Myanmar deserves better than Aung San Suu Kyi
Next year Myanmar’s voters are due to go to the polls in their second democratic general election since the disastrous military coup of 1962....
Thai sex trade in spotlight
It took an unguarded remark from a Gambian minister to send Thailand into a bout of soul-searching this week about its reputation as a...
China backs Hun Sen tyranny
Cambodia is fast removing any pretence that Prime Minister Hun Sen is interested in democracy, secure in the knowledge it has the backing of...
Annual Thai road carnage looms
As Thailand prepares for its new year holiday this month, almost 200 hospitals are asking for more blood to cope with the inevitable road...
The shadow of succession
Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn during last year’s cycling campaign to bolster support for the heir to the throne. Source: Wikimedia
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej marked 70...
Buddhist bully cowers after NLD pressure
Buddhism is an intrinsic part of Burmese society. Source: Asean Economist
The Burmese nationalist Buddhist organisation, called the Committee for the Protection of Nationality and...
Jakarta leads descent into homophobia
Eid al-Fitr mass prayer in Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, the largest mosque in Southeast Asia. The government is increasingly appeasing conservative Islam. Source: Wikimedia
Indonesia increasing...
Same, same but different
Last week saw the Thai king’s mistress crawling towards the monarch’s feet like a snail to be named as a key adviser.
Thailand’s king,...
Obama prepares to arm old foe
Vietnam’s once-seemingly invincible military was starved of investment for many years. Source: Wikimedia
US President Barack Obama has announced an end to the US embargo...
An unholy alliance
April 1975. The Khmer Rouge celebrate as they enter Phnom Penh. Source: Flickr
Cambodia's success in blocking a united Asean approach to the South China...
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Singapore and Hong Kong have put off a plan to introduce a travel bubble amid the latter’s sudden spike in the number of coronavirus...
RCEP—world’s largest free-trade pact—’signed’
Fifteen countries spanning the Asia Pacific region have officially inked the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) which promises to create a vast free trade...
Temasek offers $600-million rescue to Singapore shipping giant
Singapore-based Temasek Holdings Inc. stepped in as a white knight for financially-strapped Pacific International Lines (PIL), offering the latter worth $600 million of rescue...