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Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 05, 2018 • 4 min read

Politics For Timor-Leste, a promise of progress

By Sophie Raynor • Jun 05, 2018
As the dust settles on Timor-Leste’s third election in a year, an unprecedented three-party coalition grapples with internal fissures and an uncertain future ahead

Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 04, 2018 • 15 min read

Cambodia's media ‘We’re going to be blind’

By Paul Millar, Tom O'Connell, Janelle Retka • Jun 04, 2018
Critics decry the end of an era of press freedom in Cambodia as the nation's last independent newspaper is sold to the owner of a Malaysian "covert PR" firm

Power • STORY OF THE DAY • May 30, 2018 • 2 min read

Politics Timor-Leste votes for change as opposition sweeps elections

By Thomas Brent • May 30, 2018
Timor-Leste has voted in a new government, with the opposition coalition Alliance of Change for Progress (AMP) sweeping to a decisive victory and ending months of political deadlock

Power • May 22, 2018 • 4 min read
Opinion

No competition

With more and more manufacturing companies setting up shop in Vietnam, many see the nation as a natural competitor to China. But with both countries seeing big growth in this sector, rather than being rivals, they may be playing in completely different leagues
By Maxfield Brown • May 22, 2018

Power • May 16, 2018 • 8 min read
Cambodia

The air we breathe

A year ago, Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment began monitoring Phnom Penh’s levels of the most damaging known air pollutant, PM2.5. How will the information gained be used?
By Janelle Retka • May 16, 2018

Power • May 14, 2018 • 4 min read
Opinion

Duterte’s drug war feeds on his country’s worst fears

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody crackdown on drugs is pushing the country's most vulnerable people even further towards the margins, says Global Commission on Drugs executive secretary Khalid Tinasti
By Khalid Tinasti • May 14, 2018

Power • May 10, 2018 • 3 min read
Democracy in Malaysia

Malaysia votes for historic change with Mahathir

Mahathir Mohamad, 92, has become the world’s oldest leader, edging out scandal-plagued Najib Razak.
By Southeast Asia Globe • May 10, 2018

Power • May 08, 2018 • 3 min read
Win Myint

Myanmar’s ambitious new president pushing for changes to military-drafted constitution

Who is he? Born on the Irrawaddy Delta just three years after his nation declared its independence from the British in 1948, Win Myint’s own foray into political life came in 1988 when the then-barrister was swept up in the nationwide prodemocracy protests against General Ne Win’s one-party rule. Joining…
By Paul Millar • May 08, 2018

Power • May 03, 2018 • 9 min read
Vietnam

Money trumps Marx

Two centuries after the birth of Karl Marx, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has embraced capitalism with open arms – but its economic success has yet to trickle down to its working class
By David Hutt • May 03, 2018

Power • May 01, 2018 • 11 min read
Thailand Politics

The billionaire challenging military might

A new progressive party has promised to break the military's grip on power, but can the young billionaire at its helm win the hearts and minds of Thailand's rural majority?
By Paul Millar • May 01, 2018

Power • Apr 18, 2018 • 6 min read
32nd Asean Summit

Success or failure: two experts debate the impact of Asean

Ahead of next week's 32nd Asean Summit, we asked two passionate voices from either side of the divide to argue the case for and against the Asean bloc being considered a success
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Apr 18, 2018