Expanding my horizons to a new continent, a new hemisphere. Thrilled to take on this amazing assignment and get to know Australia and the region in all its richness (and fauna, beyond the humble bin chicken!) Please send all tips, observations, deep analyses & passing thoughts.

Barren Fields and Empty Stomachs: Afghanistan’s Long, Punishing Drought. Superb story with photos from @lynseyaddario and words by @vicjkim

With increasing number of migrant workers and foreigners, Japan’s foreign-born residents say social attitudes toward them have been slow to adjust. @vicjkim @hudidi1

This beat is in good hands! Looking forward to reading @maxsoeunkim in the pages of the @latimes.

When I found out I would be one of just two journalists traveling with President Biden to Ukraine, my first question for the White House was how I would be able to pump. My essay about going to Kyiv fresh off maternity leave:

Predictably, the bottom two:

I wrote about Star Ballroom in Monterey Park as it was meant to be discovered — before a mass shooting threatened a community of dancers. It's a story about talent and flair, about 1st-gen immigrants who had finally found a bit of magic for themselves. https://t.co/8Nr2pI9TiU

1) I spoke to three survivors in Monterey Park, CA about what it was like to narrowly escape a mass shooting, and why this community of dance enthusiasts is returning to the dance floor in the wake of tragedy. Watch here:

I keep thinking about what one of the regulars who frequents both ballrooms told me — that many seniors go to these places out of loneliness. That maybe if their children had visited for Lunar New Year, they wouldn't have gone. Think about that, she told me, her eyes damp.

Incredible first-person account of the mass shooting at Star Ballroom and the joyous moments just minutes earlier, from @QianIsabelle @nytvideo

“That moment, it was primal instinct,” he said. “Something happened there. I don’t know what came over me.” @vicjkim interviews the hero who disarmed the Monterey Park gunman via @NYTimes

It has snowed so much in Yosemite the webcam view of Half Dome has been completely blocked. Insane.

Back covering California for a few weeks! Arrived just in time for the...hail?! (This was Tuesday)

BTW, this is what ChatGPT generated. Was reassured to see, not one overlap 😏

Stunning photos capturing the city in its full splendor by @junmichaelpark 🙏

*hate not late 😕

Also, hello from a snow-blanketed Seoul this morning 💙

In 2009, I wrote an impassioned defense of Seoul after it made a Lonely Planet "cities you really late" list that called it "oppressively bland." The city has since blossomed into a truly vibrant destination. Come eat, drink, hike and see for yourself: https://t.co/6yAPWlaZU0

The authorities in China are using the country’s powerful surveillance apparatus to find those bold enough to defy them. “If they want to find us, they can definitely succeed,” said a protester who received a call from police. w/@paulmozur @fu_claire