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By Beatrice Siviero • 12 hours ago
The Thai Bar Association has amended its ethical code allowing female lawyers to wear trousers in court as an alternative choice to skirts
By Raafi Seiff • Mar 20, 2023
As jostling superpowers U.S. and China continue to maintain global influence, Southeast Asia's combined power could put the region in a prime position to rise to the top rungs of political potential, as Australian think tank Lowy Institute's latest Asia Power Index suggests
By AFP • Mar 17, 2023
While China is a major ally and arms supplier to the military junta in Myanmar, ethnic rebels have asked the country to diffuse the post-coup crisis
By Nisya Kunto • Mar 16, 2023
As the 2024 elections approach in Indonesia, individuals or groups known as buzzers are disseminating content on social media platforms, amidst growing concern that they are polarising opinion and posing a threat to democracy and free speech
As national elections approach, opposition parties, lawyers and sex worker organisations are stepping forward with the drafting of a new law to decriminalise prostitution in Thailand
By Beatrice Siviero • Mar 15, 2023
A Southeast Asia Globe investigation reveals a quiet defence collaboration between the British government and the Indonesian military, with British guns and training surfacing in the restive province
By Rory James • Mar 13, 2023
After being arrested by authorities yesterday, Malaysia's former prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, was charged with accepting bribes
and money laundering
By AFP • Mar 10, 2023
Despite statements emerging from the recent EU delegation visit to the Philippines that the human rights situation has improved under current president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., drug raid killings and crackdowns on activism and free speech continue
By Chris Fitzgerald • Mar 06, 2023
The U.S. ambassador to the country called the sentencing of Kem Sokha a "miscarriage of justice"
By Andrew Haffner • Mar 03, 2023
While mass pro-democracy protests have scaled down across Thailand, the crackdown on child political activists continues. Now, a legal rights group says the juvenile justice system is violating the rights of minors
By Beatrice Siviero • Mar 03, 2023
With automatic registration and the lowering of voting age, youth activists and voters wielded new power and played a decisive role in Malaysia’s last election, its turnout and political future
By Liani MK • Mar 01, 2023
The proposal of an ASEAN Green Deal during Cambodia's 2022 ASEAN chairmanship highlights an increased collaborative approach towards a more sustainable future and the next stage in inter-regional cooperation between ASEAN and the EU
By Chheang Vannarith • Feb 28, 2023