEL KABUNI @miqurlkabuni]

Pangu Pati, the ruling party in PNG parliament has split, as a possible vote of no confidence nears. What happens now? 🧵

[Stephen Dziedzic @stephendziedzic]

New statement from @dfat on riots in New Caledonia. More detailed consular information, plus a portal for Australian citizens in Noumea to register through. Also: Australia calls for calm but "unequivocally takes no position on New Caledonia's institutional future"

[The Pacific Newsroom @newsroom_the]

France declares state of emergency after ethnic tensions flare in Pacific islands of New Caledonia https://t.co/fbXY8sJqZG

[Chad O'Carroll @chadocl]

South Korea courts Australia with advanced frigate technology https://t.co/UOth1LlVoT

[Stephen Dziedzic @stephendziedzic]

JAUKUS now well and truly heaving into view - looks like an official announcement next week during Kishida's visit to Washington (neither Rahm Emanuel or Kurt Campbell are making even cursory efforts to hide this)

[Hannah Cotillon @hlcot]

Whoever is running the Kiribati government Twitter is hilarious

[Republic of Kiribati @KiribatiGov]

Fine. You're not invited

[Stephen Dziedzic @stephendziedzic]

Police in PNG have now revised down the number of deaths in this massacre: they say at least 26 people were killed, not 53. They say they received a "wrong head count" this morning.

Bodies are still being recovered. Final toll not yet clear.
https://t.co/hNjFU25GdM

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

The election result is a rebuke to Pakistan’s army—and may eventually prove a turning point in the generals’ ability to influence politics https://t.co/ikva9kEBR9 👇

[Dr Bal Kama @BalYKama]

A significant development with PNG looking to follow BRICS countries and others on moving away from US dollar in its trade with China, opting for direct Kina-Yuan trading. https://t.co/8O7QtVRoT7

[Stephen Dziedzic @stephendziedzic]

Latest on the discussions between China and PNG on security cooperation: Tkatchenko hosing down significance of talks, Opposition in both PNG and Australia raising the alarm. Albanese and Conroy are (at least publicly) playing down the story
https://t.co/4V4rm3rBCA

[ABC News @abcnews]

PNG's former prime minister Peter O'Neill speaks with @latingle about the underlying dispute that led to the riots. #abc730

[The Pacific Newsroom @newsroom_the]

Shopping centre torched and shops looted in Papua New Guinea after 'glitch' short-changes public servants' pay packets https://t.co/TEg1BQ6kVt