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By Mark S. Cogan • Feb 09, 2022
A year after a military junta took power, Thailand has remained largely quiet about abuses by its western neighbour
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 08, 2022
Candidates hit the hustings for the three-month campaign season in a chaotic and colourful charm offensive aimed at wooing millions of voters typically more interested in personality than policy
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 07, 2022
Myanmar rebel group claims junta troops breached ceasefire in the only region of the country that has seen no post-coup crackdown
By Stein Tønnesson • Feb 07, 2022
The dispute reaches back to the 19th century, and was close to provoking war in 1947 between France and China
Singapore’s higher salaries and enforcement culture result in elevated rank on annual corruption index
By Fiona Kelliher • Feb 04, 2022
Across Myanmar, anti-coup protesters defied a junta order with a silent strike and clapping protests to mark the first anniversary
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 01, 2022
An impaired Singapore prisoner exemplifies how calculation and bungling compound punishment for the condemned and their families
By Kirsten Han • Feb 01, 2022
A year since the Myanmar coup, the country's latest junta is struggling to contain the backlash unleashed by its power grab, with daily clashes and swathes of the country outside of its control
By Agence France-Presse • Jan 28, 2022
The Kingdom’s 2022 chair of the regional group offers chances for fresh engagement or continued discord over the military junta
By Drake Long • Jan 25, 2022
Whistleblowers who raise alarms about misconduct and crime can become targets without strong legal protection
By Jack Brook • Jan 20, 2022
An Islamist militant linked to Al-Qaeda was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his involvement in the 2002 bombings that killed more than 200 people in the resort island of Bali
By Haeril Halim/AFP • Jan 19, 2022
Indonesia remains a primary testing ground for the competing forces of free expression and government oversight online
By Aufarizqi Imaduddin and Albert Jehoshua Rapha • Jan 17, 2022