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By Lisa Garcia and Kian Vesteinsson • 2 days ago
As the progeny of Philippine strongmen presidents move into the country’s top two offices, independent media and online expression could be at risk
By Ang Cheng Guan • May 16, 2022
In an excerpt from a forthcoming book, historian Ang Cheng Guan describes the pushback over the Singaporean prime minister’s remarks about Vietnam and Cambodia
By Andrew Beatty/AFP • May 10, 2022
With an initial count almost complete, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Junior had secured over 56 percent of the vote
By Andrew Beatty and Mikhail Flores/AFP • May 09, 2022
Nearly 40 years after the patriarch was deposed by a popular revolt, Ferdinand Marcos Junior looks set to complete the family's remarkable comeback
The $2.2 billion plant became a monument to the greed of the Marcos era, and was left dormant after the dictator was toppled in 1986
By Allison Jackson/AFP • May 05, 2022
The Japanese Prime Minister's visit to the Kingdom will mark the 135th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the countries and an opportunity to strengthen regional cooperation
By Mark S. Cogan • May 03, 2022
Jose Ramos-Horta scored a landslide victory in the country's presidential election, according to preliminary results
By AFP • Apr 25, 2022
As the Candlelight Party emerges as the first unified opposition in years, the Kingdom’s political reality could prevent a legitimate campaign
By Fiona Kelliher • Apr 22, 2022
ASEAN's youth share their perspectives on the war in Ukraine and how digital connectivity is driving the generational gap but bringing global events closer
By Amanda Oon • Apr 07, 2022
Freedom House research finds the race for the archipelago’s new president is beset by attempts to control and contort online information
By Kian Vesteinsson • Apr 05, 2022
Roughly a million Rohingya lived in the Rakhine state of Myanmar before many of them were forced to leave during a 2017 military crackdown
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 21, 2022
A Cambodian court sentenced exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy to 10 years in prison over an alleged plot to topple strongman ruler Hun Sen
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 17, 2022