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By Agence France-Presse • Aug 03, 2021
More than 100 protesters charged under Thailand's royal insult laws, when rallies across the kingdom began demanding reforms to the unassailable monarchy
By Kylan Dempsey • Aug 03, 2021
Indonesia sits among the worst ranking nations globally for fatal airline crashes, with Adam Air 574 offering a stark example of why. Though 14 years have passed since this devastating accident, few lessons, it seems, have been learned
By Agence France-Presse • Aug 02, 2021
Political heavyweights put aside long-running animosity and joined the opposition protest against a two-week shutdown of parliament and the resignation of the country's embattled premier resign
By Agence France-Presse • Jul 30, 2021
It has been six months since Myanmar's turmoil after the military deposed Aung San Suu Kyi's government and ended the country's decade-old experiment with democracy, what now?
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin urged to step down after being accused of treason by the king, denouncing his crisis-hit government for misleading parliament
By Agence France-Presse • Jul 29, 2021
In 1975, Indonesian forces invaded Timor-Leste in an occupation that lasted nearly 25 years. During that time, future president and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate José Ramos-Horta navigated Cold War dynamics as he travelled the world lobbying for international support
By Allegra Mendelson • Jul 23, 2021
Thai pro-democracy student activists faces defamation and sedition charges over a rally last year that demanded reforms to Thailand's monarchy
By Agence France-Presse • Jul 22, 2021
The skeletal remains of Filipinos killed in Philippines' drug war are starting to be exhumed as the leases on their graves expire
By Allison Jackson/AFP • Jul 21, 2021
Indonesian president Joko Widido is known for his business-first approach to politics – nowhere is this more true than in Papua. But while the region has seen development and infrastructure growth, ecological damage and unsolved rights abuses undermine this legacy
By Arie Ruhyanto • Jul 20, 2021
After a quarter century of Indonesian occupation, East Timor was on the brink of self-rule in 1999. Amidst a brutal conflict, sisters Sophie and Lyndal Barry were among a band of journalists documenting the country's long and bloody road to independence
By Allegra Mendelson • Jul 15, 2021
Proposals for an internet gateway in Cambodia have inevitably drawn comparisons to China's Great Firewall. In this episode of Anakut, we speak with digital security expert Moses Ngeth and James Griffiths, author of The Great Firewall of China, to hear what this plan could mean in practice
By Andrew Haffner • Jul 14, 2021
Myanmar's shadow government, formed in the aftermath of the February 1 military coup, has taken an unprecedented step towards reconciliation with the Rohingya, but many within the persecuted Muslim minority remain wary after decades of violence and discrimination
By Agence France-Presse • Jul 12, 2021