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Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 20, 2019 • 8 min read

Shan State Rebels with a cause

By Antonio Graceffo • Aug 20, 2019
From our print archive: For almost half a century the Shan have been fighting a torrid battle for their independence and culture

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Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 16, 2019 • 15 min read

West Papua Choosing to act

By Thomas Brent • Aug 16, 2019
In 1969, Indonesia took control of resource-rich West Papua through a referendum many Papuans call the ‘Act of No Choice’. A half century on, activists are opening a new front in their struggle for self-determination

Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 13, 2019 • 7 min read

Analysis Great expectations

By Yohanes Sulaiman • Aug 13, 2019
Ahead of Indonesia's Independence Day on August 17, Indonesian political analyst Yohanes Sulaiman looks at the prospect of reform during recently re-elected President Joko Widodo’s second term

Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 06, 2019 • 9 min read

Khmer Rouge The dogs saw ghosts

By Dave Walker and Sonny Chhount • Aug 06, 2019
With the death on August 4 of Khmer Rouge No.2 Nuon Chea, we look back at the bravery of Van Chhuon, a man who defied the brutal regime to save his neighbours' lives

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Power • Jul 19, 2019 • 9 min read
Analysis

Destiny’s child

Three decades after Aung San Suu Kyi was first sentenced to house arrest for her fight for democracy in Myanmar, the Nobel laureate is now arguably the main obstacle to the country putting its past behind it
By Hunter Marston

Power • Jul 17, 2019 • 16 min read
Khmer Rouge Tribunal

Crime and punishment

From our print archive: Establishing the incredible against those who wish to defend the indefensible will be the grim task of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
By Craig Guthrie

Power • Jul 10, 2019 • 11 min read
Malaysia

Mahathir’s birthday wish

Malaysia's seemingly ageless prime minister celebrates another birthday today. But will the man slammed by his detractors as the nation’s once and future dictator keep his promise to hand over the nation to former adversary Anwar Ibrahim?
By Simon Roughneen

Power • Jul 09, 2019 • 8 min read
Khmer Rouge

The revolution will be televised

From our print archive: Movie producer and real estate mogul Oum Prum looks back at his past life as a filmmaker for the Khmer Rouge regime
By Marc Eberle

Power • Jul 07, 2019 • 12 min read
Thailand

Nowhere to hide

Across Southeast Asia, Thai dissidents are under siege. At home, they are attacked by masked thugs. Abroad, they live in fear as their comrades are hunted down, killed or disappeared
By Caleb Quinley

Power • Jul 04, 2019 • 8 min read
Terrorism

The other jihad

A former bomb-maker behind the 2002 Bali blasts that killed more than 200 people is now serving soup in Central Java – and helping other ex-terrorists find their way back to the light
By Kusumasari Ayuningtyas

Power • Jul 01, 2019 • 13 min read
Acid attacks

Scarred for life

From our print archive: The corrosive effects of an all-too-familiar crime need immediate attention and then a lifetime of recuperation
By Stefan V. Jensen

Power • Jun 20, 2019 • 11 min read
Hun Sen vs Sam Rainsy

The strongman and the strawman

Exiled opposition politician Sam Rainsy has once again pledged to come back to Cambodia. But for a government eager to imagine itself as under assault on all sides, he’s far more useful to Hun Sen in Paris
By Paul Millar