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Open for registration

Introduction to Doing Business in Korea

5 November 2025

This 2-hour training course covers the fundamentals of doing business in Korea. Led by a facilitator, it focusses on local business culture and practices. For more information or to enquire about tailored programs for your organisation including in-person delivery, see course description.

Course

Business

Korea

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Open for registration

2025 Queensland Future School Leaders Program

15 October 2025

The Queensland Future School Leaders Program offers Year 5 students a unique opportunity to develop essential leadership, communication and teamwork skills.

Schools program

Education

Asia (general)

Asialink Leaders: 30 years of Asia success

As we mark the 30th anniversary of the Asialink Leaders Program, we celebrate the positive, pioneering, and powerful impact of our Asia-capable alumni.

Our expertise

Explore our specialist programs and services across four key areas

Business

Seize business opportunities in Asia

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    Diplomacy

    Deepen and strengthen Australia-Asia relations

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      Education

      Build intercultural understanding at your school

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        Arts and Culture

        Connect with artists and arts organisations in Asia

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          Asialink Insights
          The promise and peril of Bangladesh’s “youthquake” image

          The promise and peril of Bangladesh’s “youthquake”

          21 August 2025

          The youth-led coalition that toppled Sheikh Hasina’s regime a year ago was a “youthquake” that implanted young people at the centre of Bangladesh’s reform movement. But an increasingly fragile and divided youth coalition needs to engage in patient dialogue to bring about meaningful change, writes M. Niaz Asadullah.

          Insights

          Diplomacy

          Bangladesh

          The demise of the American ‘city on the hill’ image

          The demise of the American ‘city on the hill’

          19 August 2025

          The decline in American values and leadership weakens the West and key US partners in the Indo-Pacific, writes John McCarthy.

          Insights

          Diplomacy

          Asia (general)

          Why Trump lashes India but holds back on China – Asian Media Report image

          Why Trump lashes India but holds back on China – Asian Media Report

          17 August 2025

          In David Armstrong’s Asian media report this week: US hopes Beijing might lean on Putin. Plus: Work starts on Xi-Trump summit in China; Former first lady jailed on gifts-for-influence charges; Japan looks to become regional weapons supplier; Indonesia deploys ballistic missile system; Hong Kong “suffering climate whiplash”

          Insights

          Diplomacy

          Asia (general)

          How the ouster and jailing of Imran Khan enabled closer ties between Pakistan and the US image

          How the ouster and jailing of Imran Khan enabled closer ties between Pakistan and the US

          15 August 2025

          With Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan in jail, and the military effectively in charge of government, Donald Trump has forged closer relations with the country, writes Claude Rakisits. But Trump’s diplomatic outreach may pose another test to US relations with India.

          Insights

          Diplomacy

          Pakistan