Power

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

Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 20, 2014 • 9 min read

Essential Drugs The price is not right

By Daniel Besant • Jan 20, 2014
The massive Trans-Pacific Partnership deal could cause drug prices to soar in Vietnam, devastating people with life-threatening illnesses

Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 12, 2013 • 2 min read

Q&A with Asean's Le Luong Minh

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Dec 12, 2013
The Asean Secretary General provides updates on tourism integration in Southeast Asia

Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 19, 2013 • 5 min read

Propaganda Massacring the truth

By Philip Jacobson • Aug 19, 2013
A visit to Jakarta’s Museum of Communist Treachery, one of many institutions that present government propaganda at its finest

Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 06, 2013 • 9 min read

Buddhist extremism The number of the beast

By Carlos Sardiña Galache • Aug 06, 2013
The anti-Muslim 969 movement is fuelling the fire of religious discontent in Myanmar

Power • Apr 08, 2013 • 7 min read
Khmer Rouge

The paper trail

More than 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany’s Stasi files are still throwing up some surprises – not least for those living in Cambodia as profiles on many Khmer Rouge defectors, many of whom lead the country today, have emerged
By Dr Markus Karbaum • Apr 08, 2013

Power • Feb 14, 2013 • 7 min read
law and order

Justice in the dock

The spotlight has once again been cast on the Kingdom’s fractured judiciary. What are the roots of its problems?
By Bridget Di Certo • Feb 14, 2013

Power • Nov 08, 2012 • 3 min read

Exiled to nowhere

Recent sectarian violence has brought renewed attention to the Rohingya. Brutal oppression is nothing new to this Muslim ethnic group, many of whom have chosen to endure a hellish existence in hostile Bangladesh rather than return to their native Myanmar
By Greg Constantine • Nov 08, 2012

Power • Oct 02, 2012 • 7 min read
Cambodia

Sitting pretty in Cambodia

Despite the Cambodian government feeling threatened by a ‘secessionist’ movement, observers say the leadership has no revolution to fear
By Faine Greenwood • Oct 02, 2012

Power • Aug 01, 2012 • 8 min read
Boeung Kak Lake

No man’s land

Phnom Penh's Boeung Kak lake development project has become a flashpoint for clashes over valuable land as the Kingdom develops. Will a high-profile protest movement encourage the Cambodian government to side with its electorate?
By Sebastian Strangio • Aug 01, 2012

Power • Jun 06, 2012 • 3 min read
Politics

Changing of the guard: Portrait of Shwe Mann

From military heavyweight to champion for change, Shwe Mann is tipped to take Myanmar’s top political spot
By Sacha Passi • Jun 06, 2012

Power • Apr 28, 2007 • 10 min read
Religion

Beware false Prophets

“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” - Mark 16:15
By Rob Savage • Apr 28, 2007

Power • Jan 01, 2007 • 17 min read
Fall of the Berlin Wall

The People’s PLC

From our print archive: 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the death rattle of communism in Europe, we take a look back at China's socialism with capitalist characteristics – and how it has influenced governments across Southeast Asia
By Paul Brisby • Jan 01, 2007