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Political reporting and analysis on the big questions facing the region.

Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 02, 2017 • 5 min read

Opinion Will ASEAN overcome its midlife crisis?

By Miguel Chanco • Aug 02, 2017
Sustained peace and sunny economic predictions are worth celebrating, but Asean can’t afford to ignore its problems, argues the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Miguel Chanco

Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 18, 2017 • 7 min read

Whatever happened to The tyrant Than Shwe?

By Sean Gleeson • Jul 18, 2017
Six years after handing over control of Myanmar, the former dictator’s corrosive spirit still haunts the nation's politics

Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 10, 2017 • 7 min read

Kem Ley Murder, mourning and martyrdom

By Colin Meyn • Jul 10, 2017
A year after the assassination of popular political analyst Kem Ley, Southeast Asia Globe reviews the key events in one of Cambodia's great modern tragedies

Power • Jun 16, 2017 • 8 min read
Whatever happened to

The gruesome Vallier murder case?

Almost six years ago, Frenchman Laurent Vallier was found drowned in a pond along with his four children in rural Cambodia. Investigations have been at times farcical and fruitless – and the unsolved murder still haunts the area
By Paul Millar • Jun 16, 2017

Power • Jun 15, 2017 • 4 min read
Opinion

Cambodians must find their own justice as Khmer Rouge Tribunal breaks down

Almost 40 years after Pol Pot’s bloody regime was toppled, judges at the Khmer Rouge tribunal have indicated that the three remaining cases will not proceed. But Cambodia's quest to show ‘the supremacy of civilisation over inhumanity’ should not be abandoned so lightly, argues Youk Chhang
By Youk Chhang • Jun 15, 2017

Power • Jun 07, 2017 • 10 min read
Cambodia

The fewer forests, the more floods

Massive deforestation is playing a crucial role in the droughts that are devastating Cambodia. But despite an official ban on timber exports, forests continue to be cut down at a record rate
By Euan Black • Jun 07, 2017

Power • Jun 06, 2017 • 9 min read
Football fraud

Pitch invaders

With Timor-Leste recently found guilty of illegally importing talented South American players to improve their national football team, Southeast Asia Globe investigates the fake passport epidemic sweeping the region
By Jack Kerr and Dene Mullen • Jun 06, 2017

Power • Jun 05, 2017 • 4 min read
Election

Cambodia’s crucial commune elections: covering the coverage

Cambodians took to the polls on Sunday to vote for their local leaders, polls that offer an indicator of what is to come in national elections next year. Southeast Asia Globe selected the stories that capture the key takeaways
By Will Feuer • Jun 05, 2017

Power • Jun 02, 2017 • 12 min read
Cambodian Media

The fresh prince

Lim Cheavutha stole Cambodia’s media crown when he launched Fresh News. His story reflects stark changes in the ways Cambodians get their news – and who delivers it
By Colin Meyn • Jun 02, 2017

Power • May 26, 2017 • 2 min read
Nuclear

Philippines and Russia sign nuclear cooperation deal

The deal suggests President Duterte is serious about his pledge to move away from the US and cosy up to ‘non-traditional partners’
By Will Feuer • May 26, 2017