Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 03, 2014 • 6 min read
Shan Army Partying for Panglong
By Daniel Otis • Mar 03, 2014
Celebrating Shan National Day at the mountaintop headquarters of the Shan State Army-South
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Political reporting and analysis on the big questions facing the region.
Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 20, 2014 • 9 min read
Essential Drugs The price is not right
By Daniel Besant • Jan 20, 2014
The massive Trans-Pacific Partnership deal could cause drug prices to soar in Vietnam, devastating people with life-threatening illnesses
Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 12, 2013 • 2 min read
Q&A with Asean's Le Luong Minh
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Dec 12, 2013
The Asean Secretary General provides updates on tourism integration in Southeast Asia
Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 19, 2013 • 5 min read
Propaganda Massacring the truth
By Philip Jacobson • Aug 19, 2013
A visit to Jakarta’s Museum of Communist Treachery, one of many institutions that present government propaganda at its finest
Power • Aug 06, 2013 • 9 min read
Buddhist extremism
The number of the beast
The anti-Muslim 969 movement is fuelling the fire of religious discontent in Myanmar
By Carlos Sardiña Galache • Aug 06, 2013
Power • Apr 08, 2013 • 7 min read
Khmer Rouge
The paper trail
More than 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany’s Stasi files are still throwing up some surprises – not least for those living in Cambodia as profiles on many Khmer Rouge defectors, many of whom lead the country today, have emerged
By Dr Markus Karbaum • Apr 08, 2013
Power • Feb 14, 2013 • 7 min read
law and order
Justice in the dock
The spotlight has once again been cast on the Kingdom’s fractured judiciary. What are the roots of its problems?
By Bridget Di Certo • Feb 14, 2013
Power • Nov 08, 2012 • 3 min read
Exiled to nowhere
Recent sectarian violence has brought renewed attention to the Rohingya. Brutal oppression is nothing new to this Muslim ethnic group, many of whom have chosen to endure a hellish existence in hostile Bangladesh rather than return to their native Myanmar
By Greg Constantine • Nov 08, 2012
Power • Aug 01, 2012 • 8 min read
Boeung Kak Lake
No man’s land
Phnom Penh's Boeung Kak lake development project has become a flashpoint for clashes over valuable land as the Kingdom develops. Will a high-profile protest movement encourage the Cambodian government to side with its electorate?
By Sebastian Strangio • Aug 01, 2012
Power • Jan 01, 2007 • 17 min read
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The People’s PLC
From our print archive: 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the death rattle of communism in Europe, we take a look back at China's socialism with capitalist characteristics – and how it has influenced governments across Southeast Asia
By Paul Brisby • Jan 01, 2007