The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. This week’s issue is written by Damien Cave, the Australia bureau chief. Earlier this week, as I stood in line at the Sydney Opera House for an event in the concert hall with Amy

The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. This week’s issue is written by Yan Zhuang, an Australian reporter in the Seoul bureau (who is very excited about the metro). They arrived well before dawn, some from across the