ReadCapturing Asia book reviews from the Sydney Morning Herald and the Singapore Straits Times....and a column on Willie Phua's legacy by Hamish McDonald....

The writing of the life story of Willie Phua took more than a decade in the making....

For decades Joseph Madan saw momentous events working with ABC correspondents in India. And now he has seen Australia for the first time ...

EYEWITNESS TO A LIE: JAPAN'S COMFORT WOMEN

When Philip Williams reported on Japan's 'comfort women', he didn't realise that his cameraman knew much about the subject.

Those at home called them the ABC's Sampan Set. It was a term of mild derision. But life wasn't always easy!

ARE THE JAPANESE NO LONGER OUR RELIABLE FRIENDS? Opinion poll...

A Japanese opinion poll has found that a majority of Australians believe that the Japanese are no longer our reliable friends...

The ABC's AM programme on the honouring of Willie Phua at the launch of "Capturing Asia"....

John Curtin library revisits books by bob wurth and david black

David Wylie of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library in Perth revisits books about Australia's wartime PM, John Curtin, for the National Year of Reading.

Paul Lockyer writes on Willie Phua and another world of reporting in the 'old days'...

REPORTING INDONESIA:

WARWICK BEUTLER ON HOW WILLIE PHUA COPED ...

Warwick Beutler - ABC correspondent in Jakarta from 1977 to 1980 - tells of working with Willie Phua across a turbulent Indonesia.

The story of the the real and imminent threat to Australia by Japan in early 1942 ....