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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.

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How South Korea has kept the impact of COVID-19 on jobs in check

  • Associate Professor Kyoung-Hee Yu ,

Women have been hardest hit by COVID-related job losses in South Korea, but the jobs market generally has been resilient.

South Korea’s prospects for a middle-power alliance in the era of COVID-19

  • Professor Taekyoon Kim,

The COVID-19 crisis has created opportunities to reinvigorate middle-power coalitions.

Governance or social resilience: Learning from Southeast Asia’s experience with COVID-19

WEBINAR: How Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam are weathering the COVID-19 crisis.

As COVID-19 escalates in Indonesia, responses are fractured and fractious. (Terjemahan Bahasa Indonesia)

  • Dr Rebecca Meckelburg & Dr Charan Bal,

Elite interests continue to dominate Indonesia’s pandemic response at a national level, but there’s community resilience at the grassroots.

Pandemic politics in South Asia: Muslims and democracy

  • Associate Professor Matthew J. Nelson,

Leaders in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan may succeed in defeating COVID-19 only to discover they have killed their democracies in the process.