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Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 11, 2022 • 7 min read

Asean Summit As the ASEAN Summit 2022 begins, analysts say regional leaders must do more to solve the Myanmar crisis

By Nasa Dip • Nov 11, 2022
ASEAN's complex agenda tackles organised crime, continued tensions in the South China Sea and Myanmar's ongoing humanitarian crisis

Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 09, 2022 • 9 min read

Analysis Marital rape must be a crime across ASEAN

By Molika Heng • Nov 09, 2022
Sexual assault within marriages remains an overshadowed and overlooked issue in the region, due to cultural taboos and vague legal definitions

Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 07, 2022 • 8 min read

Sexual Assault Women in Rohingya camps face an epidemic of gender based violence

By Dayna Santana Pérez • Nov 07, 2022
Sexual harassment, assault, and rape, are reportedly common in the camps and women and girls have nowhere to hide.

Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 03, 2022 • 6 min read

Analysis What Thailand wants from the APEC meeting

By Mark S. Cogan • Nov 03, 2022
As the Kingdom gears up for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Thailand considers its opportunities in the face of changing global events

Power • Nov 01, 2022 • 6 min read

Analysis

Vietnam sits at a crossroad as China expands power and influence

Southeast Asian countries are striving to develop beneficial policies with China, but non-strategic relations could have serious implications.
By Tuyen Tran • Nov 01, 2022

Power • Oct 31, 2022 • 8 min read

Analysis

Myanmar’s emerging ‘national identity’ could change everything

The crisis has mobilised citizens across class, ethnic, religious, and geographic divides toward the common goal of ending the regime
By Wayland J. Blue • Oct 31, 2022

Power • Oct 21, 2022 • 7 min read

Opinion

Killers of prominent land rights activist charged after seven years, but a culture of impunity still thrives in Thailand

Activists and human rights groups are calling for parliament to pass a bill to address the many incidents of enforced disappearance in the Kingdom
By Pornpen Kongkachankiet • Oct 21, 2022

Power • Oct 19, 2022 • 9 min read

Child marriage

As Laos inches closer to economic default, underage girls face a higher risk of child marriage

Laos is paving the path to an effective cross-sector and holistic approach to tackling child marriage amidst the worst economic crisis in decades
By Beatrice Siviero • Oct 19, 2022

Power • Oct 17, 2022 • 7 min read

Opinion

Thailand is using royal defamation laws to silence its people, but it won’t succeed

Since 2020, at least 215 people, including 17 minors, have been charged with breaking Thailand’s controversial lèse-majesté law
By Sulakshana Lamubol • Oct 17, 2022

Power • Oct 12, 2022 • 6 min read

Analysis

ASEAN is Vietnam’s platform to diversify relationships with major powers

The bloc is becoming increasingly important to the country's national interests, but South China Sea tensions pose a threat to unity
By Hien Phan • Oct 12, 2022

Power • Oct 11, 2022 • 8 min read

Rohingya refugees

For Rohingya living in Bangladesh refugee camps ‘nowhere is safe’

Caught between attacks by the Myanmar military and terrorised by a radical militant group, Rohingya refugees face a dangerous and unclear future
By Tanbirul Miraj Ripon • Oct 11, 2022

Power • Oct 10, 2022 • 7 min read

Thailand school massacre

Shattered by one of Thailand’s worst mass killings, the country grapples with a collective trauma

A former policeman armed with firearms and a knife stormed a daycare in the northeastern region, killing students and adults, before turning the weapons onto himself and his family
By Beatrice Siviero • Oct 10, 2022

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Asean Summit As the ASEAN Summit 2022 begins, analysts say regional leaders must do more to solve the Myanmar crisis

Analysis Marital rape must be a crime across ASEAN

Sexual Assault Women in Rohingya camps face an epidemic of gender based violence

Analysis What Thailand wants from the APEC meeting

Analysis

Vietnam sits at a crossroad as China expands power and influence

Analysis

Myanmar’s emerging ‘national identity’ could change everything

Opinion

Killers of prominent land rights activist charged after seven years, but a culture of impunity still thrives in Thailand

Child marriage

As Laos inches closer to economic default, underage girls face a higher risk of child marriage

Opinion

Thailand is using royal defamation laws to silence its people, but it won’t succeed

Analysis

ASEAN is Vietnam’s platform to diversify relationships with major powers

Rohingya refugees

For Rohingya living in Bangladesh refugee camps ‘nowhere is safe’

Thailand school massacre

Shattered by one of Thailand’s worst mass killings, the country grapples with a collective trauma

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