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By Agence France-Presse • Sep 23, 2021
Sean Turnell, the Australian adviser to Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in junta court to face immigration and official secrets charges
By Ron Lopez and Allison Jackson/AFP • Sep 20, 2021
Philippine boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao has launched his presidential bid with vows to tackle poverty and corruption as he seeks to win over voters with his rags-to-riches story
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 17, 2021
Myanmar's junta will put ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on trial for corruption which could see her jailed for decades
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 14, 2021
A Singaporean news site, The Online Citizen, often critical of authorities had its licence suspended for failing to declare funding sources, regulators said, with a rights group slamming the move as "unacceptable censorship"
A group of Malaysian mothers won a landmark legal challenge Thursday, overturning what they described as discriminatory citizenship rules affecting women who gave birth overseas
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 09, 2021
In late-July, the US-funded CambodiaCheck project would be launched to counter misinformation surrounding the Kingdom. Less than a month later, the fact checking initiative would be cut short, standing accused of spreading the very thing it set out to counter
By Alastair McCready • Sep 03, 2021
Resistance leader Dr Sasa is frustrated the international community has not recognised Myanmar’s ousted government. But a crucial upcoming vote by the UN General Assembly on the country’s legitimate representative offers hope of symbolic victory for the opposition
By Jessica Mudditt • Sep 01, 2021
As Malaysia marks 58 years of independence as a federation on August 31, Professor James Chin writes that the country today is going through a midlife crisis, suffering from identity issues caused by the rise of political Islam and the ideology of Malay-Islamic supremacy
By James Chin • Aug 31, 2021
This month, a top-secret document emerged in Thailand. It revealed not only a list of 183 people deemed enemies of Prayut's military-backed government – among them a monk, a journalist and two 15-year-old girls – but also a paranoid state's long-standing urge to purge 'unThai' elements
By Mark S. Cogan • Aug 27, 2021
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared he will run for vice president next year to continue his "crusade" against drugs and insurgents - a move driven by fear of criminal charges, critics says
By Agence France-Presse • Aug 25, 2021
Uncertainty and turmoil in the Golden Triangle, Southeast Asia's long-time narcotics hub, means syndicates are casting an eye across the Mekong for next steps. With soaring meth seizures, Cambodia is showing signs of becoming central to the region's drug trade
By John Wojcik • Aug 25, 2021
US Vice President Kamala Harris heads to Vietnam today on the second stop of her Southeast Asia tour. But with geopolitical considerations guiding affairs, Amnesty International's Carolyn Nash says the region's many human rights issues must not be ignored
By Carolyn Nash • Aug 24, 2021