Governance

Governance • STORY OF THE DAY • May 08, 2018 • 3 min read

Win Myint Myanmar’s ambitious new president pushing for changes to military-drafted constitution

By Paul Millar • May 08, 2018
Who is he? Born on the Irrawaddy Delta just three years after his nation declared its independence from the British in 1948, Win Myint’s own foray into political life came in 1988 when the then-barrister was swept up in the nationwide prodemocracy protests against General Ne Win’s one-party rule. Joining…

Governance • STORY OF THE DAY • May 01, 2018 • 11 min read

Thailand Politics The billionaire challenging military might

By Paul Millar • May 01, 2018
A new progressive party has promised to break the military's grip on power, but can the young billionaire at its helm win the hearts and minds of Thailand's rural majority?

Governance • STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 03, 2018 • 7 min read

Laos Game of thrones

By Paul Millar • Apr 03, 2018
Toppled from their throne by the Pathet Lao in 1975, the exiled Lao royal family has long attempted to unite the country's fractured diaspora

Governance • Feb 26, 2018 • 3 min read
Hadi Tjahjanto

The air chief marshal shaking up Indonesia’s military

Once head of Indonesia's air force, air chief marshal Hadi Tjahjanto has been appointed to lead the country's armed forces, an institution that is deeply interwoven with the nation's politics
By Musaazi Namiti

Governance • Feb 19, 2018 • 8 min read
Indonesia

Caught at the crossroads

The country with arguably the world's worst traffic is having to rely on civilians to manage congestion, but not everyone thinks Indonesia's freelance traffic organisers are helping
By Aisyah Llewellyn

Governance • Oct 16, 2017 • 9 min read
Cambodia's Tourism Industry

A Kingdom for more tourists

Cambodia has big plans to boost tourism, most of which revolve around a massive influx of visitors from China
By Nathan Paul Southern

Governance • Oct 03, 2017 • 13 min read
Media Freedom

Without fear or favour: The Cambodia Daily

Philanthropist and foreign correspondent Bernie Krisher launched a daily newspaper in 1993 with a handful of journalists working out of an old hotel. By the time the Cambodia Daily closed amid a fiery dispute with the government, it had become one of the region’s most respected sources of news
By Paul Millar

Governance • Sep 14, 2017 • 10 min read
Phnom Penh

City of garbage

As Cambodia's capital becomes a modern metropolis, its sole garbage collection company, Cintri, is failing to keep up. Can Cambodia's capital clean up its act?
By Colin Meyn and Mech Dara

Governance • Jun 07, 2017 • 10 min read
Cambodia

The fewer forests, the more floods

Massive deforestation is playing a crucial role in the droughts that are devastating Cambodia. But despite an official ban on timber exports, forests continue to be cut down at a record rate
By Euan Black

Governance • May 17, 2017 • 8 min read
Indonesia

The red-light district that everyone loves

Jakarta’s Kalijodo red-light district has been shut down, cleaned up and transformed into a vibrant public space. But the reimagining of the area didn’t come without a human cost
By Gabrielle Lipton